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2018-19 CoSIDA Officers, Board of Directors and Staff

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2018-19 CoSIDA Officers, Board of Directors and Staff

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The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Board of Directors is comprised of five elected officers (President, first, second and third vice presidents and past president), a secretary and 10 members from the university and college divisions. Board members serve a three-year term.

Meetings: Monthly full Board of Directors teleconferences take place throughout the year, and monthly calls between officers and staff also take place. The officers annually meet with CoSIDA staff at the annual NCAA Convention in January and all Board members meet at the annual CoSIDA convention which takes place each June.

Click here to access board meeting minutes in the CoSIDA Connect Resource Library (Member only)

2018-19 Board of Directors

6690 Rob Knox CoSIDA President Towson University, Director of Sports Information Bio Office: (410) 704-4571 Mobile: (610) 800-1044 Email: rknox@towson.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to Investment Committee and the Budget Committee (with Will Roleson); Oversee Convention Grant Program (with Laurie Bollig); Liaison to Black College Sports Information Director's Association (BC-SIDA) and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA)
5765 Herb Vincent CoSIDA First Vice President Southeastern Conference, Associate Commissioner/Communications Office: (205) 458-3000 Mobile: (225) 235-9999 Email: hvincent@sec.org Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to Academic All-America® Hall of Fame Committee (with Laurie Bollig)
6668 Sam Atkinson CoSIDA Second Vice President / Oversees 2019 Convention Programming Gallaudet University, Associate Athletic Director for Communications Bio Office: (202) 448-7081 Mobile: (202) 423-0642 Email: sam.atkinson@gallaudet.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Oversee 2019 Convention programming (with Barb Kowal and Will Roleson); Co-liaison to Diversity & Inclusion committee (with Jessica Poole, Doug Vance and Laurie Bollig)
7764 Cindy Potter CoSIDA Third Vice President / Oversees Continuing Education Programming Columbia (Mo.) College, Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations and Compliance Bio Office: (573) 875-7454 Mobile: (573) 999-4342 Email: cnpotter@ccis.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Oversee 2018-19 Continuing Education programming and liaison to Continuing Education Committee (with Barb Kowal)
Jeff Hodges CoSIDA Secretary University of North Alabama, Assistant Athletics Director/Communications Bio Office: (256) 765-4595 Mobile: (256) 762-0326 Email: sportsinformation@una.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Co-liaison to Special Awards Committee (with Barb Kowal); CoSIDA personnel policies (with Doug Vance); CoSIDA 360 magazine (with Doug Vance and Beau White)
6642 Rob Carolla CoSIDA Past President College Football 150th Anniversary, Director of Communications Bio Office: (972) 556-1000 Mobile: (214) 208-1876 Email: rcarolla@cfb150.org Board Liaison Responsibilities: Co-liaison to CoSIDA Special Awards Committee (with Jeff Hodges and Barb Kowal); Liaison to D2SIDA (with Doug Vance); Oversee Nominating Committee
Jessica Poole At-Large Representative (term expires 2019) Vanderbilt University, Assistant Director of Media Communications Office: (615) 322-8797 Mobile: (734) 216-1678 Email: jessica.e.poole@vanderbilt.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Oversee Diversity & Inclusion Committee (with Sam Atkinson, Doug Vance and Laurie Bollig)
5767 Amy Yakola At-Large Representative (term expires 2019) Atlantic Coast Conference, Chief of External Affairs Office: (336) 854-8787 Mobile: (336) 337-4893 Email: ayakola@theacc.org Board Liaison Responsibilities: Co-liaison to Academic All-America® Core Program Committee (with Danny Barnts and Laurie Bollig); Liaison to Convention Operations Committee (with Will Roleson)
5768 Danny Barnts College Division Representative – West Region (term expires 2019) Point Loma, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Bio Office: (619) 849-2441 Mobile: (509) 336-9944 Email: dbarnts@pointloma.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to Academic All-America® Core Program Committee (with Amy Yakola and Laurie Bollig); Liaison to College Division Management Advisory Committee – CDMAC (with Doug Vance)
5769 Jay Stancil College Division Representative – Southeast Region (term expires 2019) Union (Ky.), Director of Strategic Sports Communications Bio Office: (606) 546-1292 Mobile: (606) 627-2280 Email: jstancil@unionky.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to CoSIDA U Committee (with Doug Vance); liaison to NAIA-SIDA (with Doug Vance)
6648 Amie Canfield College Division Representative – Northeast Region (term expires 2020) Mount Holyoke College, Associate Director of Athletics for Communications Bio Office: (413) 538-2469 Mobile: (413) 313-1604 Email: acanfiel@mtholyoke.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to D3SIDA (with Doug Vance); Liaison to New Media Committee (with Barb Kowal and Beau White)
6649 Paul Smith College Division Representative – Central Region (term expires 2020) Arkansas Tech University, Director of Athletic Communications Bio Office: (479) 968-0645 Mobile: (479) 970-3919 Email: psmith6@atu.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to Fred Stabley Writing Contest Committee (with Barb Kowal); Liaison to Scholarship Committee (with Will Roleson and Barb Kowal)
6647 KatieJo Kuhens At-Large College Division Representative (term expires 2021) Wartburg College, Sports Information Director Bio Office: (319) 352-8208 Mobile: (319) 883-7248 Email: katiejo.kuhens@wartburg.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: Liaison to Goodwill and Wellness Committee (with Beau White)
7761 John Sudsbury At-Large Representative (term expires 2021) Allstate Sugar Bowl, Director of Media Relations and Communications Bio Office: (504) 828-2440 Mobile: (504) 427-7076 Email: johns@sugarbowl.org Board Liaison Responsibilities: TBD
7762 Denise Thompson At-Large Representative (term expires 2021) Big Sky Conference, Assistant Commissioner/Communications and External Affairs Bio Office: (801) 392-1978 x-21 Mobile: (512) 216-3440 Email: dthompson@bigskyconf.com Board Liaison Responsibilities: TBD
7763 John Kean At-Large College Division Representative (term expires 2021) Missouri S&T University, Sports Information Director Bio Office: (573) 341-4140 Mobile: (573) 578-4582 Email: jkean@mst.edu Board Liaison Responsibilities: TBD

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