People news: Di Fino joins Syracuse athletics department staff

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse native Anthony Di Fino has joined the Syracuse University athletics department staff as associate athletics director for business development, according to a recent university news release.

Di Fino’s role will focus on developing strategic marketing campaigns to build financial support for Syracuse athletics. He will work as a member of the external relations team that steers decisions on marketing, fundraising, ticketing, sponsorship, and communications initiatives, the release stated.

Di Fino’s athletics-administration experience includes roles at IMG Learfield (IMGL) Ticket Solutions, Inc. and in the athletics departments at Army, Columbia, and Fordham. In 2013 he was named IMGL general manager of the year, and the following year earned IMGL’s executive of the year award.

Since 2011, he has risen through the ranks at IMGL Ticket Solutions, a Winston Salem, North Carolina–based company providing ticketing and data services to universities to boost their ticket sales and fundraising revenue.

Di Fino was the general manager for IMGL at the University of Akron from 2011 to 2013 and served as the general manager at Penn State from May 2013 to August 2014. His career with IMGL was advanced in August 2014 when he was promoted to IMGL Northeast Regional manager. In this role, Di Fino has directed the sales efforts for 13 IMGL properties.

Prior to joining IMGL, Di Fino was the assistant athletics director for ticket sales and client services at the United States Military Academy. His previous roles also include ticket manager at Columbia University and marketing assistant at Fordham University.

Di Fino is a graduate of Fordham University (bachelor’s degree in 2006), where he was a member of the football team, and Columbia University (master’s degree in 2009).

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