July 9, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio -- The members of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) elected Jane Myers, assistant athletics director, development at Bowling Green State University, to serve as president for 2007-08.

Also elected to serve as officers for the 2007-08 term were: 1st Vice President Matt Donovan, associate athletics director for development, University of Indianapolis; 2nd Vice President/Secretary Tim McMurray, associate athletics director - development at Northern Illinois University; and 3rd Vice President/Treasurer, Jim Paquette, associate athletics director for development at Boston College.

New members to the Association's Executive Committee include Julie Hall, assistant athletics director, University of California Riverside; Stephen Ponder, senior associate athletics director, Arizona State University; and Jim Senter, associate athletics director for development, University of Colorado. They join current Executive Committee members Whit Babcock, assistant athletics director/executive director of athletics development, West Virginia University; Marija Pientka, associate athletics director/development at the University of Wisconsin; Tommy Riggs, associate athletics director, Pittsburg State University; Chris Wyrick, associate athletics director for development, University of South Carolina; and Dennis Young, associate athletics director at East Carolina University.

About NAADD: NAADD is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities, enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics, and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of athletics development and fund raising. For more information about NAADD, please visit www.naadd.com. NAADD is administered by NACDA. In its 43rd year, NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 6,100 college athletics administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. More than 2,000 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, NACDA administers 10 professional associations for the separate business units that report directly to the athletics director.