Executive Director Megan Morrison announced the addition of Leandro Pares as the Assistant Executive Director for Communications. Pares officially begins his duties July 7, 2025.
In this role, Pares will assist in overseeing the conference's communications efforts including, website management, social media strategy, statistics and records, awards processes, broadcasting, and more for the conference's 28 sports and 41 championships.
Pares graduated from DeSales in 2023 with a degree in Mathematics. During his undergraduate time, he served as a student assistant, helping with in-game statistics. More recently, Pares worked to earn his MBA in Business Analytics and served as the Sports Information Graduate Assistant with the DeSales Athletics Department.
He was involved in all aspects of the daily operations including in-game statistics, authored releases, updated the DeSales athletics website, and assisted the game management staff.
Pares held a brief internship with the conference office in the spring of 2025. He assisted with the all-conference awards process, updated the MAC website, assisted with scheduling, and much more.