Thomas Harris Email & Phone Number

Tucson, AZ, US

Tucson, Arizona, US

As an Executive Board member for DIECE, I provide guidance and support to DEI practitioners and champions in the sports industry. I develop and deliver presentations on DEI best practices and oversee our social media strategies.

Tucson, AZ, US

• Serve on the department's Executive Team to ensure that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are woven into its culture through its business objectives, customer strategies, and HR initiatives.
• Design, coordinate, and deliver DEIB learning opportunities for staff and student-athletes, including workshops, training, employee engagement content, and guest speakers.
• Collaborate with various constituents across campus and within Athletics to create and implement strategies, policies, programs, and training that support a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.
• Analyze and make recommendations on strategic initiatives, personnel, and budget decisions related to human resources, DEIB, and employee engagement.
• Provide coaching and consultation to individuals, managers, and groups regarding cross-cultural interactions.
• Build and implement initiatives that promote a culture of belonging and increase the focus on attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining diverse talent.

Tucson, AZ, US

• Responsible for the development and implementation of departmental diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies that promote anti-racism, inclusive recruitment and hiring practices, employee engagement and retention.
• Serve as a Co-Chair for our Inclusive Excellence Council (IEC) which focuses on cultural competency training for staff and developing DEI strategies for the Athletics Strategic Plan.
• Recipient of the 2021 MOAA Charlie Whitcomb Service Award

Tucson, AZ, US

• Appointed as the designated diversity and inclusion contact for the entire department in 2018.
• Advise and encourage hiring managers to embrace diversity, inclusion, and equity during hiring processes.
• Provide strategic direction for the training and professional development on cultural competency, to build and sustain a climate of equity and inclusion.
• Collaborate with campus partners to develop and facilitate career development programming for all employees.
• Assist with the oversight of compliance with Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity, Title IX, and other applicable regulations.
• Analyze and make recommendations on strategic initiatives, personnel decisions, and budget decisions related to human resources, diversity, inclusion, equity, and employee engagement.

Tucson, AZ, US

• Hired, trained and developed 8 student workers, who served as marketing leads for 6 different sports that I oversaw.
• Served as the liaison between UA Athletics and many different campus departments, such as cultural and resource centers, Housing & Residence Life and Student Success & Retention and Innovation (SSRI).
• Developed and implemented marketing plans to increase attendance and generate revenue for men’s basketball, women’s volleyball, and softball (assigned sports).
• Exceeded sales goals for softball, three years in a row; 2017 (+18%), 2018 (+21%) and 2019 (+20%).
• Collaborated with the ticket sales office to create and promote ticket packages, segmented discounts and group experiences, which led to exceeding our revenue goal of $6,500,000 by $159,360, for men’s basketball.
• Managed a new process that allowed our department to become more efficient in our marketing plan process. Improvements include; a detailed timeline, content description and how to recap meeting details.

Tucson, AZ, US

• Develop and implement marketing plans to increase attendance and generate revenue for women’s volleyball, women’s gymnastics and softball (assigned sports).
• Set the record for total season tickets sold in 2017 (469) and 2018 (541) for women’s gymnastics, which led to an 11% and 15% increase from the previous years, respectively.
• Created the “Step up Bear down Campaign” which set the record for total revenue in a single season for women’s gymnastics, in 2018, generating over $50K in revenue.
• Exceeded sales goals for softball in 2017 and 2018, which included a $20K surplus in total revenue for both years.
• Increased season ticket sales and total revenue by 6% from previous year for women’s volleyball, by creating a summer ad campaign that highlighted the teams Sweet 16 run in 2017.
• Produce game scripts and direct game presentation efforts including sponsorship activation, fan giveaways, in-game promotions and direction of interns for assigned sports.

Bowling Green, KY, US

• Create advertising and branding campaigns for print, video and digital media
• Manage marketing budget on a day-to-day basis. Responsible for purchasing, and assigning individual budgets for each sport and special events
• Generate new ideas, including creation and coordination of promotional activities and in-game entertainment for men’s basketball and women’s volleyball
• Control all video and audio aspects for football game day
• Work closely with media relations staff, ticket office & Hilltopper Athletic Foundation to develop and execute ticket sales plans
• Develop and implement new ideas to increase student attendance for all sports

Bowling Green, KY, US

Manage WKU Athletics Kids Club on a day-to-day basis including budget and purchasingDevelop marketing and promotional plans for women's volleyball and softball Creating new strategies to increase attendance and revenueOversee graduate assistants and student workers

Bowling Green, KY, US

Coordinate & perform promotional activities & presentations pre-game, in-game, & post game for multiple Division 1 sports, including Footbal and Men's and Women's BasketballManage and create content for facebook.com/WKUAthletics & @WKUSports on a day-to-day basis

Bowling Green, KY, US

Research current topics and trends in Sport/RecreationServe as a Teachers Assistant to undergraduate professorsAssist with the creation of department websites and PDF forms

Assisted in creation, implementation, and supervision of numerous active DUC programsAssisted with supervision of 32 DUC student employeesEvening Management of the Downing University CenterAssisted with organizing hundreds of records and managing filing system

Master Of Science (M.S.), Sport Administration

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Sport Management