Salatha Willis

Biography

Salatha Willis was appointed Associate Athletic Director of Diversity, Culture and Climate, a newly established position within the Department of Athletics, in July 2020. Willis is charged with developing and implementing new approaches to creating a highly engaged, inclusive and equitable culture for all of the department’s student-athletes, administrators, coaches and staff. Willis provides oversight and effective delivery of diversity educational and developmental programming, evaluate and measure the effectiveness of existing programs and services, and serve on and support University-wide committees and community groups. Willis serves as the sport supervisor for the Orange’s cross country and track and field programs and oversees Syracuse’s student-athlete engagement division. He also oversees the athletic department’s diversity, equity and inclusion committee, serves as a liason with the student-led DISAB group Willis has two decades of experience in higher education and most recently served as Syracuse’s associate director of the Office of Student-Athlete Academic Development, where he monitored and tracked the initial and continuing eligibility of football and softball student-athletes. Willis assisted in all aspects of academic support, including arranging tutors, academic monitoring and reporting, advising and orientations. He was also responsible for keeping coaches informed of student-athletes’ academic progress, the APR and eligibility concerns. Additionally, Will