Episode 11: Jocelyn Hill of American University

Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry. In this episode, 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 Jocelyn Hill, the associate athletic director of recreation and aquatics facilities at American University (AU). With 23 years under her belt at AU, Hill has learned a lot about leadership, especially when it comes to adapting and pivoting. She shares with Sheffield how she’s had to pivot in her thinking as a leader and about the challenges of managing people. Further on, Hill dives into managing up, her non-negotiables, a key issue campus rec is facing today and why your department should not be an amoeba.