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Carla Wilson

Wilson Carla
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Director of Athletics University of Missouri-Kansas City

Wilson is the first-ever female and minority director of athletics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and was the only female athletics director in the Western Athletic Conference at the time of her appointment. The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators honored her as Division I Administrator of the Year in 2012. Before becoming athletic director, Wilson was the senior associate athletics director for business and administration and senior woman administrator. She is a 2010 graduate of the NCAA Fellows Leadership Development Program.


A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
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A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics