Jessica Huntley
	Director of Division III Governance
	jhuntley@ecac.org
	508-771-5060 ext. 222

Jessica Huntley joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) on April 4, 2011, with the title of Director of Division III Governance.

Huntley will be responsible for managing all aspects of ECAC Division III governance matters.  In addition, her duties will include the oversight of Division III strategic plan implementation as well as assisting with special events pertaining to the ECAC’s Division III membership.

“Jessica is the ideal person for this important position. In the four years that I have known her, she has progressed from a young intern to a solid college athletics administrator,” Commissioner Rudy Keeling stated in a news release announcing her appointment. “As a member of the ECAC staff, Jessica is a perfect liaison for the Division III membership.”

Huntley comes to the ECAC from Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Mass., where she served as the assistant director of athletics, senior woman administrator and recruiting coordinator since August 2009. In addition, she was the Wildcats’ women’s basketball coach for the 2010-11 season. In her administrative role within the athletics department, Huntley assisted in the planning, organizing and directing of the NCAA Division III program, actively recruited prospective student-athletes, collaborated with college administrative offices for the recruitment and retention of student athletes, advised the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), provided event coordination for all special events, including award banquets and the annual Wildcats Golf Tournament, and managed the Bay Path athletics web site.

Huntley’s other work experience includes Assistant Commissioner and Director of Communications at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) from 2007-09 and Director of Operations for the Harvard University men’s basketball team during the 2006-07 season.

Huntley was a four-year letterwinner and captain on the York (Pa.) College women’s basketball team. She graduated in 2006 with a bachelor of science degree in sport management and a minor in business administration. She received a master of arts in higher education administration from Boston College in May 2009.

The Berwick, Pa., native is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Woman Athletics Administrator (NACWAA), New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA), National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Huntley has been active nationally in her discipline, including the NCAA Division III SAAC, NCAA Champs/Life Skills Workshop panelist, NCAA Division III/Habitat for Humanity facilitator and NCAA Convention roundtable facilitator.