2008season - UMKC Athletics

umkc athleticssenior administrative staff
Carla Wilson
Senior Associate Athletics
Director for Business and
Finance/Senior Woman
Administrator
UMKC, ‘88
Carla Wilson was promoted to the
Senior Associate Athletics Director for
Business and Finance in September
of 2007.
Prior to her appointment, Wilson served
as the Assistant Athletics Director for
Business Operations for nine years.
In her current role, Wilson is responsible
for the human resources and
business operations of the department,
as well as all day-to-day operations in
the absence of the Director of Athletics.
Wilson is responsible for the preparation,
development and maintenance of
the budgets for all 15 sports and nine
administrative areas of the department.
She is also the sport administrator
for men’s and women’s tennis and
softball, and serves as a member of the
Director of Athletics senior staff.
As Senior Woman Administrator, Wilson
is the highest ranking female involved
with the management of UMKC’s Intercollegiate
Athletics program, and represents
UMKC in dealings with The Summit League and the NCAA. She also
partakes in program-wide administrative responsibilities, including decision
making at the institutional, conference and national levels. She collaboratively
addresses departmental goals, supports women’s interests, and supports
and helps manage diversity, gender equity and Title IX matters.
Wilson is no stranger to NCAA Committees. From 2004-2007, she served
on the Division I NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee. This committee
is responsible for selecting the 64 men’s and women’s teams that
compete for the opportunity to play for a national championship, as well as
selecting the singles and doubles entries that compete for the individual/
doubles championships.
Since 1999, Wilson has also served on the NCAA Region V Post Graduate
Scholarship Committee. She is also an active member of the National Association
of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, College Athletic
Business Management Association and the Minority Opportunities Athletic
Association.
A 19-year career Kangaroo, prior to Wilson’s 10 years in Athletics, she
served UMKC as a budget specialist in the University’s administrative affairs
office for four years, where she was responsible for assisting in the preparation
of the University’s $159,000 budget. From 1988-93, she also served in
the Accounting Department as a senior accountant.
Wilson graduated from UMKC in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
She and her husband, Kevin, have four children – Shae, Tristan, Kevin
Jr. and Kylan – and they reside in Olathe, Kan.
Steve Stroud
Associate Athletics Director
for Advancement
University of Georgia, ‘00
and overall donor stewardship focus.
Steve Stroud was named the Associate
Athletics Director for Advancement at
UMKC on Aug. 28, 2007. He joins the
Kangaroo staff after spending the past
four-and-a-half years as an Assistant
Athletics Director for Annual Giving at
the University of Memphis.
While at Memphis, Stroud was responsible
for increasing the annual donations
by 40 percent
from 2004-07. He oversaw an increase
from $4 million to $5.6 million, which
included a 10 percent increase in each
of the last three fiscal years. In addition,
Stroud created a new donor level
at $15,000 annually, bringing in over
60 members in year one.
Stroud also assisted in the launch of a
new athletic capital campaign at Memphis,
which is nearing 80 percent of its
$12 million overall goal. Upon arriving
at UM, Stroud completely rebranded
the athletic annual fund by coming up
with a new name, logo, donor benefits
In addition to his annual giving role, Stroud coordinated priority seating and
parking for men’s basketball, including the seating and later reseating of the
new FedExForum. He also implemented a new priority seating program for
football, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the plan.
Prior to his move to Memphis, Stroud was the Assistant Director of Annual
Giving at the University of Miami. At this stop, he helped increase annual
giving from $2.5 million to over $4 million, while serving as the top contact
for the school’s top donors.
He also coordinated two separate building campaigns seeking a total of
$58 million and assisted in the procurement of a $4 million naming rights
gift. Stroud also helped to create a new volunteer representative program,
where he served as the main contact for four regional chapter.
Stroud received his bachelor of business administration degree from the
University of Georgia in May of 2000. He earned his masters of science in
sports administration from St. Thomas University in December of 2001.
Stroud and his wife, Deirdre, have a son, Carter, and they’re expecting a
second child in November.
Janet Justus
Associate Athletics Director
for Administration
University of Kansas, ‘78
Janet Justus is in her first year as the
acting Associate Athletics Director for
Administration. Justus is taking the
position recently vacated by the extended
illness and death of longtime
UMKC Senior Woman Administrator,
Cynthia Gabel.
Until very recently, Justus, a former
senior staffer for the NCAA with 23
years of experience in sports law and
higher education, practiced law at
Verrill Dana LLP, a law firm based in
Portland, Maine, since 1999. On July
1, she formed Janet Justus, LLC, a
law and consulting firm focusing on
issues in intercollegiate athletics and
higher education. Shortly thereafter,
Justus began working with the UMKC
Athletics Department, focusing on various
areas, including compliance, in the
department..
During her eight years at Verrill Dana,
Justus practiced and consulted in the
areas of Title IX compliance, litigation,
NCAA rules compliance and NCAA
student-athlete eligibility appeals, contract
negotiations, sexual-harassment education; athletics risk management
and development of policies and procedures.
During her 15-year tenure on the NCAA staff, Justus oversaw the inaugural
development and growth of critical areas for the NCAA membership,
including the eligibility-appeals department, Title IX education, the NCAA
Student-Athlete Leadership Conference, the growth and influence of the
National Student-Athlete Advisory Committees and the NCAA CHAMPS/Life
Skills program, now mandatory at all NCAA Division I institutions, including
UMKC.
Justus served in several key positions at the NCAA national office, including
Director of Education Outreach (1994-99), Director/Assistant Director of Eligibility
(1987-1994) and Enforcement Representative (1984-87). She also
was the national spokesperson for the NCAA on Title IX and gender-equity
issues and produced the NCAA “Achieving Gender-Equity Guide,” on these
issues. Justus was the primary staff liaison to the NCAA Eligibility Committee,
NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics, the NCAA Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee, and she has been a frequent speaker nationwide for
seminars and conferences focusing on Title IX.
Justus received the Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Kansas
in 1998. In 1999, she was named the NACWAA National Administrator
of the Year, and she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the
United States Sports Academy. In 2000, Justus was named the WIN for KC/
Greater Kansas City Sports Commission Mentor of the Year.
As a Kansas City community leader, she chairs the Chancellor’s Advisory
Board to the UMKC Women’s Center; is the former long-time chair of WIN for
KC; is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Kansas
City Sports Commission and recently was named to the KCUR FM Board
of Directors.
A Kansas City native, Justus earned her Juris Doctorate at the University Of
Kansas School Of Law in 1981. She graduated from Kansas with honors in
1978 with a bachelor of arts in sociology.
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Jessica Dickson
Assistant Athletics Director
for External Relations
Central Missouri State, ‘02
drew approximately 3,500 paid fans each year.
Jessica Dickson was named the Assistant
Athletics Director for External
Relations in July of 2007. Dickson
joined the UMKC staff as the Director of
Marketing and Promotions in August of
2006. As the Assistant AD for External
Relations, Dickson oversees the marketing
and promotions and ticketing
initiatives for the Kangaroos.
Dickson came to UMKC from Time
Warner Cable/Metro Sports in Kansas
City. While with TWC, Dickson created
promotional materials and advertising
packages for sporting events, movies,
specials and cable networks. She also
educated Time Warner media sales
departments across the country on the
network’s programming.
Her duties with Metro Sports included
serving as a communications and
promotions liaison between Metro and
the media sales office. She served as
a team member in planning Hy-Vee
Shootout high school basketball events
from 2003 through 2005. This event
In addition, Dickson coordinated Internet sales during her time at TWC,
which included the highly successful www.beepbeep.com, an automotive
marketplace Web site in Kansas City. The Web site averaged 30 participating
dealerships in 2005, and it achieved 1.2 million hits since the launch
on May 4, 2005.
For her hard work at Time Warner, Dickson was honored with the Vision and
Values Award in October 2002 and in July 2005.
In addition, Dickson has volunteered at the Kansas City Sports Commission
and Foundations/WIN for KC since 2005. She is a WIN for KC luncheon committee
member and a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Basketball
Tournament committee member.
Dickson graduated from Central Missouri State University in May 2002 with
a bachelor of science degree in public relations and a minor in photography.
At CMSU, she was a four-year letterwinner on the women’s soccer team.
Dickson and her husband, Ryan, reside in Liberty, Mo.
Ron Aulet
Assistant Athletics Director
for Operations/Facilities
Hiram College ‘95
Ron Aulet began his duties as the
Assistant Athletics Director for Operations/Facilities
on May 2, 2007.
Aulet, who comes to UMKC from the
University of Kansas, oversees game
operations, strength and conditioning,
sports medicine and the track and field
programs. He will also serve as the
point person for construction of new
athletic facilities.
Aulet was the equipment manager
at Kansas since 2000, where he was
responsible for maintenance and
inventory of all equipment for KU’s
Olympic sports programs. In this role,
he completed the day-to-day operations
within the athletics facilities and
purchased equipment within the restraints
of department contracts with
Nike, Adidas and other vendors. He
also served as the departmental contact
with Coca-Cola for the distribution
of product within the KUAC.
Prior to his move to Kansas, Aulet was
the head equipment manager at Hiram
College in Ohio. In this position, he was responsible for the handling of
equipment for the school’s 17 intercollegiate sports programs. Aulet also
served as an assistant facilities director at Hiram, where he supervised the
daily operation of all athletic facilities and scheduled staffing for all intercollegiate
events.
At Hiram, Aulet also ventured into the coaching profession as an assistant
coach for both the men’s basketball and baseball programs from 1996-
2000. For both sports, he coordinated travel arrangements for all away contests
and served as a liaison to the school’s alumni association.
Aulet is a certified member of the Athletic Equipment Manager Association
and he was a member of the KUAC Staff Advisory Committee from 2002-04,
while serving as a Chairperson in 2003-04.
Aulet earned his bachelor of arts degree in management from Hiram College
in 1995 and he received his master of arts degree with a sports administration
concentration from Kent State University in 1999.
Aulet and his wife, Kerrianne, have two daughters, Danielle and Samantha,
and they reside in Lawrence, Kan.
Robert Greim
Assistant Athletics Director
for Student Services
Southwest Missouri St., ‘00
Robert Greim joined the UMKC Athletics
Department as Director of Student
Services on August 16, 2004. In September
of 2005, Greim was promoted
to Assistant Athletics Director for Student
Services.
In addition to his role as the Assistant
Athletics Director for Student Services,
Greim is the advisor for the Student-
Athlete Advisory Committe (SAAC), and
he is the program director of the UMKC
CHAMPS/Life Skills programs.
Prior to his appointment at UMKC,
Greim had served as the assistant
director of the office of academic
support at the University of Wyoming
athletics department. He monitored the
academic progress, degree completion
and continuing eligibility of over 200
student-athletes in the sports of football,
men’s basketball, wrestling, men’s
and women’s golf, men’s and women’s
swimming and tennis. He also served
as tutor coordinator, instructor of a
freshman transition course, and director
of a number of CHAMPS/Life Skills programs designed to increase the
interaction between the academic faculty and the athletic staff.
Greim also provided a number of systems for tracking semester grade improvement,
weeklygrade point average correlation, tutor effectiveness and
student-athlete success rates in freshman and sophomore level courses.
Prior to accepting a position at Wyoming, Greim served as a graduate assistant
academic advisor for athletics at Southwest Missouri State University
for two years.
Greim earned a bachelor of science degree in secondary education history
with a minor in geography from Southwest Missouri State in 2000. He
then completed a master of science degree in administrative studies from
Southwest Missouri State in 2002.
Greim and his wife, Jill, and their daughter Charlie reside in Liberty, Mo.