Elizabeth "Betsy" A. Alden, Ph.D.
President
betsy@aldenandassoc.com
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Betsy Alden founded Alden & Associates, Inc. in 1999 with the goal of serving the needs of higher education through executive search and consulting services.  With a specialization in intercollegiate athletics, she has served as the director of athletics of several intercollegiate athletics programs, including the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Webster University, San Francisco State University, and Ithaca College.  Her experiences in these positions have provided her with the unique ability to work with institutions seeking change. Betsy has served as the President of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) and is currently on the Executive Committee of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS).

Betsy has published articles in Athletic Administration, and Athletic Management, and is featured on AthleticSearch.com, an extension of Momentum Media Sports Publishing, and publisher of Athletic Management, Training & Conditioning, and Coaching Management magazines, with an “Ask the Experts” column. She serves on the Board of Advisors for the College Athletics & the Law publication, and has taught the graduate-level College Athletics in the Department of Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as having made presentations at the NCAA Title IX Seminars, the NACWAA Institute for Athletics Executives, the NCAA Leadership Institute for Minority Males and the NACWAA/HERS Program.

A native of Hyde Park, NY, Betsy is a graduate of the State University of New York, College at Cortland where she received her Bachelor’s degree in physical education. She received her Master’s degree from the University of Maryland where she studied sport history and sport philosophy, and her Ph.D. in athletic administration and sports studies from the University of Iowa.