Beth Hunter Position: Director of Marketing Institution: University of Notre Dame

Beth Hunter is in her fourth year as director of sports marketing at Notre Dame after serving as sports promotions coordinator within the Irish athletics department since July of 2001.

Hunter oversees the creation and implementation of marketing plans for several of the Irish's 26 intercollegiate sports. In addition, she works to develop new and existing relationships with local, regional, and national corporate partners. Hunter also works closely with the Notre Dame Monogram Club, an organization of former student-athletes, student managers, student athletic trainers and cheerleaders who have earned a monogram because of their participation in the University's varsity intercollegiate programs and the Club's board of directors.

A 1998 graduate of Providence with a degree in psychology, Hunter spent the 2000-01 year serving as assistant director of marketing and promotions and director of licensing at Northern Colorado. At Northern Colorado, Hunter was responsible for overseeing the marketing, promotions, advertising and community service programs for all 16 varsity sports programs, as well as proctoring the licensing program for the entire university.

While at Northern Colorado, Hunter also served as assistant tournament director for the 2001 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships, and gained experience working for NCAA productions at the NCAA Women's College World Series and the Division I NCAA Women's and Men's Volleyball championships.

Prior to joining the athletic department at Northern Colorado, Hunter served as a graduate assistant in the sports marketing department at Providence from 1998-2000. While obtaining her master's degree in business administration, she helped market the 21-sport program at the college. In addition, she also was the marketing director for the '00 Frozen Four, hosted by Providence.

A native of Shrewsbury (MA), Hunter and her husband, Jake, reside in South Bend (IN) and welcomed their first child, Paige Susan in July 2004.