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JOE ONDERKO, Executive Director

Joe Onderko was named the first full-time executive director in the history of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) on July 1, 2006 and begins his fifth year as the league's chief administrator in the 2010-11 academic year. He is responsible for all conference administration and public relations duties at the conference office in Wexford, Pa., located in the north hills of Pittsburgh.

Onderko reports directly to the PAC Presidents' Council, comprised of the presidents of the conference member institutions. He was named to the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee in January, 2007 and is an active member of the Division III Commissioners Association (DIIICA).

Onderko, 40, previously worked full-time for 11 years (1995-2006) as sports information director at PAC member Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., while serving as PAC Information Director on a part-time basis for five years (2001-06). During that span with the PAC, he was responsible for all public relations and information duties in the conference, including press releases, conference statistics, and website management.

During his tenure at Westminster, Onderko was responsible for all public relations and sports information efforts at a 20-sport NCAA Division III athletic program, which previously was a member of both the NAIA and NCAA Division II. He earned 12 national publication awards, including three "Best in the Nation" honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Onderko also served as a member of CoSIDA's Academic All-America committee from 1995-2006, concluding his tenure as national coordinator of the Academic All-American of the Year and Hall of Fame programs.

Prior to coming to Westminster, Onderko served as assistant sports information director at NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth University (1992-95) in Richmond and was a public relations intern for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers (1992). While at VCU, he served as Assistant Media Coordinator of the 1994 Women's Final Four in Richmond.

A native of Jamestown, Pa., Onderko is a 1992 graduate of Robert Morris University with a bachelor's degree in communication management, while earning his master's degree in education from Westminster in 2000. He and his wife, Pam, have three daughters: Erin (9), Lauren (6) and Alison (2).
 

SHANNON O'BRIEN, Associate Director

Shannon O'Brien was hired as PAC Associate Director in the summer of 2010. O'Brien's position is a 20-month internship (2010-12) fully funded by the NCAA Division III Ethnic Minority & Women's Internship Grant program.

O'Brien comes to the PAC after serving in administrative positions at Buffalo State College, the University at Buffalo, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), the Buffalo Bison (AAA) minor league baseball team, and at her alma mater, Medaille College.

In addition to her work history, O'Brien gained additional professional development as a participant at the 2009 Women's Leadership Symposium in Chicago and the 2007 PAC/AMCC "Winning Careers for Women in Athletics" workshop in Pittsburgh.

A native of Cheektowaga, New York, O'Brien is a 2008 graduate of Medaille majoring in sport management, while also recently completing her master of science degree in student personnel administration at Buffalo State College in May 2010.

While an undergraduate at Medaille, she was a member of the MC softball team and was active for four years as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). During her college years, she worked as a student statistical assistant for Medaille volleyball. She has also volunteered as a youth softball and basketball instructor.
 

Presidents’ Athletic Conference
 8500 Brooktree Road, Suite 130
 Wexford, PA   15090
Phone – (724) 933-4630
Fax – (724) 933-4635

PAC Officiating Supervisors/Assignors
Football - Tri-State Intercollegiate Athletic Corporation
Supervisor - Ed Manning - emmafl24@comcast.net
Assistant Supervisor - Bruce Boliver - bruce.boliver@sru.edu

Men's & Women's Soccer
Supervisor - Don Brown - donalddbrown@yahoo.com

Men's Basketball
Supervisor - Bill Ek - ekbballref@yahoo.com

Women's Basketball - Intercollegiate Officiating Association (IOA)
Supervisor - Diane Plas - jplas@prodigy.net

 Baseball
 Assignor - Chuck Adya - adjref@gmail.com

Softball
 Assignor - Denny Mader - dmader@compucom-inc.com

Volleyball assignors are hired individually by PAC schools