Joylynn Brown of Wright State to Speak at Women In Business on July 18, 2024

Women In Business
July 18, 2024
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: Holiday Inn, 2800 Presidential Drive, Fairborn, OH 45324
Cost: $20, with lunch included
Registration due by July 15, 2024
NO REFUNDS

Joylynn Brown was named the Interim Director of Athletics at Wright State on March 13, 2024 and officially began her duties on April 1, 2024.

Brown has been a part of Wright State’s athletic administration since 2014, most recently serving as the Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator.

In her previous roles, Brown represented the University as the designated Senior Woman Administrator in Conference and NCAA matters and is the Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Athletics and served as the athletics Diversity & Inclusion designee, overseeing programming for staff and student-athletes on diversity, equity and inclusion. In the absence of the Director of Athletics, she directed the overall administration of the department.

Brown provides sport oversight for volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country and track field, and is the secondary sport oversight for women’s and men’s basketball. She supervises and oversees Special Projects Coordinator, which includes oversight of Student-Athlete Advisory Council and NCAA Life Skills program, and serves as the department liaison with human resources, overseeing all searches and hiring of candidates.

No stranger to Wright State, Brown played volleyball for the Raiders from 1989-1992 and was an all-conference performer before later serving as an assistant coach (1996-1998) and then head coach (1998-2005) of the volleyball program. During her time as head coach, she was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year in 2001 when she was also selected as the AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

Brown graduated from Wright State in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in communications studies with a concentration in English.