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Stratten named head of NCAA's education services

Ronald J. Stratten, a management and training consultant, has been named as NCAA group executive director for education services.

Stratten replaces Daniel Boggan Jr., who was named chief operating officer in January.

Stratten will begin his new position June 3. As group executive director for education services, Stratten will manage a staff that includes the areas of education resources, professional development, research, sports sciences and youth programs.

Stratten returns to the NCAA after a 12-year break. He joined the NCAA in 1975 as an enforcement representative after a stint as head football coach at Portland State

University. He served as assistant director of enforcement at the NCAA from 1977 to 1983.

Since that time, Stratten has served in various positions related to sports marketing, career development and counseling. From 1986 to 1994, he was president and chief operating officer of PACE Sports, Inc., the largest career development firm serving professional and elite amateur athletes.

From 1983 to the present, Stratten ran his own consulting group, Stratten Consulting Group, Inc., providing management and staff facilitation, training and development consultation to corporate and government clients.