Welcome to the 57TH Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association! This years’ conference will once again offer excellent speakers, outstanding professional development, and many opportunities to network and catch up with colleagues and friends. Our Executive Council has worked all year long to help make our conference the best in the country. I am sure you are going to enjoy our speakers and presenters and leave Hershey with many ideas of how to improve your own athletic department.

The Foundation Raffle & Silent Auction will be held on Wednesday evening the 19th of March at 7:00 PM in the Great Hall. Our Foundation continues to give $13,000 a year in scholarships to graduating seniors. The Foundation supports student-athletes, coaching education and our membership in general. Please support the raffle and Foundation for this very worthwhile cause.

The Keynote Session will be held on Thursday March 20th . This session will honor the NIAAA/PSADA Scholarship Recipients, and the Keynote Speaker will be Kevin Atlas, National Recognized Speaker. General Session Speakers, scheduled for Thursday,

March 20th and Friday March 21st will focus on Mental Health for Student Athletes, the most current Federal Title IX regulations , and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators’ Association.

The awards banquet on Thursday, March 20th at noon will honor and recognize our

Regional and Athletic Director of the Year and several special award recipients. These individuals have worked very hard to distinguish themselves as leaders in athletic administration. Please join us in recognizing them for all their time, wisdom, and dedication to their students. Thursday evening March 20th will be the Fourth Annual PSADA Corn Hole Tournament and Social.

Please take some time to personally visit each one of our vendors. Their continued support allows us to continue to have our conference at such a reasonable cost to our membership. They would greatly appreciate a few minutes of your time.

As you see me during the conference, please feel free to talk to me about any ideas or concerns that you may have about our conference or PSADA in general. I am honored to be able to serve each and every one of you. I sincerely hope that you have a meaningful, enjoyable, and rewarding conference.

Please return to this page often. As the PSADA Executive Council solidifies the Conference Program it will be posted here.

Sincerely,

Holly Farnese, CMAA

PSADA Executive Director.