Director of Athletics
Drexel University
Maisha Kelly was named Drexel’s Director or Athletics on June 16, 2021. Kelly, a native of Philadelphia, returns to the city after serving as Bucknell University’s Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator. Kelly developed a wide breadth of experience during her decade-long tenure at Bucknell, ranging from sport oversight, to partnerships with key campus constituents, to the creation of DEI and student-athlete leadership programs, to fundraising. In each of those roles, Kelly led from the fundamental perspective of holistic support for Bucknell’s more than 750 Division I student-athletes. Kelly is a member of the Women Leaders in College Sports and a graduate of their Executive Institute. She is also a graduate of the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic and Minority Females.