Denise M. Fandel, M.B.A., M.S., C.A.E., A.T.Ret
Denise came to Nebraska after completing her undergraduate education at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, as a teacher-athletic trainer. She earned a Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) in Exercise Science and did post-graduate coursework at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. In 2011, she earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Denise was hired as Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1983 and was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 1985. She served at UNO until May of 1997. While at UNO she continued the undergraduate athletic training education program begun by NSATA Hall of Famer Wayne F. Wagner. UNO later went on to become the profession’s first institution to offer accredited undergraduate and entry-level master’s programs in athletic training.
Denise served as a volunteer on the District 5 Placements Committee, President of the Nebraska State Athletic Trainers’ Association from 1988-1990, and as a Director and President of the Board of Certification from 1989 through 1996.
Denise currently serves as Executive Director of the Board of Certification (BOC) where she was hired in 1997 to establish a full-time national headquarters in Omaha.
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