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ALBANY, N.Y. - Dr. Kevin T. McGinniss, Associate Director of Athletics at the University of Rhode Island, has been elected second vice-president of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). McGinniss has been a member of the ECAC Board of Directors since 2007 and has served on the ECAC Marketing Committee since 2005. The selection was made at the ECAC Annual Convention in Albany, N.Y. The announcement was made by ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling. McGinniss' term as second vice-president will run from September 2008 to September 2010.

The ECAC is the nation's largest collegiate athletics conference, composed of 320 colleges and universities in Divisions I, II and III. A conference of conferences, the ECAC includes within its organizational structure six playing leagues and nine affiliate organizations. The conference office is located in the Asa S. Bushnell Center, located in Centerville, Massachusetts.

McGinniss has been associate director of athletics for development at the University of Rhode Island since September 2007. In his role at URI, McGinniss heads up all aspects of fundraising for the athletics department with a particular emphasis on the athletics component of URI's $100 million "Making a Difference" capital campaign; raising funds for the new Student-Athlete Development Center and other important athletics capital projects.

Last fall under his watch, the largest outright gift to URI Athletics was procured; $1M for capital improvements to the baseball facility. A member of the athletics department's senior administrative team, McGinniss also serves as the department's liaison to the Rhode Island Rams Athletic Association, URI Foundation and URI Alumni Association.

Prior to coming to Kingston, McGinniss served as director of athletics at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. In recognition of his efforts, he was nominated to receive the 2007 National Association of Collegiate Athletics Administrators (NACDA) Division II Athletics Director of the Year Award.

From 2001-05, McGinniss served as the director of athletics development at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. He was responsible for coordinating all fundraising for their NCAA Division I athletics program focusing most of his efforts on a key component of the University's New Millennium Campaign, $25 million for a state of the art athletic center and was instrumental in securing the campaign's $5 million lead gift/naming rights agreement.

McGinniss' experience in higher education administration also includes serving Southern Connecticut State University as its director of athletics development and director of alumni affairs. He has also served as the director of athletics and recreation at Lehman College, The City University of New York. In addition McGinniss was the director of athletics development and executive director of the Blue & Gray Club at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY.

McGinniss earned his bachelor's degree in health, master's degree in physical education/athletics administration and a sixth year professional diploma of advanced graduate studies in educational leadership all from Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. He received his doctorate in education from the Teachers College Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Columbia University in New York City.

Kevin and his wife Amy have a son, Kyle, and daughter, Kelly.