Natalie Winkelfoos, Associate Vice President for Athletics Advancement & Delta Lodge Director of Athletics & Physical Education
Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov named Natalie Winkelfoos Delta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education on December 7, 2012. Winkelfoos, who is a member of the President's Senior Staff, was promoted to Associate Vice President for Athletics Advancement and Delta Lodge Director of Athletics & Physical Education in February of 2017.
Named the Division III Administrator of the Year by Women Leaders in College Sports (formerly NACWAA) in 2015, Winkelfoos inherited a department that was in the early stages of a capital campaign during which she has collaborated with the office of development to raise approximately $30 million dollars to date that has built the Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex and a soon-to-be health and wellness center. She has a proven track record of generating support for the department through her work with the John W. Heisman Club. Since she began managing the organization, each year both the total number of donors and money raised has increased.
Winkelfoos served on the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Diversity Committee with conference presidents and Executive Director Keri Alexander Luchowski to create a conference-wide program to mentor females and minorities. Additionally, she was part of a working group that produced Oberlin’s first-ever varsity student-athlete transgender inclusion policy. Notably, she has served as an instructor at the 2014 Emerging Administrators Academy, presented at the 2015 NCAA Convention (Embedding Inclusion into the Athletics Department), and has been recognized as an industry influencer by the Women in Sports and Events organization.
Having been on staff in various roles since 2005, Winkelfoos held the position of associate director of athletics for development and alumni relations and works as the department’s senior woman administrator.
She holds memberships in National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the National Association of Athletic Development Directors, the National Association of Division III Athletics Administrators, and Women Leaders in College Sports.
A former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III athlete, Winkelfoos was a four-year letter winner on the Baldwin-Wallace College basketball team. A two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) selection, she is the school’s all-time leader in 3-point field goal percentage. During her career, she helped the Yellow Jackets accumulate over 100 wins and led them to two conference titles and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament.