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JOHN D’ARGENIO VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AT SIENA COLLEGE, CHAIR - COMMITTEE ON ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION

NCAA Women’s Basketball Albany Super Regional in March 2024. D'Argenio currently serves as the chair of both the MAAC Committee of Athletic Administration (COAA) and the MAAC Men’s Soccer Committee, and is also a member of the MAAC Strategic Planning Committee and the MAAC Marketing & TV Committee, as well as the Albany County Sports Commission. He has previously served as the chair of the MAAC Baseball and Men’s Basketball Committees, as well as a member of the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee and the NACDA I-AAA ADA Executive Committee. D'Argenio earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Dayton in 1982 and a master's of science degree from North Dakota State University in 1985. He is a native of Rome, NY

John D'Argenio was appointed director of athletics on April 21, 1993, after serving as the acting director of athletics for the 1992-93 academic year. He is the second longest tenured athletic director in Division I at the same institution as of December 2023, trailing only Joe Sterrett of Lehigh University (33 years). On January 27, 2014, he was promoted to Vice President at Siena College and asked to join the President's Cabinet. Many new initiatives have been set forth and much progress has been made in the athletic department during D'Argenio's tenure.

JAMIE FOGARTY SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR AT IONA UNIVERSITY, VICE CHAIR - COMMITTEE ON ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION

In 1996, D'Argenio was instrumental in negotiating Siena's agreement with the County of Albany and Times Union Center (formerly Pepsi Arena) to move all of the College's men's home basketball games to the downtown facility. The move to the state-of-the-art downtown Albany facility culminated in Siena and the Arena signing a five-year contract and most recently an extension through 2025. Since the move, the men's basketball team has seen its attendance rank inside the top-100 nationally for the past 25 seasons and consistently rank as one of the top Northeast mid-majors and one of the top schools in the state of New York. Siena posted its highest attendance average in 11 seasons (6,415) during the 2022-23 campaign. Athletics is one of four pillars in the College's newest strategic plan: Leading The Way – which was rolled out in 2022. Recent athletic improvements overseen by D’Argenio in order to fulfill initiatives laid out by Siena’s strategic plan included a large-scare renovation of the then-Alumni Recreation Center and the construction of an enclosed 8,360 square foot practice court for the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Siena Athletics announced a naming rights deal with UHY Advisors in 2021 to brand the department’s on-campus playing facility as the “UHY Center”. The Department’s newest significant on-campus addition is the Bob Guido ’68 Athletic Academic Center: a 2,200 square foot state-of-the art facility located in the Marcelle Athletic Complex that provides an enhanced learning environment for Siena’s student athletes, which opened in May 2022. Siena teams have enjoyed conference-wide as well as regional and national success. The Saints have won 47 MAAC team championships under D'Argenio's direction, the most recent coming when both men’s golf (fifth) and men’s tennis (first) took home MAAC titles on April 23, 2023. Individually, Siena’s cross country and track programs combined for six individual championships over three seasons during the 2022-23 school year, while Siena Swimming & Diving’s Talia Spenziero captured the 2023 MAAC One-Meter Diving Championship. In 1995, D'Argenio served as Tournament Director for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds at Knickerbocker Arena. He again assumed those duties in March of 2003, as Siena served as the host institution for the men's basketball East (Albany) Regional at Pepsi Arena after co-hosting the NCAA wrestling National Championships in March of 2002. Siena joined with the MAAC to play host to NCAA Women’s Basketball Regionals in 2015, 2018 and 2019. The Saints have hosted numerous NIT and Women's NIT games as well, including a remarkable six in 2003. Recently, D’Argenio served at the Tournament Director for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship’s return to Albany to First and Second Rounds at MVP Arena in 2023, and will hold the same capacity during the 2024

Jamie Fogarty enters her 30th year as a member of the Iona University athletics department in 2024-25. It is her 30th year as an administrator and 18th as Senior Woman Administrator and chief compliance officer. In her role as a zSenior Associate Athletic Director, Fogarty oversees all NCAA, MAAC, and institutional policies and regulations. She is responsible for the scheduling of Iona's athletic contests and oversees the distribution of financial aid for the student-athletes and determines their initial and continuing eligibility.

In addition to her compliance work, Fogarty also oversees the performance and development of Iona's Student-Athlete Academic Center located in the Hynes Center East. During the 2023-24 school year, Fogarty serves her second stint (2005-06) as a vice chair of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Committee on Athletic Administration. She has also served as the on-site administrator for several MAAC Championships that have been hosted at Iona University. As senior women's administrator, Fogarty is responsible for overseeing all of the women's athletic programs and serves as an advisor and mentor to the women's coaching staffs. A 1995 graduate of Iona, Fogarty was a student-worker in the athletics department before being awarded a graduate assistantship in the academic advisor's office. She received her master's degree in education from Iona in 1997 and was immediately hired as the Academic Advisor for Student-Athletes. While she worked in the academic advisor's office, she helped steward the almost 400 Division I student-athletes through the rigors of academic life.

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