Portia Hoeg Named Executive Director of Athletics at Rhodes College & More Member Celebrations!

She leads! Portia Hoeg was named executive director of athletics at Rhodes College. Read here. 

Michael Boele, current senior associate athletics director and chief financial and administrative officer at UC Riverside, has been promoted to senior woman administrator for the Highlanders. We are thrilled for you, Michael! Read more here. 

A must-watch! Liz Darger, senior associate AD/SWA at BYU and Joeleen Akin, associate AD/SWA at Georgia Tech sit down with AthleticDirectorU to discuss the role of the SWA. Watch here. 

Tremendous! Armani Dawkins has been promoted to associate director of athletics for student-athlete development. Read more here. 

DePauw AD, Stevie Baker-Watson, is featured in the DIII Ticker as part of Women Leaders in College Sports' Division III membership campaign. Watch it here! 

Four members have been selected as recipients of the McClendon Minority Scholarship for the Lead1 Institute. Congrats to Nona Richardson, senior associate athletics director/SWA at Utah, Keiko Price, senior associate athletics director, sports administration at Illinios, China Jude, senior associate athletics director/SWA at Wyoming, and Darrice Griffin, the deputy director of administration at Georgia! More here.

CIAA commissioner, and former Women Leaders' Board member, Jacqie McWilliams is featured on the Institute for Sport & Social Justice (InstituteSSJ) podcast this week. She is inspiring! Listen here. 

Awesome! Celine Cunningham has accepted the role of senior associate athletic director at Bates College. More here. 

Carla Williams, University of Virginia boss, is taking an active role to increase the football program's home attendance and enthusiasm by assisting head coach, Bronco Mendenhall, with recruiting efforts. Check out the story here. 

Congrats to Women Leaders' members at MIT, Jessica Duff, Barb Bolich, and Katie Hoppe for receiving the Building Community Award at the DSL Infinite Mile Award ceremony. Well-deserved! More here. 

Rita Smith has been promoted to Associate Athletic Director at Lees-McRae College. We are thrilled for you, Rita! More here.

Have great news to share? Send it to Chelsea Petersen to include in next week's Shout Outs!

A warm welcome to our newest members:

Brittany Roberts
Jennifer Hutyra
Candice Williams
Sharon Weaver