CoSIDA Announces Staff Changes
Barb Kowal, who has served as Director of External Affairs on the CoSIDA staff since 2009, will move into a newly created position as Director of Professional Development & External Affairs. In addition, Beau White joins the staff in a part-time role as webmaster and graphic designer.
In approving the adjusted scope and role of these changes, the CoSIDA Board of Directors is signaling a commitment to ensuring full-time staff involvement in helping guide all educational programming efforts offered to CoSIDA members.
“We discussed the importance of professional development as part of the new CoSIDA strategic plan development with the thought that having someone from the staff play a central role in overseeing all aspects of what we do educationally for the members year-round would provide consistency and a greater commitment to what we felt was a core service of the organization,” said CoSIDA Executive Director Doug Vance.
“We saw an opportunity to make that happen with an adjustment in Barb’s responsibilities and by creating a part-time position to manage our website and provide graphic design support,” added Vance. “Barb has shown a passion and commitment in our educational endeavors in the past and I’m delighted she jumped at the change to accept this new responsibility.”
Kowal, who was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 2010, will continue with oversight of external communications on behalf of the organization, including public posts on all of CoSIDA’s social media platforms. She will work closely with both the CoSIDA continuing education committee and the convention program committee in all aspects of CoSIDA’s professional development programs and educational planning. She previously served in campus athletic communications at Manhattanville College, the University of Connecticut and the University of Texas.
White has provided graphic support to CoSIDA on a freelance basis the past two years.He previously served 10 years as assistant media relations director/graphic designer for the University of Kansas athletics department and worked four years as a graphic designer and communications program manager for Sprint. He is a graduate of Missouri State University.
The staff changes are effective immediately.