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Associate Athletics Director

Dr. Marissa Nichols is the senior associate athletics director for student-athlete development and director of the Cameron Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. With more than 13 years of visionary and strategic leadership in higher education and intercollegiate athletics, she is a nationally recognized expert in student-athlete development, program evaluation, and data-driven innovation.As the founding director of the Cameron Institute—a $19 million endowed initiative—Dr. Nichols and her team have built a nationally acclaimed model for holistic student-athlete development, delivering tailored interventions and fostering leadership excellence. She also serves as the sport supervisor for Cal men’s and women’s track and field and cross-country programs.A Division I First-Team All-American and NCAA Woman of the Year finalist, Dr. Nichols earned her PhD in higher education leadership and MEd in guidance counseling from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As a practitioner-scholar, she has published research on student-athlete performance and delivered more than 40 presentations at national conferences. Dr. Nichols holds several certifications, including a Wiley DiSC facilitator and Certified ROI Professional, and is actively pursuing the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD®).Dr. Nichols has held four inaugural roles across three institutions (UNLV, Boston University, and Cal), advancing professional standards through her work with the N4A and as a Steve McDonnell Professional Development Institute faculty member. In her consulting role, partnered with the ROI Institute, she enables organizations to achieve measurable success. Guided by values of meaningful contributions, clarity, courage, growth, and excellence—with love at the center—Dr. Nichols enjoys meditation, tennis, piano, and adventures near and far with her partner.

Published on 15 Jun, 2012

“Ouch! My Back! The agonizing pain!!!!!” This is the sound of someone getting injured at work. Private industry employers reported nearly 3.0 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2012 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. OSHA cites that employers pay almost $1 billion per week for direct workers' compensation costs alone. It is clear that too many people are getting hurt at work. So what is being done about it? In the rare event safety training is provided at your organization, in most cases you might as well be going to the dentist, as the workshops are usually as bad as having teeth pulled! These trainings are often drawn out PowerPoint lectures that are lackluster at best. Think Ferris Bueller’s Economics teacher for 8 hours...Bueller... Safety is critical to organizational health. Safety directly affects employee morale, profitability and organizational effectiveness. Our goal is to show you how safety training can be FUN! Having fun with safety training encourages retention of knowledge and makes it more likely that the lessons will be applied in the workplace. This webinar is focused on walking you through how to facilitate safety training that sticks. We will demonstrate how to: Use the game Operation to work through electrical safety Take an everyday stapler and turn it into the latest greatest safety tool Build safety superheroes Go on safety scavenger hunts and most importantly engage your workforce in a way that makes it impossible for them to forget their experience.  

13 May, 2014