Mary Mulvenna - Senior Associate Athletics Director, Chief of Staff - Staff Directory

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Mary Mulvenna

Title:
Senior Associate Athletics Director, Chief of Staff
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Phone:
215-895-1782

Mary Mulvenna was named Drexel’s Senior Associate AD/Chief of Staff in January of 2022. Mulvenna came to Drexel after serving as the Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance and Enrollment Services at Northeastern University for the previous three years.

At Drexel, Mulvenna will serve on the senior leadership team. She will be an advisor to the Director of Athletics in oversight and executive level management of strategic priorities and initiatives. Mulvenna will lead the implementation and advancement of the Drexel Athletics strategic plan and represent the department on NCAA, CAA and University committees. She will also serve as the executive liaison with staff, faculty, students, the CAA, the NCAA and external consultants and the general public. Mulvenna will have oversight of the compliance office, oversee Drexel’s administrative support team and serve as sport administrator for assigned programs among other duties.

While at NU, she served on the senior leadership team and was involved with strategic planning and initiatives in areas including governance, admissions and financial aid. Mulvenna was the primary liaison for a number of campus partners and collaborated with the general counsel's office on NCAA and institutional related issues. She also served as the sport administrator for a number of programs, including women's soccer, women's swimming and diving and men's rowing. She has also been Northeastern's lead administrator on name, image and likeness matters in the department. Mulvenna developed Northeastern's LGBTQ action plan for the athletic department to further educate and create awareness initiatives for department staff and student-athletes

Mulvenna has been active in numerous committees both at the NCAA and the University levels. She was a member of the NCAA Council as well as the NCAA Legislative Committee Vice Chair.

Before her tenure at Northeastern, Mulvenna worked at the Ivy League, West Coast Conference, America East and Missouri Valley conferences managing the compliance sector, SAAC and had oversight of several sports.

A former student-athlete, Mulvenna played soccer during her undergraduate days at Temple University. She graduated with a bachelor of science degree in sport and recreation management in 2001. She also earned a master's degree in sport management from Temple.