INDIANAPOLIS---The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) will host two NACWAA/HERS Institutes for Administrative Advancement for women athletics administrators this summer on NCAA university campuses.

The NACWAA/HERS East program will be held June 9-14, 2005, at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, while the NACWAA/HERS West program will be held July 6-11, 2005, at the Inverness Conference Center in Englewood, Colorado, just outside Denver.

The NACWAA/HERS Institute for Administrative Advancement is in its 11th year and is one of the only skills enhancement and development programs specifically geared toward women who want to pursue careers in athletics administration. The program provides women with networking opportunities in intercollegiate athletics, leadership development, career enhancement tips, strategic and business planning tips and other resources to help them in their current roles as administrators and to help them advance in the industry.

Each year, the program speakers and presenters at the NACWAA/HERS Institutes are among the most respected administrators and officials in intercollegiate athletics. Among the many noted speakers this year are Judy Sweet, senior vice-president of championships and education services at the NCAA national office; Donna Lopiano, chief executive officer of the Women’s Sports Foundation; Joan Cronan, women’s athletics director at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Alfreeda Goff, senior associate commissioner/chief of staff at the Horizon League and president of NACWAA; Christine Grant, associate professor at the University of Iowa and former women’s athletics director at the university; and Charlotte West, former associate athletics director at Southern Illinois University and a champion pioneer for equity in athletics.

A total of 41 women and one man were selected for the NACWAA/HERS East program, while 41 women were selected for the NACWAA/HERS West program. Participants in each of the two programs include the three NCAA divisions (I, II and III).

The participants in the NACWAA/HERS East program are:

Joeleen Akin, athletics director, Agnes Scott College; Keri Becker, head softball coach/compliance coordinator, Ferris State University; LaQuiché Butler, assisting director of compliance, Florida A&M University; Casey Comoroski, assistant athletics director-compliance, Southwest Missouri State University; Azure Davey, assistant athletics director, Cortland State; Kris Dunbar, senior woman administrator, Lake Superior State University; Colleen Engelhard, assistant director of game operations, University of Missouri, Columbia; Erica Exler, senior woman administrator/head softball and assistant volleyball coach, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg; Camille Filardo, associate athletics director, Sonoma State University; Erin Fitzgerald, assistant athletics director/head women's lacrosse coach, Ursinus College; Queen Z. Frazier, senior woman administrator, Virginia Union University; Edith Gallagher, head softball coach, Mansfield University; Caroline Gillich, senior woman administrator/head field hockey coach, Juniata College; Kelley Green, head softball coach, Lock Haven University; Lisa Greiner, senior woman administrator/head volleyball coach, Russell Sage College; Kelly Hart, assistant director of athletics/senior woman administrator/assistant professor sport management, Springfield College; Dawn Henderson, senior associate director of athletics/women's basketball, The College of New Jersey; Monique Holland, assistant director of membership services, NCAA; Cynita Hoskins, administrative intern, NACWAA; Paula Jackson, assistant athletics director/senior woman administrator/director of compliance, Morehead State University; Cindy Jacobelli, associate athletics director/senior woman administrator/volleyball coach, Transylvania University; Kristin Jacobs, aquatics director/head women's swimming coach/associate professor of physical education, Washington and Lee University; Barbara Kennedy-Dixon, assistant athletics director for women's basketball, Clemson University; Kristi Kiefer, senior woman administrator, Fairmont State University; Jessica King, assistant director/sports information, Lasell College; Tara Larkin, director of championships and special events, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference; Bridget Lyons, assistant athletics director/senior woman administrator, Virginia Commonwealth University; Alexis Mastronardi, associate athletics director, Emmanuel College; Rebecca Nichols, assistant director of athletic development and events/head women's soccer coach, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford; Bri Niemi, administrative assistant for championships and administration, Pacific-10 Conference; Kimberly Powers, athletics academic advisor, Xavier University; Deb Schulman, senior woman administrator/assistant athletics director/head volleyball coach, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Diane Schumacher, athletics director, Howard Community College; Terese Sheridan, interim senior woman administrator/assistant to the athletics director, Winona State University; Lori Smith, compliance coordinator, University of Texas at Austin; Kristina Therriault, assistant athletics director-student services, Southern Illinois University; Jennifer Thomas, senior woman administrator/assistant athletics director/assistant athletic trainer, Pacific Lutheran University; Allison Tookes, associate director of athletics, Wayne State University; Kari Vriesema, assistant to the senior woman administrator, University of Wisconsin; Adria Washington, assistant director of compliance, Howard University; Kyle Young, administrative assistant, Clemson University.

Participants in the NACWAA/HERS West program are:

Linda Anderson, director of athletics, Maryville University of Saint Louis; Raftyn Birath, head women's volleyball coach, Presentation College; Megan Boone, assistant athletics director for compliance, University of Northern Colorado; Grace Calhoun, special assistant to the director, Dartmouth College; Brandy Chaffee, assistant athletics director/ senior woman administrator, University of Minnesota, Crookston; Christyn Chambers, assistant director of athletics, Swarthmore College; Kelly Cruttenden, director of compliance, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York; Barbara Dearing, assistant athletics director for business operations/senior woman administrator, Longwood University; Yolanda Flamino, head men's and women's cross country and track & field coach, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Stephanie Fleischaker, physical education instructor/head softball coach, Rio Hondo College; Patricia Ford, assistant athletics director/senior woman administrator/women's volleyball coach, University of Wisconsin, River Falls; Kimberly Ford, associate director of professional development, NCAA; Karen Freed, assistant director of athletics/ senior woman administrator, Molloy College; Sherryta Freeman, assistant athletics director for compliance, Dartmouth College; Beth Goode, director of compliance, Stanford University; Mary Graf, senior woman administrator, Eastern Connecticut State University; Julie Greenwood, assistant professor of physical education/head women's tennis coach, Williams College; Christine Halsey, senior woman administrator and coordinator of compliance, California Collegiate Athletic Association; Bernell Hooker, senior woman administrator/head basketball coach, Mount Mary College; Barbara Kapp, assistant athletics director-business/information technology/ticket systems, Purdue University; Carol Kashow, athletics director, College of Saint Elizabeth; Melissa Kelly, athletics director, Wesleyan College (Georgia); Carol Keys, assistant athletics director for business, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Kristine Kuhr, assistant director of compliance for eligibility, University of Miami (Florida); Jill La Point, associate athletics director/senior woman administrator, Providence College; Loretta Lamar, assistant athletics director/compliance, U.S. Naval Academy; Virna Mendoza, assistant director of development, University of Georgia; Frances Mitilieri, assistant director of athletics/business manager/senior woman administrator, College of Staten Island; Mollie Parrish, assistant swim coach/facility intern/construction intern, Wesleyan University (Connecticut); Susan Peal, assistant director of membership services, NCAA; Joanna Pennell, assistant director of athletics/senior woman administrator, Holy Family University; Melissa Perry, assistant director of athletics/senior woman administrator, High Point University; Kathy Peterson, assistant director for compliance/senior woman administrator, Florida Gulf Coast University; Jennifer Richardson, graduate assistant in fundraising and development for the external advancement team, State University of New York at Binghamton; Lori Sabatose, head women's tennis coach/student recreation center manager, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Mary Ann Schlientz, senior woman administrator/head volleyball coach, Hendrix College; Leslie Schuemann, assistant athletics director for compliance/senior woman administrator, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Jennifer Strawley, director of membership services, NCAA; Michelle Touson, compliance intern, University of New Mexico; Lisa Treadway-Kurtz, head certified athletics trainer/senior lecturer, Bryn Mawr College; Judy Wolfe, aquatics director/swim coach/senior lecturer, Bryn Mawr College.