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JOE ONDERKO,
Executive Director |
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was named the first full-time executive director in the history
of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) on July 1, 2006 and
begins his sixth year as the league's chief administrator in the
2011-12 academic year. He
is responsible for all conference administration and public
relations duties at the conference office in
Wexford, Pa., located in the north hills of Pittsburgh.
Onderko reports directly to the PAC Presidents' Council,
comprised of the presidents of the conference member
institutions. He served on the NCAA Division III Financial
Aid Committee from 2007-11 and is an active member of the
Division III Commissioners
Association (DIIICA). He is also currently the co-chair of
the local organizing committee planning the 2012 ECAC-SIDA
Workshop in Pittsburgh.
Onderko, 41,
previously worked full-time for 11 years (1995-2006) as sports
information director at PAC member Westminster College in New
Wilmington, Pa., while serving as PAC Information Director on a
part-time basis for five years (2001-06). During that span with
the PAC, he was responsible for all public relations and
information duties in the conference, including press releases,
conference statistics, and website management.
During his
tenure at Westminster, Onderko was responsible for all public
relations and sports information efforts at a 20-sport NCAA
Division III athletic program, which previously was a member of
both the NAIA and NCAA Division II. He earned 12 national
publication awards, including three "Best in the Nation" honors
from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Onderko also served as a member of CoSIDA's Academic
All-America committee from 1995-2006, concluding his tenure as
national coordinator of the Academic All-American of the Year
and Hall of Fame programs.
Prior to coming
to Westminster, Onderko served as assistant sports information
director at NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth University
(1992-95) in Richmond and was a public relations intern for the
NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers (1992). While at VCU, he served as
Assistant Media Coordinator of the 1994 Women's Final Four in
Richmond.
A native of
Jamestown, Pa., Onderko is a 1992 graduate of Robert Morris
University with a bachelor's degree in communication management,
while earning his master's degree in education from Westminster
in 2000. He and his wife, Pam, have three daughters: Erin (10), Lauren (7)
and Alison (3).
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SHANNON O'BRIEN,
Associate Director |
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O'Brien was hired as PAC Associate Director
in the summer of 2010. O'Brien's position is a 20-month
internship (2010-12) fully funded by the NCAA Division III Ethnic
Minority & Women's Internship Grant program. She begins
her second year with the PAC in the 2011-12 academic year.
O'Brien comes to the PAC after serving in
administrative positions at Buffalo State College, the
University at Buffalo, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate
Conference (AMCC), the Buffalo Bison (AAA) minor league
baseball team, and at her alma mater, Medaille College.
In addition to her work history, O'Brien
gained additional professional development as a "graduate"
of the NACWAA Institute for Administrative Advancement in
June 2011. She was also a participant at several
conventions and seminars including: the 2011 & 2012 NCAA
National Conventions, the 2010 & 2011 NACWAA National
Conventions, the 2011 Emerging Leaders seminar, the 2011
Gender Equity Forum, the 2009 & 2011 Women's Leadership Symposiums,
and the
2007 PAC/AMCC "Winning Careers for Women in Athletics"
workshop.
A native of Cheektowaga, New York, O'Brien
is a 2008 graduate of Medaille majoring in sport management,
while also recently completing her master of science degree
in student personnel administration at
Buffalo State College in May 2010.
While an undergraduate at Medaille, she was
a member of the MC softball team and was active for four
years as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC). During her college years, she worked as a student
statistical assistant for Medaille volleyball and as an
assistant to the equipment manager. She has also
volunteered as a youth softball and basketball instructor.
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Presidents’ Athletic Conference
8500 Brooktree Road, Suite 130
Wexford, PA
15090
Phone – (724)
933-4630
Fax – (724)
933-4635
PAC Officiating
Supervisors/Assignors
Football - Tri-State Intercollegiate Athletic Corporation
Supervisor - Gene Steratore Jr. -
ejsref@yahoo.com
Assistant Supervisor - Charlie Watts
Men's & Women's Soccer
Supervisor - Don Brown -
donalddbrown@yahoo.com
Men's Basketball
Supervisor - Bill Ek -
ekbballref@yahoo.com
Women's Basketball
Supervisor - Diane Plas -
jplas@prodigy.net
Baseball
Assignor - Chuck Adya -
adjref@gmail.com
Softball
Assignor - Denny Mader -
dmader66@gmail.com
Volleyball assignors are hired individually by PAC schools |
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