Georgia Southern University Athletics

Original secretary of Southern Boosters … Began serving on the Athletic Foundation’s Board of Directors in 2003, and was named to the Executive Committee in 2006 … Was elected as the first woman to chair the Foundation in 2009 and remains an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors … Along with her husband, Dan, they joined the Transition 20, a group of visionaries who, in 2013, led Eagle Nation to help fund the transition to the FBS football era and are currently Platinum Eagle members of the Athletic Foundation’s annual scholarship fund known as the Eagle Fund … In 1999, the Parrishes made a major gift to Georgia Southern Athletics honoring Dan’s father in support of Georgia Southern’s football program … Provided yet another gift to renovate and rename the Dan J. Parrish Sr. Building in 2015, which houses the athletic department’s administration, support staffs and women’s coaching staffs.