Player Bio: Jim White

Jim White

Position:
Associate AD/PR & Administration

As Associate AD for Public Relations/Administration, Jim White assists with the organizational development of the department, and serves as Editor of Pack Plus, the athletics department newsletter published monthly. He is also responsible for producing various departmental management reports such as the compact strategic plan and the annual report.

White serves as a writer/editor for various public relations and administration initiatives, such as the policy and procedures manual and the NCAA Certification Self-Study conducted in 2003-04.

White reports to the Athletics Director and is a member of the AD's Leadership Team, comprised of senior administrators. For the past four years, Jim has been the department coordinator for the annual campus-wide Combined Campaign and serves on various university committees.

White came to NC State in 1987 as Assistant AD for Marketing, a position he held for seven years. Prior to his arrival in Raleigh, he served a brief stint as the AD at the University of North Texas after working as the Director of Promotion and Marketing for six years at the University of Iowa.

From 1977-80, White was the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing at the University of Miami (Fla.) He also worked in corporate banking with Mellon Bank and the First National Bank of Boston before making a career change to collegiate athletics administration.

White received both his B.A. in Economics (1968) and his MBA (1970) from the University of Pittsburgh. He and his wife Harriet have two sons, Jay and Ryan, both graduates of NC State. Jay is the Director of Tennis at the NC State University Club and Ryan is an Asst. Director of the University of Virginia Athletics Foundation.

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