By Mehr Takakr (III) Mrs. Stephenson is new to Pingry this year as the associate athletic director on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team. She will be the first athletic representative on the DEI Board, and her role will be to include more student/athlete perspective on decisions about the school.
Mrs. Stephenson received a Bachelors of Science in Sports Management from Delaware State University, and later attended DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida to get her MBA and Masters in Sports Business Management. Before arriving at Pingry, Mrs. Stephenson also worked for the NFL in the player engagement department. There, she helped athletes determine what they wanted to do after their athletic career and guided them through the next steps to take. She also helped out with college athletics and worked at the Birmingham Crossplex.
Mrs. Stephenson grew up in Maryland and has family in New Jersey. She “loves being so close to home…which is one of the many things I love about this job.” She also enjoys working with younger people again and being able to impact their lives directly.
So far, she already loves Pingry and its “college-like” environment, noting that “it brings [her] back to when [she] was in college.” Moving forward, Mrs. Stephenson’s most important goals for this year include acclimating to the school and ensuring that students have the best experience possible. She is also helping to layout a framework through the DEI to ensure that all different types of people are included in athletics.