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Martin Jarmond
Director of Athletics
2nd Year at UCLA
UNC-Wilmington ‘01
Martin Jarmond, a nationally
recognized leader in college athletics,
has built an impressive track record
of competitive excellence, innovative
strategy and student athlete success.
A two time recipient of Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under
40 Award with more than 18 years in sports administration
spanning three conferences, Jarmond is guiding UCLA to new
heights through his culture of being ELITE – Energy, Leadership,
Integrity, Toughness and Excellence. Jarmond’s results-driven
strategies combined with a relentless work ethic to elevate
UCLA Athletics create an exceptional experience for studentathletes and fans alike.
Jarmond was hired on May 19, 2020, as UCLA’s Alice and Nahum
Lainer Family Director of Athletics, becoming the ninth athletic
director in school history. Jarmond made an immediate impact
on the Bruins, jumpstarting the Voting Matters Initiative, the first
of its kind in the country which assisted student-athletes in
discovering the tools needed to exact meaningful change through
civic duty. Jarmond engineered a partnership between UCLA
and Nike/Jordan, becoming only the fifth Jordan brand school
in the nation and the first partnership with Nike in UCLA history.
The six-year agreement between UCLA and Nike provides for 22
of the 25 UCLA varsity sports with Nike apparel, while football,
men’s basketball and women’s basketball don Jordan. Jarmond
exhibits a strong commitment to mental health awareness and
his emphasis on diversity and inclusion was recognized in a
2021 SBJ award for being a national leader in diversity and
inclusive hiring. In addition, Jarmond has UCLA primed to be
one of the leaders in the burgeoning area of Name, Image and
Likeness (NIL) which will assist student-athletes in growing brand
awareness and determining their earning potential. He was also
recently named as the Pac-12 Conference representative to
the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for 2021-22.
Comprehensive work by Jarmond and his staff throughout the
pandemic, ensured all Bruin teams could compete safely during
their 2020-21 seasons. UCLA teams captured four conference
titles and the men’s water polo team brought national title No.
119 home to Westwood. The men’s basketball team embarked
on a remarkable journey which led to an appearance in the
2021 NCAA Final Four and the program’s first national semifinal
appearance since 2008. UCLA finished 13th nationally in the
2020-21 Learfield IMG College Director’s Cup. These athletic
achievements were balanced by record numbers of studentathletes earning spots on the conference all-academic squads,
with 49 individuals earning a perfect 4.0 GPA for the Winter
Quarter, and 131 student-athletes earning their UCLA degrees.
For the first time ever, the Bruins produced multiple winners of
the NCAA Elite 90 Award. Four student-athletes were recognized
by CoSIDA as Academic All-Americans.
Jarmond came to UCLA from Boston College, where he served
as the school’s Director of Athletics for three years. During his
time there, he orchestrated the Eagles’ first-ever strategic plan, a
comprehensive five-year goal to advance the program by fostering
student-athlete formation, strengthening competitive excellence,
increasing external engagement and enhancing facilities. The
strategic plan was supported by BC’s first-ever athletics-only
capital campaign, at the time, the largest campaign of any Atlantic
Coast Conference institution at $150 million. Jarmond hired
high-impact coaches in football, women’s basketball, softball,
volleyball, swimming & diving, men’s soccer, women’s soccer
and fencing. Jarmond served on the NCAA Division I Men’s
Basketball Oversight Committee and on the John McLendon
Minority Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors.
Prior to joining Boston College in 2017 and becoming the
youngest athletic director of any Power Five institution at age
37, Jarmond previously served as deputy director of athletics at
Ohio State, moving up the ranks after arriving as an associate
athletic director for development in 2009. During his time at
Ohio State, he was the lead administrator for a variety of sports,
including football and men’s basketball, and directed external
and internal relations and day-today operations. He also had
responsibility for football scheduling, served on the NCAA Division
I Women’s Golf Committee, and was a member of the inaugural
College Football Playoff National Championship Advisory Group
and the Rose Bowl Advisory Committee. As Ohio State Athletics’
chief advancement officer, Jarmond helped raise more than
$120 million between 2010-2012.
Jarmond was also an assistant athletic director for development
for seven years at Michigan State, where he served on the athletic
director’s executive leadership team. He was a key member of
the $1.2 billion “Campaign for MSU” development team and
a liaison between Michigan State’s university development
and alumni association leadership. Jarmond led the efforts to
implement Scholarship Seating in football and Courtside seating
in men’s basketball.
A native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Jarmond, 41, earned a
bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University
of North Carolina at Wilmington. A two-year captain of the men’s
basketball team, he led his team to the program’s first-ever
NCAA tournament appearance in 2000 and earned Colonial
Athletic Association All-Academic honors in 2001. He holds
both a M.B.A. and a master’s in sports administration from Ohio
University. Jarmond is married to Dr. Jessica Jarmond, a dentist.
They have three daughters: Scarlett, Savannah and Serena.
Dr. Christina Rivera
Sr. Asso. Athletic Director/SWA
15th Year at UCLA
UC Irvine ‘96
Dr. Christina Rivera serves as the
Senior Associate Athletic Director/
Senior Woman Administrator (SWA)
at UCLA, having joined the staff in
September 2007.
In her role, Dr. Rivera directly supervises several sports,
administrative areas and leads department efforts, especially
in the areas of internal operations, Title IX, women in sport,
governance and legislation, department meetings, campus
partnerships, and performance evaluation and program
assessment. As a member of the Executive Team reporting
directly to the Director of Athletics, she serves in a leadership
role for coaches and staff, and works towards establishing
department goals and policies that align with University values.
Additionally, Dr. Rivera collaborates with University officials to
provide guidance and direction to coaches and staff in order to
enhance the growth and development of student-athletes on and
off the field. In the face of changing NCAA legislation, she also
works to develop strategic and innovative programs that benefit
the department and are executed in a consistent, efficient and
professional manner throughout the support services areas. Her
role also requires her to exercise broad discretionary authority
to solve problems in assigned areas of responsibility, including
working closely with the Chief Financial Officer to ensure the
department is consistently providing a quality student-athlete
experience and that the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion
are embedded in all UCLA varsity programs.
Prior to serving as the Senior Associate Athletic Director/SWA,
Dr. Rivera was the Associate Athletic Director responsible for
the academic and student support services provided to Bruin
student-athletes. This included academic counseling, academic
mentoring, peer learning, student services and student-athlete
development programming. She also had direct oversight of
the academic eligibility certification process as well as the
requirements associated with the NCAA Academic Progress
Rate (APR) and NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR).
Dr. Rivera joined the Bruins after spending four years as the
Associate Director and Eligibility Coordinator for the StudentAthlete Academic Services Office at USC, where she also served
as an Academic Counselor. Prior to her stint at USC, Dr. Rivera
was an Athletic Academic Counselor for the Student-Athlete
Support Services Office at Ohio State University. During her
time in Columbus, she was also a lecturer for the School of
Physical Activity and Educational Services, as well as for the
Athletics Department.
Dr. Rivera has served on various campus, conference and
national committees, including the NCAA Student-Athlete
Experience Committee and Board of Directors for the Collegiate
Women Sports Awards. She is also a graduate of the Sport
Management Institute (SMI) and LEAD1 Institute. In July 2021,
she was honored as one of the 12 inaugural members of the
50
LEAD1 Diversity Fellowship Program, a year-long opportunity for
people of color and female administrators evaluated by a panel
of experts as the industry’s most ready to assume an athletics
director position. To add, she was a recipient of the Next Level
Female Executive Scholarship to attend the 2021 Collegiate
Athletic Leadership Symposium (CALS).
Dr. Rivera is a member of the National Association of Academic
and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) and
Women Leaders in College Sports. In June 2007, she received
the N4A Professional Promise Award presented to a member who
has dedicated their energy to the Association and its members.
She has also presented at several conferences in regards to
factors related to academic achievement and student-athlete
retention, as well as the use of technology for reporting and
increasing academic accountability in athletics.
Dr. Rivera earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Higher
Education Administration at Ohio State University in August
2004 where her dissertation focused on the identification of
key factors student-athletes perceived to be important to the
college student-athlete retention process. She also earned
her Master’s degree in Educational Policy from the University
of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor’s degree in Social Ecology
at UC Irvine, where she was a varsity soccer student-athlete.
A native of Southern California, Dr. Rivera currently resides in
Westchester with her spouse and son.
Dr. Gene Block
Chancellor
15th Year at UCLA
Stanford ‘77
Dr. Gene Block became chancellor
of UCLA in August 2007. As chief
executive officer, he oversees the
university’s three-part mission of
education, research and service.
He has defined academic excellence, civic engagement, diversity
and financial security as top priorities for his administration. A
champion of public universities, his dedication to access and
affordability has enhanced UCLA’s position as a national leader
in enrolling undergraduates who are Pell Grant recipients,
come from underrepresented groups and go on to become
first-generation college graduates.
Under Chancellor Block’s leadership, UCLA has been named the
number one public university in the United States, has grown
its profile internationally and receives $1 billion annually in
research grants. In one of the largest capital campaigns ever
undertaken by a public university, UCLA surpassed its $4.2
billion Centennial fundraising goal more than a year ahead of
schedule, raising $5.49 billion total.
An expert in neuroscience, Chancellor Block’s current research
focuses on the effects of aging in the nervous system and how
it impacts biological timing in mammals, including humans.
He holds faculty appointments in psychiatry and biobehavioral
sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and
in integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College of
Letters and Science.
Chancellor Block holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from
Stanford University and a master’s and Ph.D. in psychology from
the University of Oregon. Before becoming chancellor of UCLA,
Block served as vice president and provost of the University
of Virginia, where he was also the Alumni Council Thomas
Jefferson Professor of Biology. During his 29 years there, he
served as vice president for research and public service and as
founding director of the National Science Foundation Science
and Technology Center in Biological Timing.
Chancellor Block has served on the executive boards of several
leading organizations, including the Association of American
Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Association
of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association
of Pacific Rim Universities. He is the recipient of numerous
professional awards and is a member of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Chancellor Block is a native of Monticello, N.Y. He and his wife,
Carol, have two adult children.
