Mahmud Named to DVROC Board of Directors

PHILADELPHIA - The Dad Vail Regatta Organizing Committee announced today that associate head coach of rowing Asiya Mahmud has been named to its Board of Directors. Mahmud is joined by La Salle Director of Athletics Brian Baptiste and Temple Senior Associate Athletics Director Larry Dougherty.

"We are excited to add these three high quality individuals to our Board of Directors," DVROC President Jim Hanna said. "Brian and Larry are veteran administrators who bring a wealth of experience and love for the sport of rowing to the Board while Asiya brings a unique and much-needed perspective as she was a Dad Vail Regatta gold medal winner, rowing for Drexel, and has successfully coached more than one Dad Vail championship crews."

Mahmud, a 2012 Drexel University graduate, is in her sixth season on the rowing staff of her alma mater. The Mays Landing, N.J. native was elevated this September to the position of associate head coach. In July, she received Level 3 High Performance Coach Certification from USRowing. Mahmud recently graduated from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law with a Master of Legal Studies with a concentration in NCAA compliance and sports law.

Following her undergraduate rowing career where she won gold at the Dad Vail Regatta, Mahmud served one season (2014-15) as an assistant coach at Bucknell University. In her return to Drexel, she helped lead the Dragons to Dad Vail gold medals in the varsity (2017) and second varsity (2018) eights. Drexel also captured its first Dad Vail Regatta women's title in 2017.

"After working with the Dad Vail Solidarity Committee this summer, I am humbled to be elected as a member of the board," Mahmud said. "It is a privilege to serve with the organization having competed and coached in the Regatta. I'm excited to be on the board and to further the goals and mission of the Regatta."

Mahmud's three-year term on the Board begins in January.

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