Eastern Michigan Athletics
Craig Fink Named Athletics Development Director
7/5/2006 3:38:06 PM | General
Served at Brown University for past five years
YPSILANTI, Mich.--Craig Fink, the senior associate director of the Brown University Sports Foundation for the past five years, has been named Athletics Development Director at Eastern Michigan University. His appointment is effective immediately.
At Brown, the 34-year-old Fink (2-6-72) managed the Foundation’s annual fund-raising programs from 2001-2006. Under his guidance, the annual programs raised nearly half of the Foundation’s average yearly fund-raising total of $6 million from 5,600 donors. As senior associate director, Fink was part of the senior management team that helped develop the strategy and early fund-raising efforts for achieving a goal of $80+ million for athletics as part of Boldly Brown, the $1.4 billion Campaign for Academic Enrichment, which launched publicly in the fall of 2005. From July-November of 2005, Fink also served as interim executive director.
Fink earned his bachelor’s degree in Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1994 and later completed his MBA at the Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management at UMass in 2000.
After completing his undergraduate degree, Fink served as the assistant sports information director and assistant baseball coach, and then the sports information director at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy from 1994-1996. He then worked at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. from 1996-2000 where he held a variety of roles, including directing the annual induction ceremonies as the manager of events and group programs. From there, he became the Northeast Area Sales Manager for zUniversity.com from 2000-2001 before joining Brown University.
Fink is a member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD).
A native of Brooklyn, NY, Fink graduated from Midwood High School. He and his wife, Kimberly, reside in Ypsilanti Township with their two sons, Jack (6-5-00) and Alex (6-18-02).
THE CRAIG FINK FILE
Name: Craig Fink
Born: Feb. 6, 1972 - Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School: Midwood (Brooklyn, N.Y.) (Graduated in 1990)
College: University of Massachusetts-Amherst -
Graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management
University of Massachusetts-Amherst - Graduated in 2000 with a Master’s of Business Administration from the Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management
Married: Wife: Kimberly (Saulnier)
Sons: Jack (6-5-00) and Alex (6-18-02)
Management Experience
Year School/Business Position
2001-06 Brown University (Providence, RI) Brown University Sports Foundation
July-Nov. 2005 Senior Associate Director
Nov. 2005-2006 Interim Executive Director
July 2001-2005 Associate Director
2000-01 zUniversity.com (Stamford, CT) Northeast Area Sales Manager
1996-2000 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, MA)
Mar. ‘99-July ‘00 Manager, Events and Group Programs
July 98-Mar. 99 Supervisor, Event Operations and Facility Marketing
July ‘96-July ‘98 Public Relations Supervisor
June ‘93-Aug. ‘96 Intern and Volunteer
1994-95 United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY) Assistant Sports Information Director Assistant Baseball Coach
1995-96 United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY) Sports Information Director;
