Chris Plonsky

Chris Plonsky is Director of Women's Athletics at the University of Texas at Austin. She accepted this role from Jody Conradt in 2001. Chris is from Greensburg, Pennsylvania and graduated high school in Tallmadge, Ohio and is a magna cum laude graduate of Kent State University. She lettered in women's basketball at Kent State from 1975-1978 and was team co-captain as a junior.

Plonsky served as women's sports information director for Kent State, Iowa State and Texas over the period from 1976-1986. After that, Chris worked for the Big East Conference in several important positions, including Associate Commissioner for Administration. Since 1993, Chris has handled men's and women's athletics external services at UT. This unit handles marketing, promotion, corporate sponsorship, advertising sales, media relations, publications, photography and broadcasting including radio, TV and the internet (www.texassports.com).

Chris has served as vice-chair and chair of the NCAA Management Council and Executive Committee member of the NCAA and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. She has also served on the board and awards committee of the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame. She is a past president of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and as Final Four Media Coordination Committee member for the NCAA.

Chris has served USA Basketball in several executive roles. She was recently appointed to the FIBA Commission for Women's Basketball which deals with international women's basketball issues.

Chris supports the local community through leadership participation with the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, Capital Area Crime Stoppers, the Komen Foundation and University Federal Credit Union. She enjoys golf, reading, movies, traveling, music, arts, and the theater.