Meet Denisha
...as Denisha
Dr. Denisha Hendricks, a veteran collegiate athletics administrator is currently the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Selma and the Senior Associate with the athletics executive search firm Beverly & Associates. Most recently she served as Interim Director of Athletics and Recreation and Special Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs at Keene State College (2018-2020). Her storied career included stops at Livingstone College (2004-2005) as Dean of Students and Senior Woman Administrator, Johnson C Smith University (2005-2009) where she served as Interim Department Chair and Asst. AD/SWA, Director of Athletics and Assistant Professor at Kentucky State University (2009-2014), and Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics at Chicago State University (2014-2016). Addtionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Selma (2023-Present).
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A 2000 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in physical education/athletic training, Hendricks earned both a master’s and doctorate in higher education administration from Auburn University in 2001 and 2004 respectively. In 2007, Dr. Hendricks graduated from the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Females. Most recently, Hendricks became a Certified Executive Coach through the Center for Executive Coaching. She has to her credit numerous, local, state, regional, and national presentations and several publications that include, peer-reviewed journal articles, quantitative instruments, and health promotion training manuals.
Dr. Hendricks has received numerous awards, including 2020 Distinguished Toastmasters Award, 2015 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated Crescent Moon Award of Excellence in Leadership and Athletics, 2008 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated National Leadership Initiative Award, the 2007 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Senior Woman Administrator of the Year.
In July 2012, Hendricks was selected by Auburn University as a recipient of the institution’s prestigious Young Alumni Achievement Award, recognizing extraordinary accomplishments by members of the Auburn family who are under 40 years old.
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An active diamond life member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated and is currently the National Director of Zeta Organizational Leadership. She is a member of Order of Eastern Star, National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, Incorporated, The Links, Incorporated, Toastmasters International, and numerous other professional and civic organizations. In August 2021, Hendricks was elected as the Chair of the Carolina Christian College Board of Trustees.
Meet Denisha
...as a Soror
Initiated April 13, 1997 | Psi Eta Chapter at the University of South Carolina
2002 Life Member | 2007 Golden Life Member | 2012 Diamond Life Member
ZOL Certified 2005 Cohort I
National Leadership
2022-Present: 31st International Chair of the Board of Directors
2018-2022: National ZOL Director
2016-2018: Consultant, National Undergraduate Committee
2014-2018: Coordinator, ZOL Renewal Pilot Program
2012-2018: National Director of Undergraduate Advisors
2012-2022: Member, Zeta Organizational Leadership National Steering Committee
2008-2009: National Director of Organizational Outcome
2003-2008: Boule’ (National Convention) Planning Committee
2003 Member: Zeta Day on Capitol Hill Committee
2002-2008: National Director of Youth Affiliates
2001-2002: Chair, National Vendor Committee
Regional Leadership
Elected
2011-2013: South Central Regional Representative to the National Nominating Committee
Appointed Service
2008-2012: Meeting Planner, South Central Region
2008-2012: Life Member Coordinator, South Central Region
2006-2008: Life Member Coordinator, Eastern Region
Committee Service
2008-2014: Conference Planning Committee, South Central Region
2006-2008: Elections Committee, Eastern Region
2003: Time and Place Committee, South Central Region
2002: Recommendations, South Central Region
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General Service
2015-2017: Workshop Presenter- Great Lakes
2008-2014: Workshop Presenter- South Central
2003-2008: Workshop Presenter- Southeastern, Midwestern & Eastern
State Leadership
Elected
1997-1999: Vice President—South Carolina Zeta Undergraduate Council
Committee Service
2017-2018: Budget Committee, Alabama
1998-1999: Conference Planning Committee, South Carolina
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General Service
2005-2006: Workshop Presenter, North Carolina
2000-2003: Workshop Presenter, South Carolina and Alabama
1998-1999: Conference Planning Committee, South Carolina
Local Leadership
Elected
2019- 2022: 1st Anti-Basileus, Gamma Alpha Alpha Zeta, Dallas County, AL
2017-2019: Basileus, Gamma Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter, Dallas County, AL
2010-2013: 2nd Anti-Basileus, Psi Gamma Zeta Chapter, Auburn, AL
2009-2010: 3rd Anti-Basileus, Psi Gamma Zeta Chapter, Auburn, AL
1998-1999: Grammateus- Psi Eta Chapter, University of South Carolina
Committee Service
2017-2022: Chair, Membership Intake Committee, Gamma Alpha Alpha Zeta Chapter, Dallas County, AL
2009-2015: Chair, Nominating Committee, Psi Gamma Zeta Chapter, Auburn, AL
2009-2015: Chair, Bylaws Committee, Psi Gamma Zeta Chapter, Auburn, AL
2009-2015: Membership Committee, Psi Gamma Zeta Chapter, Auburn, AL
2009-2010: Chair, Finer Womanhood Committee, Psi Gamma Zeta Chapter, Auburn, AL
2005-2008: Z-HOPE Committee, Beta Nu Zeta Chapter, Greensboro, NC
2002-2004: Z-HOPE Chairperson, Alpha Xi Zeta Chapter, Tuskegee, AL
2001-2002: Tuskegee University, Theta Beta Chapter, Co-Advisor