Judith “Judy” M. Sweet
Senior Associate
judy@aldenandassoc.com
tel 413-549-1635, ext 207
fax 413-549-1461

Judy Sweet is a widely respected and distinguished leader in intercollegiate athletics. She most recently served as NCAA Senior Vice President for Championships and Education Services, retiring in 2006. During her tenure as NCAA Senior Vice President, Judy's responsibilities included oversight for 84 NCAA Championships and serving as a primary contact for Title IX and Gender Equity Initiatives.  She has assisted organizations and universities with gender equity assessments and strategies and has testified on Title IX before several congressional committees.

Prior to her six years with the NCAA, Judy served for 24 years as the Director of Athletics at the University of California, San Diego where she became one of the first women in the nation selected to direct a combined men's and women's intercollegiate athletics program.  The UCSD program won 24 National championships during her tenure and won the NACDA Director's Cup in 1998.  Judy served on more than 20 NCAA Committees and in 1991 she was elected to a two-year term as Membership President of the NCAA and was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the NCAA in 1989, becoming the first woman to serve in each of those positions. She was Division III Vice President, the presiding officer of that division, from 1986-88. Judy also taught and coached at Tulane University and the University of Arizona and is a Past President of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA).

A native of Milwaukee, WI, Judy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  She earned a Master's degree from the University of Arizona, Tucson and an MBA from National University, San Diego.  Judy has received many national awards, including the NACWAA Administrator of the Year and the NACDA James J. Corbett Award. In conjunction with the NCAA's Centennial Celebration in 2006, she was named one of the 100 most influential student-athletes and in 2007 was named by the Institute for International Sports as on of The 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America.