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Nan Carney-DeBord Director of Athletics at Denison University has been a subscriber since 2015

In eleven years as the Director of Athletics at Denison University, Carney-DeBord has made a definitive impact on the campus community with her brand of competitive excellence. She returned to her alma mater in 2011 as the Director of Athletics and faculty chair of the Health, Exercise and Sport Studies major and was promoted to Associate Vice President in 2016. Denison athletics’ foundation of competitive excellence is based on the values of trust, teamwork, integrity, leadership, growth mindset and diversity.

In 2021, Carney-DeBord was named 2021 Women Leaders in College Sports Nike Executive of the Year Award.

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