Thursday January 17, 2019
We are thrilled to have as our speaker Mark Harlan, who is the new University of Utah Athletic Director. He comes to the U. with vast experience in athletic administration on both coasts and in between. A brief bio:
“Mark Harlan, a veteran administrator with Pac-12 ties, was named director of athletics at the University of Utah on June 1, 2018. Harlan brought more than 20 years of athletics administration experience at five universities to his new post, most recently four years as the athletics director at the University of South Florida.
“Prior to his appointment at USF in 2014, Harlan served as the senior associate athletics director for external relations at UCLA, senior vice president for central development at Arizona, senior associate athletics director at San Jose State and associate athletics director at Northern Colorado.
“The Los Angeles native spearheaded record competitive, academic and fundraising accomplishments at South Florida, while also negotiating new multimedia rights and apparel partnerships.
“In his tenure at USF, the Bulls won 14 American Athletic Conference titles. Nine USF programs ranked in the top 25 in 2015-16 when the Bulls led the AAC in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings.”
Wow!!! Mark intends to bring his Associate Athletic Director to our dinner as well, Scott Kull. Scott’s credentials are amazing, including:
“He began his career as a graduate assistant in ticketing at Florida and a marketing intern at Georgia Tech before going to Ohio State as an assistant director of marketing.
“A New England native raised in Maine and New Hampshire, Kull competed on the football and track and field teams at Otterbein University (Ohio), where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business and organizational communications in 1990. He earned a master’s degree in sport management from Ohio State in 1992.
“Kull enjoys competing in triathlons and skiing.”
We are in for a wonderful evening. Our schedule is the usual, dinner promptly at 6 at the Alta Club followed by the remarks of Mark and Scott at 7. Parking is in the new Alta Club parking lot one half block east of the Alta Club on South Temple on the same side of the street as the Alta Club. For head count purposes, could you please RSVP to this e-mail as to whether you are planning to attend. Please look to bring friends, family, sons, grandsons, co-workers, etc., if they might have an interest in joining the Timpanogos Club. May we suggest you bring them as a guest on a trial basis, but please let us know the number you are bringing for purposes of the head count. How wonderful to be a member of this organization of professional men, which has enjoyed constant membership and attendance since 1913!
With the huge success of the University of Utah athletics in football, gymnastics, basketball, etc. this should be one of our best Timpanogos Club meetings ever! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Cheers, Your Timpanogos Club Officers– Randy Jensen (President), Dave Gillette (First Vice President), Wallie Rasmussen (Second Vice President), Bruce Woodruff (Immediate Past President), Wayne Middleton (Secretary/Treasurer), Glenn Waterman (Membership Recruitment), Brent Scharman (Historian), Tom Rohlfing (Web Site Developer), and Tony Middleton (Speaker Development)