Emily Howard, who most recently served as the assistant athletics director for academic support at Monmouth University, was named Boston University's director of leadership and career development on Feb. 17, 2020.
Howard primarily oversees the Bloom Family Leadership Initiative (BFLI), developing, implementing and enhancing all components of the program, including student-athlete development opportunities such as the Bloom Family Leadership Academy (BFLA), The Terrier Network, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and numerous campus partnerships.
In her role at Monmouth, Howard was responsible for student-athlete development programming for all 23 varsity sports, academic support for select sport programs, and oversight of the Monmouth Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (MSAAC). Howard also oversaw the creation and implementation of Monmouth's first-ever student-athlete mentorship program, F.L.I.G.H.T. Academy, in addition to assisting with Monmouth's Summer Bridge Program.
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Prior to coming to Monmouth, Howard served the student-athletes at the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Student Development department from 2016 to 2018. At Penn, Howard was responsible for the academic support of 11 varsity sport programs, including football and baseball, providing student development programming to all 33 varsity sports, and direct oversight of the Student-Athlete Academic Achievement program. Howard also served as co-advisor for Penn's SAAC, as well as athletics liaison to a variety of campus partners.
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In addition to her roles at Penn, Howard also spent three seasons as the head diving coach for Drexel University.  During her tenure, Howard coached athletes who went on to earn CAA Men's Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet at the CAA Championships, CAA Diver of the Year and CAA Rookie Diver of the Year. She was also named the CAA Men's Diving Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018.
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Howard is also a member of the National Association for Athletic Academic Advisors and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) and Women Leaders in College Sports. She is a proud graduate of the 2018 N4A Steve McDonnell Professional Development Institute, Student-Athlete Development Track and the 2019 Women Leaders in College Sports Institute for Administrative Advancement East.
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Howard graduated with honors from Clemson University in 2014 with a bachelor of science degree in psychology and a minor in athletic leadership.  While at Clemson, Howard was the student recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Excellence in Service Award in 2014 as well as the President's Commission on the Status of Women Undergraduate Outstanding Women Award. She was also inducted into the Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Howard then went on to receive her master of science degree in psychology of human movement from Temple University in 2016, where she also worked as a graduate extern in the Nancy and Donald Resnick Athletic Academic Center.Â
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As a collegiate athlete, the Lower Makefield, Pa., native represented the Clemson women's diving program for four years, two of which she served as captain.Â
