Associate Athletic Director Kelly Weatherman ’88 is now chief operating officer of the UNC Charlotte Athletic Foundation. She has more than 20 years of experience with the 49ers.
For the past three years, Weatherman has served as associate athletic director for development and administration. Under her leadership, the Athletic Foundation membership increased by nearly 50% from 2020 while the annual fund has grown from $1.6 million to more than $2.25 million.
Weatherman also has overseen the Judy W. Rose Let Me Play Luncheon and the 49er Club Golf Outing, hosted donors on football and basketball road trips, coordinated hospitality and parking for Athletic Foundation members and provided strategic input as a member of the Athletic Department’s senior staff. Additionally, she serves as a liaison with the Athletic Foundation Board of Directors.
Since joining the Athletic Foundation in 2001 as the director of annual giving, Weatherman was named the assistant director of the Athletic Foundation in 2004 and became its associate executive director in 2017.
A member of the 49ers NCAA Division I women's swim team, she graduated from UNC Charlotte in 1988 with a degree in English with secondary Teaching certification. She earned a master's degree in English from Longwood College in 1992.