Tommy Otterbine

Director, Initiatives

Tommy Otterbine utilizes over 15 years of experience in education administration and nonprofit organizations to serve underrepresented populations effectively. As Director of Initiatives, Otterbine focuses on partnership project work that positively benefits adult learners. 

He most recently served as Associate Director of Student Leadership & Engagement at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he led a team of seven providing co-curricular experiences for undergraduate, transfer, graduate, and professional students. Before that, Otterbine was Virginia Commonwealth University’s Assistant Director of Structured Sports & Outreach Programming. Programming areas included student organizations, civic engagement, leadership programming, campus-wide signature programming, and student programming boards. He also previously served as Club Sports Program Director at Pennsylvania State University. 

Otterbine has been an active member of the running world, founding and directing Distance Running at YMCA Camp Kresge and founding and previously serving as the Financial Director of the National Intercollegiate Running Club Association. He is also active in the LGBTQIA+ adult sports and recreation community, previously serving as Vice President of Stonewall Sports Inc. and currently serving as the Operations Coordinator for OutLoud Sports.

Otterbine holds a B.S. in Life Science and Microbiology from Penn State University and earned his M.S. in Recreation and Sports Administration from Western Kentucky University. In 2019, he began an Adjunct Instructor role at Virginia Commonwealth University, focused on campus involvement and community resources for first-year students.