CWU to host Northwest Sport Management Summit on Wednesday

Registration is still open for the Northwest Sport Management Summit, scheduled for Wednesday, November 20, in CWU’s Nicholson Pavilion.

The free event, hosted by the Northwest Center for Sport (NWCS), is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will center around the theme, “Climbing to New Heights in Sport.” If you are interested in attending, please pre-register online.

After a brief welcome, the NWCS will present its Alumni of the Year Award to Tim Booth (’00), a longtime sportswriter for The Associated Press who started a new position with The Seattle Times this fall.

The award presentation will be followed by a keynote address from Eric Wood, Senior Deputy Athletic Director of External Relations for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Athletics. The topic of his speech, scheduled from 9:10 to 9:45 a.m., will be “Culture, Class and Competitive Excellence.”

Two panels will follow at 10 and 11:30 a.m. The first panel, focusing on nonprofit sport organizations, will feature:

• Kevin Bodle (’20, ’22), Athletics Academic Advisor, Fresno State University 
• John Cooper, President and CEO, Yakima Valley Tourism 
• Jeneé James, Assistant Executive Director of Education/Special Programs, Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)
• Brandon Rinta (’01), head men's basketball coach at CWU
• KC Smurthwaite, athletics administration consultant

The second panel will center around commercial sport organizations. The panelists are:

• Jen Anderson, Vice President of People and Culture, Hillsboro Hops 
• Eric Heuston (’95), Director of Human Resources, Seattle Seahawks 
• Linae Myhand (’21), Member Service Consultant, San Francisco 49ers
• Gisselle Pichard, Communications Manager, Seattle Sounders FC
• Kalli Rutherford, Experiential Marketing Coordinator, Seattle Mariners

A networking luncheon will follow from 1-2:15 p.m. in the fieldhouse, and the day will conclude with a reception from 2:15-4 p.m., also in the fieldhouse.