Eastern Washington University Associate Vice President / Director of Athletics, Lynn Hickey, has announced position changes for a pair of EWU Athletics administrators.
 
Catherine Walker, after serving as Eastern's Associate Athletic Director for Compliance since January 2022, is now the Senior Associate Athletic Director and the Senior Woman's Administrator. Todd McGann was named the interim Deputy Athletic Director in October 2021 and has had the interim tag removed. McGann was the University's Associate Athletic Director and Director of Philanthropy for two years before moving into his current role.
 
 "We are very excited to announce the promotion of both Todd and Catherine to these important senior leadership roles in our department. They bring a high level of expertise and an outstanding work ethic to these roles that will be invaluable as we are rebuilding our program coming out of the pandemic," said Hickey. "We have a wonderful opportunity in front of us to continue the growth and winning traditions of Eagle Athletics, so filling these two positions with capable leaders who are committed to EWU and the Cheney community was extremely important. We appreciate their willingness to take on these responsibilities and I look forward to working with them."
 
Catherine Walker
 
Catherine Walker was hired as EWU's Associate Athletic Director for Compliance in January 2022 before being named the Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman's Administrator in May 2022. In her new role, Walker's responsibilities will include oversight of internal operations including facilities, compliance, academics, sports medicine, sports performance, Title IX, policy development and management of the sport administrators' group.
 
"I am grateful to Lynn Hickey for believing in me to take on this role. I am honored and excited to be an Eagle, and I can't wait to continue to work to make our student-athlete experience at Eastern Washington the best it can be," said Walker.
 
Walker brought over 15 years of collegiate compliance experience with her to Eastern Washington, and previously worked at Drake University as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance.
 
Walker earned her Bachelor's degree in sport management from Washington State in 2003. She then moved on to Elon University where she served in a variety of compliance and academic roles from 2005 to 2007.
 
After her time at Elon, she accepted an Assistant Director of Compliance role at her alma mater in 2007 before serving as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at Gonzaga from 2010 to 2013. After Gonzaga, Walker headed back to Pullman for her second stint at WSU. She spent eight years as the Assistant Director for Compliance where, among other duties, she oversaw all aspects of NCAA compliance. Walker oversaw the eligibility of 450 student-athletes across 17 Division I sports, while serving on name, image, and likeness and strategic plan committees.
 
Walker earned her Master's degree in education from Campbell University in 2005 and is currently working on her Ph. D in higher education administration at Liberty University.
 
Walker resides in Medical Lake with her husband, Mike, and two children Aliscia (20) and MJ (10).
 
Todd McGann
 
Todd McGann was named the interim Deputy Athletic Director at EWU in October 2021 before having the interim tag lifted in May 2022. McGann served as Eastern's Associate Athletic Director and Director of Philanthropy for nearly two years, starting in February 2020, before moving into his current role. McGann's duties include the oversight of annual development, marketing, communications, and ticket operations while serving as the sport supervisor for golf and soccer.
 
"I want to thank Lynn Hickey and Dr. May for showing the confidence in me by dropping my interim tag," said McGann. "As a former student-athlete at EWU, it is an honor to be back working in a department that means so much to me."
 
McGann is an Eastern Washington University alum, earning his Bachelor's degree in recreation management in 1997 while competing on the men's golf team. He served as Eastern's Assistant Director of Marketing and Promotions for two years before being elevated to the director position which he held for two years.
 
After his time at Eastern Washington, McGann began a four-year stint with the Spokane Youth Sports Association, first serving as the operations manager before moving on to an assistant executive director role. From there, McGann continued his involvement with youth sports, joining Washington Youth Soccer in Federal Way, Wash., as an executive director and COO from 2005 to 2008.
 
McGann returned to Spokane in 2008 and joined Dreams Marketing LLC as a director of sales and operations. After three years, McGann took a position with CenturyLink where he was the acquisition sales executive from 2011 to 2013 before being elevated to a senior relationship manager which he held until re-joining the Eagles in 2020.