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Leadership

Executive Committee

Tim Brusseau

President
University of Utah

Damon Andrew

President-Elect
Florida State University

Kim Graber

Past-President
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tim Gavin

Treasurer
Purdue University

Melanie Perreault

Secretary
SUNY Brockport

Yolisa Duley

Member-at-Large
University of Hawai’i at Hilo

Thomas J.Templin

Executive Director
American Kinesiology Association

Penny McCullagh

Kinesiology Today and
E-newsletter Editor

Kimberley Scott

Business Manager
American Kinesiology Association

Jaime Scott

Business Manager
American Kinesiology Association

Board of Directors

Eadric Bressel

Utah State University
(2026)

Sarah Ullrich-French

Washington State University
(2026)

Paddy Ekkekakis

Michigan State University
(2026)

Kris Grappendorf

California State University Bakersfield
(2026)

Elizabeth Mullin

Springfield College
(2026)

Christopher Aiken

New Mexico State University
(2027)

Michael Hemphill

University of North Carolina Greensboro
(2027)

Andrea Mason

University of Wisconsin-Madison
(2027)

Albert Mendoza

California State University East Bay
(2027)

Sara Michaliszyn

Youngstown State University
(2027)

DeAnne Brooks

Old Dominion University
(2028)

Steve Elmer

St. Catherine University
(2028)

Jackie Goodway

Michigan State University
(2028)

Jerry Jerome

Towson University
(2028)

Naiman Khan

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(2028)

PAST PRESIDENTS

  • 2007-2009 Jerry R. Thomas, University of North Texas
  • 2010-2011 T. Gilmour Reeve, Louisiana State University
  • 2012-2013 Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2014 Penny McCullagh, California State University, East Bay
  • 2015 Duane Knudson, Texas State University
  • 2016 Mary Rudisill, Auburn University
  • 2017 Tom Templin, University of Michigan
  • 2018 Jason Carter, Baylor University
  • 2019 Nancy Williams, Penn State University
  • 2020 Al Smith, Utah State University
  • 2021 Jeff Fairbrother, Auburn University
  • 2022 Karen Francis, University of San Francisco
  • 2023 Jared Russell, Auburn University
  • 2024 Kim Graber, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

  • 2008-2011 Shirl Hoffman
  • 2011-2017 Amelia Lee
  • 2017-2020 Gil Reeve