CLEVELAND  – The National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) selected Grant Kelly, senior associate AD and executive director of development at Johns Hopkins University, to serve as President for the 2025-26 membership year.

In his role at Johns Hopkins, he oversees the athletics fundraising program (Blue Jays Unlimited), the annual fundraising arm that provides support to all 24 Hopkins varsity intercollegiate sport programs. He is responsible for all major giving; including capital, endowment, scholarship, and annual fund support and oversees an athletic development staff of five full-time employees.

"In 2009 I attended my first NACDA Convention," said Kelly.  "As a young professional, I remember being absolutely stunned by the level of professionalism and commitment to excellence displayed by the NAADD Executive Committee.  Over the next several years I took every opportunity to volunteer and eventually became a conference liaison through NAADD.  Being named as a member of the NAADD Executive Committee in 2019 provided the platform to pay it forward to our exceptional athletics development professionals across the nation.  Serving as the 34^th President of NAADD is, simply put, a dream come true.  Our industry is evolving each and every day, but the people and passion for serving our departments and student-athletes remains intact.  Through professional development, mentorship, and transformational leadership, we will thrive together through change.  I would like to thank Jen Montgomery for her leadership as President of NAADD, and personally for all of her support these last six years.  Cheers to an amazing year and go NAADD!"
 
Kelly takes over for Past President Jennifer Montgomery, executive director of development for athletics at George Washington University, who served as NAADD President for the 2024-25 membership year.

Joining Kelly as Officers will be 1^st Vice President Matt Borman, president and CEO, Tiger Athletics Foundation at LSU, 2^nd Vice President and Secretary Haven Fields, deputy AD and COO, at University of Nebraska; and Erin Wissing, deputy executive director at University of Virginia, as 3^rd Vice President and Treasurer.

Alongside the 2025-26 Officers, the Executive Committee will work to advance and continue to develop the Association. The 2025-26 Executive Committee will consist of: Cara Abraham, director of athletics development / associate director of athletics at College of Holy Cross; Rob Clark, associate AD for development at the University of Utah; Casey Macdonald, senior associate AD for development at University of Delaware; Josh McCowan, deputy AD at Mississippi State University; Howard Milton, executive senior associate AD, development at the University of Illinois; Beth Tafolla-Voetsch, senior associate AD and chief development officer at the University of California, Berkeley; Jamar Thompson, senior associate AD for development at University of Minnesota; and Jena Virga, executive director of the ODAF at Old Dominion University.
 
About NAADD: NAADD is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities, enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics, and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of athletics development and fund raising. For more information about NAADD, please visit www.naadd.com. NAADD is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 61^st year. For more information on NACDA and the 19 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.