Emory

Serving as Assistant Athletic Director For External Operations is Meg Ahrens.

Meg moved into her current post in July of 2015.  Her duties include oversight of all university-wide events at the Woodruff PE Center, summer camps and rentals, including at the Student Activites and Academic Center (SAAC).  In addition, she heads up the Membership Office at the Woodpec.

From October 2012 through July of 2015, Ahrens was the Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities.  In her that role, her responsibilities included oversight of facility operations and maintenance, scheduling practices and competitions in the Woodruff PE Center and being involved with large-scale, university-wide events such as Commencement, Orientation and two visits by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  She also directed the Membership and Recreation Services office and administers the summer camp program, contracting with outside clients and internal camps that Emory hosts in the summer months.

From August 2008 until March of 2010, Meg Ahrens served as the Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities until a promotion in March of 2010 that added Recreation programming to her areas of responsibility, overseeing the staff who program intramurals, club sports and Fitness Emory.    With the introduction of Play Emory pilot in the fall of 2012, Meg handed off Recreation program direction to the Assistant Director for Play Emory and Recreation to focus on WPEC operations once more.

Meg had served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services and Membership at Emory University starting in January, 2006.  Her duties included overseeing the compliance to NCAA rules, directing the membership office, acting as a liaison for student-athletes to several Emory departments, serving as an advisor for the Varsity Athletes' Council and performing event management duties.  Meg began at Emory in July 2004 as the Coordinator of Memberships and Equipment.  

Prior to coming to Emory, Meg was an intern for compliance and event management at the Patriot League Office for the 2003-04 academic year.  Her other experiences with collegiate athletics include serving as an admissions office at the University of North Florida, and working in the sports information offices at Jacksonville University (Fla.) and Messiah College (Pa.). 

Meg received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and German Language from Messiah College in 1999.  While attending Messiah, she was a three-year varsity starter for the women's soccer team, garnering second-team all-conference honors in 1996 and 1997, first-team all-conference honors in 1998 and was named to the all-region second team in 1998.  Meg was also voted the team's most valuable player in 1997 and 1998. 

Meg received her masters in Sports Studies with an emphasis in athletic administration from the University of Iowa in 2003.  While at Iowa, she worked as a teaching assistant in the Physical Education Skills department, a research assistant to the Athletics Director Emerita, and an Event Management graduate assistant in the Athletics Department.