Mark Fletcher, Vice-Chair (2002-2005) (Corporate Donors and Scholarship Committees)
Mark Fletcher, CRSS, is in his 13th year as Associate Director of Athletics/ Director of Intramural-Recreational Sports Rec Sports (since 1985), and Athletic Capital projects at the University of Virginia.

The Intramural-Recreational Sports program services more than 86 percent of all students and 94 percent of all UV undergraduate students. With a staff of 40 full-time and 600+ student employees, Fletcher’s program has the largest faculty/staff of any collegiate recreation program in the country.

Fletcher has become a veteran of construction and renovation of recreational sports facilities. Mark is currently overseeing renovations to the Lady Astor Tennis Pavilion at the Memorial Gymnasium to support the wrestling and women's volleyball programs, and a $10 million Phase II addition to the UV Aquatic & Fitness Center.

From 1997-2001, Fletcher was in charge numerous university expansion/renovation and new construction projects including a new 22-acre outdoor field complex known as “The Park” that won a 2001 Outstanding Outdoor Sports Facilities award.

An active member of NIRSA, he has served as the Region II Vice President and has been honored with the Region II Award of Merit. He is a native of Crestline, Ohio. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio in 1973. He also holds a master’s in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University (1974). You can reach Mark at: mef@virginia.edu

Darcy Bingham, Member (2002-2005) (Individual Donor and Planned Giving Committees)
Darcy Bingham, CRSS, is retired from the University of California (San Diego) and lives in Del Mar, California. As a “Philanthroprenuer,” she sees and fulfills the needs of nonprofit organizations. To that end, she cofounded the San Diego Social Venture Partners, helping pioneer engaged grant-making, in addition to educating a new crop of San Diego philanthropists.

She says it was her term as Director of Operations for UCSD Recreation that developed her strength for getting the best out people, “in addition to getting a few gray hairs.” Having the opportunity to mentor hundreds of students and staff was a career highlight and led to her establish a student employee scholarship fund. Her time at the University of California was also influenced by representing the UC Systemwide Staff Assemblies at the highest level -- the UC Regents meetings.

Today, she serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations including: The San Diego Foundation; Social Venture Partners International; San Diego Social Venture Partners; The San Diego Women's Foundation and The NIRSA Foundation. You can reach Darcy at: dcbingham@ucsd.edu

Kurt Klier, Member (2003-2006) (Individual Donor Committee)
Kurt Klier, Assistant Director of Intramurals at the University of Maryland (College Park), has been a NIRSA Member since 1996. A NIRSA Service Award Winner (2003), Kurt is currently a member of the NIRSA/NASO Officials Development Work Team, the Extramural Committee, an Inaugural Member of the NIRSA Region I Contingency Fund, and the Student Scholarships Selection Committee.

Kurt’s has been a presenter at NIRSA Annual Conferences in: Cleveland, Providence, and Salt Lake City; a Region III Student Lead-On; and numerous Region I Conferences. He has served as a Presenter/Coordinator for the Preconference Flag Football Workshop, San Antonio.

Before he joined the University of Maryland staff, he served at Cornell University as the Robert F. Kennedy Director of Intramural Sports, which was the first endowed intramural position in the country. You can reach Kurt at: kklier@umd.edu

Suzette Smith, Member (2003-2006) (Special Events Coordinator)
Suzette Smith, CRSS, has been the Director of the Bryan Williams, M.D. Student Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) since August 1990.
As such, Suzette administers all phases of the Student Union’s operations: control access, programs, services, fiscal operations, and facility maintenance. She organizes, coordinates, and evaluates a comprehensive recreational sports program. Her other duties include serving as counsel to student organizations on issues of programming and planning events, and she assists in the planning, organizing and implementation of Student and Alumni Affairs sponsored programs and events. She recently assisted in the design, and then went through the construction of a new facility.

NIRSA Member since 1986, Suzette currently serves on the program committee for the NIRSA 2004 National Conference (Albuquerque), and was a presenter NIRSA Facilities Symposium in the fall 2003. She has been a State Director and as served as a co-coordinator Lead-On Student Development Workshop, 1989.

Smith holds a master’s in Recreational Sports Administration from Indiana University; a bachelor’s in Physical Education and Business Administration from North Texas State University (Denton); and an Associates of Arts in Business Administration and Management from North Harris County College. Her outside work interests include: fitness, gardening, art, food and wine, Depression Glass and floral design.
You can contact her at: suzette.smith@utsouthwestern.edu

Kirk McQueen, Member (2001-2004) (Corporate Donors Committee)
Kirk McQueen, CRSS, is currently the Interim Director of Campus Recreation at The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He has worked there for the past 26 years as Director of Facilities & Operations, the Coordinator of Sport Clubs and Special Events, and Director of Intramurals.

Kirk graduated from Auburn University in 1975. He earned a master’s in 1976 at the University of South Alabama, and then became the Director of Intramurals and Sport Clubs there.

An active member of NIRSA since 1977, Kirk has served the Association in many roles: Region II Vice President; State Director; Region II Conference Host 1980 & 1985; host of the 1st Sport Club Workshop; served on NIRSA Flag Football Rules and Facility Committees. He has attended every Annual Conference, as well as the School of Recreational Sports Management and NIRSA Executive Institutes. He has received the Region II Service Award for his work.

Kirk enjoys coaching several college sports including Women’s Basketball, Women’s Softball and Women’s Golf and enjoys spending time with his wife Janet and his daughters Brooke and Madison. You can reach Kirk at: kirk.mcqueen@sac.gatech.edu

Sid Gonsoulin, Member At Large (2003-2004) as NIRSA President
Sid Gonsoulin, CRSS, is the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Exec. Director of Recreational Sports at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS.

For the past 20 years, Gonsoulin was the Director of the Department of Recreational Sports at the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1997, Gonsoulin was named “Southern Miss Administrator of the Year.”

He holds a bachelor’s in College Business Management from the University of Nebraska; a master’s in Recreation Administration from Louisiana State University; and dual bachelor’s in Health, Physical Education and Leisure Studies and Zoology from Louisiana State University.

A NIRSA member for 34 years, Gonsoulin attended his first National Intramural Association Conference (NIA-later NIRSA) as a student in 1970. He has Chaired, Cochaired or served on countless NIRSA committees, including the Strategic Marketing Plan work team (2001-03); Facilities Committee; and the Planning Principles for Recreation Facilities of the Future Task Force.

Among his many achievements, Gonsoulin has been published in a variety of professional journals and received the NIRSA Journal Article of the Year Award (1998). His presentations and publications have included such topics as: Strategic Marketing; Facility Planning; Programming; Operations and Management; Student Development; Risk Management; the Economic Impact of Recreational Sports; and Sports Surfaces.
Gonsoulin has received the Region II Award of Merit (1998) and is twice the recipient of NIRSA’s Distinguished Service Award (1983 & 1989). You can reach him at: sidney.gonsoulin@msu.edu