Peter Roby

director, Center for Study of Sport in Society

Peter Roby was named Northeastern's ninth Athletics Director on June 21, 2007. Roby, former head basketball coach at Harvard University, marketing vice president at Reebok, and since 2002, Director of Northeastern's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, brings broad experience in unique perspective to his new position. Roby has been referenced extensively in print, television and radio media all over the world and his opinion pieces have been published on the editorial pages of the *Boston Globe*, the* Indianapolis Star*, the *Dallas Morning News* and the *Oregonian*. In October of 2007, Roby was named one of the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America by the Institute of International Sport. Roby is a 1979 graduate of Dartmouth College where he was co-captain of the basketball team and earned a bachelor's degree in Government. A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Roby lives with his wife, Sandra, and children, Kayla, Peter, and Jon Paul, in Newton, Mass.