HOLLY GERA Director of Athletics

Gera, who has been associated with Montclair State for the past 18 years, returned to her alma mater in 1989 serving as the Director of Campus Recreation. The following year she was promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics and in 1995, Gera was appointed Associate Athletic Director overseeing and administering the day-to-day internal operations of the department. In 1996, Gera was named Director of Athletics.

During her tenure, Gera has been responsible for many positive developments within the athletics department, such as the upgrade of several athletic facilities including the construction of MSU Soccer Park, the MSU Softball Stadium and the newly resurfaced Sprague Field, which changed to Field Turf in 2006.

Gera has also been honored by several organizations, including the Division III Southeast Region GeneralSports TURF AD of the Year award by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) in June 2006 and was also named the Jostens Female Administrator of the Year by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). In addition she was the 2004 recipient of the Pathfinder Award for the state of New Jersey given by the National Association of Girls and Women in Sports.  Gera received the Garden State Award for Contributions to Athletics in 2001.

Gera serves on several committees including being the Vice President of the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators, Facilitator for the NCAA Division III Student Athlete Leadership Conferences, Sports Chairperson for Women’s Basketball for the New Jersey Athletic Conference and Treasurer of the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. She was a member of the ECAC Board of Directors from 2002-2005 and has served on several NCAA and ECAC Championship Committees.

A 1979 graduate of Montclair State, Gera received a Masters of Science in 1981 from The Pennsylvania State University.