Director Download No. 4: Tiffany Lomax of North Carolina Central University

Host Grady Sheffield, the director of campus recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to the Campus Rec Mastermind Groups, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest, Tiffany Lomax, the director of Campus Recreation and Wellness Promotion at North Carolina Central University. Lomax’s start in the industry happened before she even knew it and continued because of her desire to study abroad in South Korea. Soon, she found herself in the world of campus recreation, specifically in marketing at George Washington University. From there, the rest is history! However, during her time in campus rec Lomax has found herself in a profession where often people see a Black woman first before the rec professional part. She shares on facing microaggressions like comments made in reference to her coming from an HBCU to challenges like taking on a director role at a predominantly white institution in a predominantly white community in Maine. She gets real with some of the tough and painful conversations she’s had with staff and leadership when it comes to equity, diversity and inclusion talks that didn’t go well. Finally, Lomax speaks on belonging, the weight leaders carry and how she knew she was ready to be a director.