Shows
Laying the (Leadership) FoundationEpisode 18 - Ayanna Tweedy & Samantha Current | Wabash CollegeAyanna Tweedy, Associate Director of Athletics & Samantha Current, Compliance and Business Operations Coordinator, joined the show this week. Lots of great nuggets from this conversation! While Stephanie and I have spent a lot of time on our needs based assessment, these two have spent more time on their logic model!
Links:
Ayanna: Twitter | Wabash Bio
Samantha: Twitter | Wabash Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-06-0236 min
Laying the (Leadership) FoundationEpisode 17 - Lamarr Pottinger | NCAALamarr Pottinger, Associate Director of Leadership Development at the NCAA, joins this week's show. We talk about his time as a student-athlete, his transition to student-athlete development, and his time as a participant and facilitator in NCAA Leadership Development programs.
Links:
Lamarr: Twitter | NCAA Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-05-2729 min
Laying the (Leadership) FoundationEpisode 16 - Jackie Kelly & Marc Dauphin (Rutgers)This week Jackie Kelly, Director for Student-Athlete Wellness, Outreach and Inclusion, & Marc Dauphin, Big Ten Intern, of Rutgers join the podcast. We talk about the Rutgers Leadership program, leadership programs for credit, their experiences in NCAA LAW and their new building!
Links:
Rutgers Leadership Development: Twitter | Instagram
Jackie: Rutgers Bio
Marc: Rutgers Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-05-1924 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationEpisode 15 - Chad Levesque | AICThis week Chad Levesque joins the podcast. Chad is an assistant coach for the AIC baseball team as well as working in the Student-Athlete Success department at AIC. He is also pursuing a masters degree at Western New England University.
Links:
Chad: AIC Bio | Twitter
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-04-2916 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE14 - Cori Pinkett | BaylorAfter a short break, we are back with an interview with Cori Pinkett from Baylor University. Lots of fantastic information in the episode. This is an episode that we had to go back and listen to multiple times!
Links:
Cori: BU Bio | Twitter
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-04-2139 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE13 - Kayla Lee and Ryan Griffin | Bethune-Cookman UniversityThis week we are joined by Kayla Lee and Ryan Griffin of Bethune-Cookman. We find out who dragged who into the program, how their program is coming along and their thoughts of the NCAA LAW modules so far.
Links:
Kayla: BCU Bio
Ryan: BCU Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-03-1735 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE12 - Formation Group Update!After not talking about our formation group for 2 months, we give you an update as to what has been happening!
Links:
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-03-0312 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE11 - Shelby McKay and Derrick MitchellWe are joined by Shelby McKay, Assistant Director of Athletics, Student-Athlete Development, and Derrick Mitchell, Coordinator, Student-Athlete Development and Wellbeing from Washington State join us this week!
In the episode, we the Cougar Pursuit, the NCAA LAW program (surprise, surprise) and much more!
Links:
Shelby: Twitter | WSU Bio
Derrick: Twitter | WSU Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-02-2525 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE10 - George Midgett and Ben Wilson | KansasGeorge Midgett, Director of Student-Athlete Development, Leadership and Outreach, and Ben Wilson, Director of Student-Athlete Development, of Kansas University join the show.
We talked about their student-athlete development programs that are already in place, the NCAA Law program, and their formation group. George also tells us what he learned from his MySpace days!
Links:
Ben: KU Bio
George: Twitter | KU Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas: Twitter | AIC Bio2021-02-1736 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE9 - Jenn Cunningham and Nick Sailor | Providence CollegeJenn Cunningham, Assistant Athletic Director/External Relations, SAAC Advisor and Nick Sailor, Director of Training and Education For Diversity, Equity And Inclusion of Providence College joins us for our longest episode yet!
We talk about their backgrounds, how they are building more than one leadership program, their coaches listening tour and so much more! These two gave us so many fantastic ideas that we are excited to put into practice!
Links:
Jenn: Twitter | PC Bio
Nick: Twitter | PC Bio
Stephanie: Twitter | AIC Bio
Thomas...2021-02-1143 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE8 - Amanda EkabutrThis week Amanda Ekabutr, Director of Student-Athlete Development/Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the University of Massachusetts (UMass). We discuss her road from Scottsdale Community College to UMass, its winding road, and the social justice movement from the summer of 2020 sparked by the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. We round out the interview discussing her experience in the NCAA Leadership Academy Workshop
Links:
Amanda Ekabutr' UMass Bio
Amanda Ekabutr's Twitter
Stephanie Jarosik's Twitter
Thomas Pool's Twitter2021-02-0433 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE7 - Dr. Jeff O'BrienThis week Dr. Jeff O'Brien, Vice President of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, joins the podcast. We find out how he went from a working class family in Upstate New York to Vice President of ISSJ. We discuss some of his favorite moments of his career and how he helped build the NCAA Leadership Academy Workshop program.
Links:
Dr. Jeff O'Brien's ISSJ Bio
Dr. Jeff O'Brien's Twitter
Stephanie Jarosik's Twitter
Thomas Pool's Twitter2021-01-2834 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE6 - Chad Allen, Morgan StateChad Allen, Director of Student-Athlete Development at Morgan State joins us this week. He talks about his time as college student-athlete, coach, and how he ended up in student-athlete development. Chad, Stephanie, and Thomas then talk about the NCAA Leadership Academy Workshop and how their program are coming along.
Links:
Chad Allen Morgan State Bio
Chad Allen's Twitter
Stephanie Jarosik's Twitter
Thomas Pool's Twitter2021-01-2627 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE5 - Recap of our first formation group meeting!This week we go over how our first formation group meeting went! We discuss how we finalized our mission and vision statement and the thought process that went into the process!2021-01-0619 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE4 - Needs Based AssessmentThis week Stephanie and Thomas discuss what a needs base assessment is, why it is important, and we are expecting to learn from our assessment. 2020-12-2316 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE1 - Who are we are why are we talking leadership?Stephanie Jarosik and Thomas Pool discuss their backgrounds and reasoning for applying for the NCAA Leadership Workshop Academy2020-12-1118 minLaying the (Leadership) FoundationE2 - The Formation GroupThis week Stephanie and Thomas discuss what a formation group is, how to put one together and why it is important!2020-12-1116 min
Laying the (Leadership) FoundationE3 - Tobruk BlaineThis week Tobruk Blaine, the Beyond Football Coordinator at San Jose State, discusses her time as a high school teacher, how becoming a mother helped her be a better leader and about the Beyond Football program at SJSU.
You can follow Tobruk's progress on social media on Twitter at @Tobrukblaine_TB or @SanJoseStateBF, or on Instagram at @SanJoseStateBF.
SJSU Beyond Football Website2020-12-1130 min