| Chair of Presidents Council |
Chair of Athletics Council |
Past Chair of Athletics Council/Executive Committee | Executive Committee | Executive Committee |
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Gregory L. King |
Steve Thompson Baldwin Wallace University |
Tom Simmons Ohio Northern University |
Mark Stambush |
Mari Briggs |
Bethany Dannelly, Commissioner
Bethany Dannelly began her tenure with the Ohio Athletic Conference on September 30, 2024.
Dannelly comes from Washington and Lee University, where she was the Associate Director of Athletics for four years. While at W&L, Dannelly oversaw facilities and operations for the 24-sport department in addition to being appointed as the Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designee. Dannelly currently serves on the Division III Women's Basketball National Committee.
Prior to Washington and Lee, Dannelly served as Director of Championships for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) for five years. In this role, she was responsible for coordinating the operations for 24 conference sponsored championships. She also assisted with conference financial operations, coordinated operations with the supervisors of officials for nine conference sports and handled additional tasks within the conference office. Among them was helping to lead the conference efforts for diversity, inclusion and leadership development within the ODAC and its member institutions.
Dannelly earned a bachelor of arts in psychology with a concentration in poverty studies from Washington and Lee in 2005. She was a four-year starter on the women's basketball team and a three-year letterwinner in track & field.
Dannelly has also had experience coaching at the collegiate level, serving as assistant basketball coach at Colby College from 2011-15, also holding the title of assistant strength and conditioning coach for three of those years. She was also a graduate assistant coach (2008-10) and assistant director of operations (2010-11) for the women's basketball program at the University of Virginia, where she earned a master of education in exercise physiology in 2010.
EMAIL | bdannelly@oac.org
Lindsay Miller, Associate Commissioner
Lindsay Miller began her tenure with the Ohio Athletic Conference on August 1, 2006. Miller oversees sports information in addition to enhanced responsibilities related to conference championships and governance.
Miller earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management from Bowling Green in 2003. While at Bowling Green Miller played three years on the Women’s Club Hockey team and served as club president and team captain. Miller also interned with the Wood County Special Olympics and the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League while at BGSU.
Prior to joining the OAC, Miller was the Sports Information/Event Coordinator at Lakeland Community College.
EMAIL lrickel@oac.org
Bryn Mangold, Assistant Commissioner
Bryn Mangold joined the Ohio Athletic Conference on August 15, 2022. Mangold was hired thanks to the NCAA Division III Ethnic Minorities and Women’s Grant (2022-2024), designed to provide financial assistance to Division III schools and conferences committed to enhancing gender and minority representation in athletics administrative positions.
Within the OAC office, Mangold oversees, enhances, and maintains the OAC website and social media presence, promoting the accomplishments of OAC student-athletes on and off the playing field. Mangold also oversees the OAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, providing resources, opportunities and development for student-athlete leaders in the conference.
Mangold earned bachelor’s degrees in Sport Management and Public Relations, and her master's degree in Business Administration from Otterbein University. She was a student-athlete on the Women's Basketball team for five years. Prior to the OAC, Mangold spent three years working for the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), first as an intern and then as a Communications and Media Relations Assistant.
EMAIL | bmangold@oac.org
