9/24/2026 11:28:00 AM | General
Fairfield, Conn. – A veteran athletic administrator, Deputy Director of Athletics Charlie Dowd has been selected to the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey selection committee for a four-year term ending in August 2030.
Dowd who represents the East Region, is one of six committee members with the committee made up of one representative from each region as well as the NCAA secretary-rules editor, Steve Piotrowski, and the commissioner of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, Michelle McAteer. Dowd is one of two new members of the committee with RIT's Celeste Brown also joining the committee for her first year of a four-year term.
A member of the Pioneers athletic staff since 2019, Dowd is no stranger to committee service as he is the immediate past president of the Atlantic Hockey America men's hockey conference, is currently the chair of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance's executive committee and is on the College Hockey Inc Board of Directors. Additionally, Dowd has served on the executive board for both the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association and the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association.
No stranger to the greater Bridgeport area, Dowd came to the Sacred Heart after serving as the Senior Vice President of Operations for Harbor Yard Sports & Entertainment where he was for seven years. Under his direction, the Webster Bank Arena hosted national hockey league games, served as the home venue for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, hosted numerous concerts and successfully hosted numerous women's basketball and men's ice hockey regional tournaments while also serving as the home of SHU men's hockey.
Prior to joining Harbard Yard Sports and Entertainment, Dowd was the general manager and minority partner for the Bridgeport Bluefish from 1997-2006. Under his leadership, the independent league team set national attendance records, won eight division titles and captured a league championship.
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