Carolyn Schlie Femovich
Executive Director

Carolyn Schlie Femovich Executive Director

In selecting Carolyn Schlie Femovich as its fourth Executive Director, the Patriot League Council of Presidents continued its adherence to equity and innovation in its approach to intercollegiate athletics. Femovich brought 17 years experience at the NCAA Division I level to the Patriot League when she was appointed Executive Director in July of 1999. She is one of three women to hold the top post of a combined men and women's conference at the NCAA Division I level.

Throughout her tenure at the Patriot League, Femovich has focused on key areas including the development of a comprehensive multimedia package, expansion of League membership, improvement of League competitiveness, and quality of services to the membership.

Under her direction, Patriot League basketball has gained increased television exposure through contracts with national outlets and as a result of the League's broadband initiative, which streams more than 100 men and women's basketball games live annually via the Internet. Additionally, selected Patriot League Olympic sports have found a home as a part of the League's all-sport packages with various television entities and have seen increased visibility through the streaming of Patriot League Championship events.

In 2001 Femovich orchestrated the addition of American University as a full member and Georgetown as an associate member in football, which has helped to strengthened and stabilize the membership. She has also increased service to the membership with improvements in championship administration, League governance and a focus on the student-athlete experience. During her time with the Patriot League, emphasis has been placed on the competitiveness of its men and women's basketball programs, as well as other key sports that present unique opportunities for the League.

Femovich currently chairs the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet and recently finished a four-year term as the League's representative on the NCAA Management Council. She was also the chairperson of the prestigious Collegiate Women's Sports Awards Program where she continues to serve as a board member.

PERSONAL Husband: Robert M. Femovich Married: October 4, 1991 EDUCATION B.S., Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., 1971 M.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1975 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Patriot League: Executive Director, 1999-current University of Pennsylvania: Sr. Assoc. Athletics Director, 1986-99 University of Pennsylvania: Associate Athletics Director, 1982-86 Coordinator of Women's Athletics, Gettysburg College, 1978-82 Head Basketball and Tennis Coach, Gettysburg College, 1975-82 Graduate Assistant, Indiana University, 1974-1975 AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS Collegiate Commissioners' Association NCAA Women's Basketball Issues Committee Collegiate Women's Sports Awards Program (Chair 1999-03) Philadelphia Sports Congress Executive Committee National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators Former PL Representative to the NCAA Management Council President of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (1996) Former member, NCAA Women's Basketball Committee, 1984-90 Former member, NCAA Division I Business/Finance Cabinet Former member, NCAA Basketball Marketing Sub-Committee

Prior to her appointment as Executive Director, Femovich served in a leadership role in the administration of a highly-successful Ivy League program at the University of Pennsylvania.

During her tenure as Senior Associate Athletics Director (1986-99) and Associate Athletics Director (1982-85), her responsibilities included administration of intercollegiate sports and recreation programs, strategic planning and facilities development, human resource management and event planning. In her initial years with the Quakers, Femovich supervised 15 intercollegiate programs, coaching staffs and athletics facilities. She also served as Penn's Interim Director of Athletics in 1985.

Femovich represented the University in a variety of external capacities with the Ivy League and NCAA, and on a number of sports committees and boards.

Femovich's career in intercollegiate athletics began in 1974 at Indiana University as a graduate teaching assistant. In 1975, she moved to Gettysburg College as head coach of women's basketball, women's tennis, assistant professor of health and physical education and the Coordinator of Women's Athletics.

Included in the impressive list of regional and national committees Femovich has served on are the NCAA Basketball Marketing Sub-Committee, the NCAA Division I Business/Finance Cabinet and the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee, arguably the most prestigious women's sport committee in the NCAA.

She played a primary role in bringing the 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four to Philadelphia and is a member of the executive board of the Philadelphia Sports Congress. She also held the office of President of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) in 1996, which now includes more than 300 member institutions.

Femovich is a graduate of Valparaiso University and received a master of science degree from Indiana University. Femovich and her husband Robert reside in Hellertown, Pa.