Latrice Sales Mitchell, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Georgia Southern University

  Jan 2006 - Jul 2007

  Program Coordinator

  Developed, maintained, and implemented a comprehensive physical activity and fitness program at the Boys & Girls Club of Bulloch County. Responsible for supervising a 45-member team consisting of Georgia SouthernUniversity faculty, staff and students whose focus was guiding youngsters in the process of becoming healthy and physically active for a lifetime. Spearheaded the program and designed a developmentally-appropriatefitness unit for grades K – 12. Supervised instructors and physical activity coordinators. Facilitated fitness testing, research, and data analysis, ordered equipment and maintained inventory. Provided grant support through timely reporting, program management, and evaluation.; Managed and developed staffs ranging from six to forty personnel.* Retained grant-supported program through successful program management, grant development, and evaluation.* Instructed upper-level undergraduate kinesiology course - KINS 4899: Teaching Physical Education.* Planned and developed a comprehensive fitness and athletic program for 8 – 17 year-old youth. Show less

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  Corporate Fitness Works

  Aug 2007 - Mar 2008

  Fitness Specialist

  Designed health promotions and incentive programs throughout the northern Virginia area. Planned, implemented, and instructed the Healthy Weighs weight management program for 45 members. Directed group exercise class instruction and personal training sessions. Produced fitness and wellness educational materials including monthly health newsletters that provided quality customer care.

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  Curves of Montclair, South Riding, Chantilly Virginia,

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2008

  Assistant Manager, Trainer

  Responsibility to effectively manage all facets of each club to include customer satisfaction, effectiverecruitment and selection. Maintain positive guest relations and ensure services are consistent with cooperate standards. Assist profit & loss management by following cash control/security procedures, maintaining inventory, managing records, reviewing financial reports, and taking appropriate actions. Chief of fitness,wellness, and nutrition education. Work closely with special populations to ensure proper disease managementaccording to ACSM guidelines and physician recommendations. Ensure company standards on equipment, facility, and grounds are maintained by using a preventative maintenance program. Ensure complete and timely execution of corporate and local marketing plan. Provide training and leadership for new and existing coaches, and work with all club personnel in involving them in fitness education and sales. Show less

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  National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

  Oct 2008 - Dec 2012

  Assistant Director of Health and Safety

  Responsibility for the administration and coordination of initiatives and resources focused on health, wellness and safety for collegiate and pre-collegiate student-athletes and athletic staff at NCAA member institutions. Cultivate partnerships with internal groups, association-wide committees, national governing bodies and external constituents. Successfully develop and disseminate health and safety messages with NCAA-sponsored educational programs, youth programs and championships events. Provide leadership and development of youth fitness, physical activity and nutrition messages. Serve as health and safety liaison to NCAA-sponsored student-athlete development conferences and youth initiatives. Administer NCAA health and safety-related grant programs. Assist with NCAA drug testing and drug education programming, prepare communication pieces on health and safety initiatives, respond to requests for information from the membership, as well as develop health education materials.Serve as a national office liaison to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports; the Association-wide committee charged with providing leadership on health and safety issues for the membership. Serve as health and safety liaison to NCAA sport and sport rules committees. Deliver presentations on emerging health and safety topics relevant to student-athlete well-being, safety, sport performance and nutrition at national organization meetings, NCAA member conferences and meetings. Coordinate the NCAA nutrition and performance project, ensuring alignment of available resources and development of effective educational materials. Serve as liaison to the NCAA injury surveillance program identified to provide collegiate injury epidemiology outcomes and communicate those outcomes to the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports and relevant NCAA committees. Show less

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  NCAA

  Oct 2008 - Jun 2015

  Implemented Association-wide education and policy related to sport performance, nutrition, health education, and youth sports safety/long-term athlete development.• Presented and trained NCAA membership on sport science, health & safety, and leadership development topics focused on youth development, student-athlete, and institutional outcomes.• Served as the Staff Liaison to the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport (CSMAS) Committees / Task Forces: Health & Safety, Sports Nutrition, Safety in Strength & Conditioning, Injury Surveillance, Mental Health, Student-Athlete Leadership Development, Postgraduate Internship. Show less Health / Sport Science Communications·Serve as editor in chief of the monthly Sport Science Institute Newsletter; Coordinate distribution of newsletter via various web, social media and mobile platforms; Track engagement and evaluate effectiveness·Work with communications staff and cross-functional team to create a new SSI web page for the public; Develop and manage the NCAA_SSI twitter feed.Sport Performance ·Serve as liaison to external sport performance groups: SCAN and CSPDA (sport dietitians); CSCCa and NSCA (strength and conditioning coaches); American Academy of Dermatology, Association for Applied Sport Psychology, etc.·Manage a nutrition education campaign for student-athletes, coaches and athletics administrators.·Present health and safety, sport science education at various NCAA and external programs and meetings.Corporate Wellness·Coordinate the development of various health, physical fitness and wellness initiatives to foster an increased safety and wellness awareness within the office.·Oversee CPR-AED training for NCAA Staff and maintain a database of certified staff; Organize and teach regular group exercise classes ·Create various health and wellness educational campaignsYouth and Long-term Athlete Development·Help coordinate youth clinics at NCAA championship events·Develop curriculum for the Middle School Madness Program·Write physical fitness curriculum and ensure activities are conducted in a safe manner.·Cultivate long-term athlete development with various youth/health organizations and sports governing bodies. Show less

  • Associate Director, Sport Science Institute

    Aug 2013 - Jun 2015

  • Assistant Director, Sport Science Institute

    Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Assistant Director of Health and Safety

    Oct 2008 - Jan 2013
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  Boys & Girls Clubs of America

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Director, Sports, Fitness & Recreation

  Maximized active community outreach, through the coordination of special events related to youth sports, health, and wellness for the purposes of promoting youth development, character building, and post-secondary institution partnerships.; improving the program’s service standards by 15%.

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  IT'S TIME TEXAS

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Director, School Health & Youth Programming

  Created and cultivated community collaborations with outside agencies to lead state-wide educational efforts for pre-K-12 school-based and after school health, wellness, and sports programs.

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  The University of Texas, Institute for Urban Policy and Research Analysis

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  Graduate Research Assistant
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  Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

  Oct 2019 - Jul 2023

  Executive Director, JJK Winning in Life

  Create and evaluate an international program to build character and leadership skills through sport and physical activity for children, youth, and collegiate student-athletes, ensuring a continuous quality improvement approach, cross-functional collaboration, and information sharing with a focus on strategic and data-driven decision-making. Responsibilities include managing all aspects of the program, including curriculum development, training, grant writing, resource development, program implementation at various sites across the country, budgeting, and finding new partnerships. Show less

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  U.S. Bank

  Apr 2023 - now

  Assistant Vice President / Project Manager