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Podcast: Just a Good Conversation
Episode: Just a Good Conversation: Paula Smith
Description: Paula Smith was named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at UC Irvine on June 6, 2019.
Smith is one of 50 female Division I athletic directors nationally and the second at UCI following Linda Dempsay (1977-1983) who was the country’s first female athletic director at an NCAA Division I school. Smith has over 30 years of experience in college athletic administration, 17 of those at UCI. She previously served as executive associate athletic director (2008 to 2012), senior associate athletic director (2006 to 2008) and assistant athletic director for academic and student services (2000 to 2001). Additionally, she was associate athletics director at UC Riverside from 2001 to 2006. She be...