3rd Annual Emerging Administrators Academy Shines with an All-Star Lineup of Instructors & Attendees

ATLANTA - July 22, 2015 - PRLog -- The Emerging Administrators Academy (Emerging AD) in partnership with Clayton State University’s Continuing Education Department hosted its 3^rd Annual Emerging Administrators Academy July 12-14 on the beautiful campus of Clayton State University located in South Metro Atlanta. Created and founded by Clayton State’s Director of Athletics, Tim Duncan, having Emerging AD on a college campus was vital to its growth and focus of education and development. Emerging AD assembled over 50 athletic directors, senior athletic staff, and students from across the divisional conferences to attend panels on leadership, diversity and inclusion, and career progression in collegiate athletics.

This year’s lineup boasted some of today’s most influential and esteemed instructors and a stellar 2015 Emerging AD class. Sponsored by Collegiate Consulting and Winthrop Intelligence (WIN AD), participants of Emerging AD 2015 were welcomed with a kick-off reception on Sunday, July 12 with a timely talk from guest speaker Nzinga Shaw, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Atlanta Hawks. Day two of the Academy featured informative panels which included Internal Jobs: Student Athlete Focused Leadership, NAIA, D2, and D3 – Are They for Me? There werebreakout sessions for more in-depth discussions, and an inspiring panel on Diversity in Athletics.

One of the many highlights was hearing from first-time instructor, Judy Sweet, a pioneer of Title IX and University of California- San Diego, Director of Emerita; who spoke on her experience as the first female Director of Athletics to run both male and female sports at UC San Diego. She spoke of the challenges she faced and how she was able to overcome such insurmountable odds.

The final day of the Academy concluded with an amazing panel on The Search Process with Daniel Parker, Vice President & Managing Director, Sports - Parker Executive Search, Judy Sweet, University of California - San Diego, Director of Athletics Emerita and Dr. Derrick Gragg, Vice-President and Director of Athletics, The University of Tulsa. The panel discussed important do’s and don’ts of the interview process, what search firms look for in viable candidates and how to best prepare for in-person and video interviews. The day provided hands on experience for hand-picked participants to receive constructive critiques on their cover letters and resumes by the Team Cover and Team Resume panel. The final day culminated in the WIN AD sponsored mock interviews with select participants who were provided complimentary access to WIN AD for 24-hours to review an assigned institution. Instructors created a job description and held mock interviews for a fictional position at said institution

For those who could not attend the Academy, Emerging AD enlisted a social media correspondent, Khadija Head of Headcoachead.com who live-tweeted the entire experience along with multi-media partner, Fans Favorite Fan. With the dedicated hashtag #EmergingAD15, followers were able to experience the event while breaking Emerging AD social media metrics that recorded an approximated reach of 85,984 and an impressive 2.1 million impressions.

Returning instructors and Board of Advisors include Dr. Derrick Gragg, Vice-President and Director of Athletics, The University of Tulsa; Tim Duncan, Emerging AD Founder and Director of Athletics, Clayton State University; Steve Stroud, Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs, Troy University; Jody Sykes, Senior Associate Athletic Director and Chief Compliance Officer, University of Oregon; and Dena Freeman-Patton, Associate Athletics Director-Academics at California State University-Bakersfield. The full instructor lineup included: Amy Edmonds, Director of Athletics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; April Taylor, Associate Athletics Director and Special Assistant to the Director, George Mason University; Brian Stanchak, President, BDS Search Coach Management, LLC., Charlie Cobb, Director of Athletics, Georgia State University; China Jude, Asst. Vice-President & Director of Athletics, Queens College (NY); Chris King, Director of Athletics, The University Of Texas-Pan American; Daniel Parker, Vice President & Managing Director, Sports - Parker Executive Search; Garry Rosenfield, Agent, Coaches Inc.; Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Director of Athletics, North Carolina Central University; Judy Sweet, Title IX Consultant & Speaker, Alliance of Women Coaches (Co-founder) and University of California - San Diego, Director of Athletics Emerita; Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried, Interim Director of Athletics, California State University-Bakersfield; Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes, Director of Athletics, Dillard University and Russell Wright, Managing Director, Collegiate Consulting.

Sponsors included Collegiate Consulting and WIN AD with supporting product partnerships by NBC Universal Open Possibilities, ESPN the Magazine, Pure Sip Beverage and Seeds of Empowerment. Multi-Media partner, Fans Favorite Fan.

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