Penn State Abington Director of Student Affairs Gina D. Kaufman announced the appointment of Deb Solfaro as director of athletics, intramurals and recreation, effective Aug. 1, 2016.
“I am absolutely honored to be selected as the next director of athletics at Penn State Abington,” Solfaro said. “I’m excited to join a strong, visionary team and to work with an experienced, dedicated coaching staff. In particular, I’d like to thank the students I met. They represented well, and I can’t wait to meet their peers.”
Solfaro brings a successful track record of experience as a NCAA Division II student-athlete, a successful Division I head coach, and a proven advocate for student-athletes as a collegiate athletic administrator.
Most recently, Solfaro served as director of athletics at Mansfield University, an NCAA Division II program in northern Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Behavioral Intervention Team and President’s Commission on the Status of Women as well as the Master Planning, Scholarship, and Title IX committees. Solfaro is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators and volunteers with the Tioga County Special Olympics and an animal rescue organization.