Experience

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  Big ten conference

  Jun 2003 - Jul 2004

  Robert hammel communications
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  Teamworks media

  Jul 2004 - Dec 2004

  Public relations assistant/project coordinator
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  Northwestern university

  Jan 2005 - May 2021

  • Executed all creative athletic department initiatives, including new basketball court design, activation of corporate sponsor creative elements, design guidelines and athletic campus beautification• Pitched original story ideas, facilitate media requests and interviews for the entire athletic department, specifically for women’s basketball and football • Built and maintained strong relationships with national and local media covering Northwestern Athletics

  • Associate Athletic Director / Kabiller NU for Life Program Director/Vice Chair, Sport Administration

    Aug 2018 - May 2021

  • Assistant Athletic Director, Career Enhancement and Employer Relations, NU For Life

    Sept 2012 - Jul 2018

  • Associate Director of Athletic Communications/Publications Coordinator

    Jun 2009 - Aug 2012

  • Assistant Director Athletic Communications

    Jan 2005 - Jun 2009
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  Northwestern university school of professional studies

  Oct 2012 - Feb 2019

  • Advised student who won 2019 Distinguished Thesis Award for Sports Administration • Redesigned and taught core course, Organization and Management of Sport• Consultant for online course development and faculty recruitment

  • Thesis Advisor

    Jun 2012 - Feb 2019

  • Instructor, Master's In Sports Administration Program

    Oct 2012 - Aug 2017
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  Master of science in higher education administration and policy at northwestern university

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  Research coach higher education administration graduate school sequence

  • Served as research coach for small cohort of graduate students• Guided students through research sequence, including crafting master's project question, data collection and analysis and literature review

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  Hammer consulting and coaching, llc

  May 2021 - now

  Founder

  Partnering with sports executives to modernize organizational processes and to creatively address tough challenges in order to better serve their stakeholders.

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  Underdog venture team

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Partner, chief engagement officer, mettle + rise

  Mettle + Rise is a boutique-oriented agency that seeks to elevate the athlete mindset for career and life success through education, engagement, community-building, and brand storytelling. underdog Venture Team, the parent company, strives is to help build and grow your brand while changing the face, value proposition and perspective of the sports, health, media and lifestyle industries.

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  Quinnipiac university

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Part-time faculty, sport administration (school of business)

  Taught asynchronous undergraduate course on the business of sport.

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  Bowdoin college

  Mar 2024 - now

  Special projects and planning (athletics)

  Create systems and processes to improve organizational efficiency. Drive big-picture thinking and strategy.