Kelly Destival - Associate Athletic Director for Business - Staff Directory

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Kelly Destival

Title:
Associate Athletic Director for Business
Email:
Phone:
(319) 273-6005

Kelly Destival joined the UNI athletics business office in 2008, being promoted to Associate Athletic Director of Business in September 2022.

Her responsibilities include daily management of the athletic department's business operations, while also coordinating the department's human resources.

Prior to her current role, she was named assistant athletics director for business on July 1, 2015. Prior to that role, she was the director of the Panther Scholarship Club, where she was responsible for the management of the annual fund drive, coordination of member benefits, and special events. Destival was promoted to director of the PSC after serving more than three years as athletic development coordinator at UNI.

A native of Luxemburg, Iowa, she received her bachelor's degree in business administration from UNI in 2000. During school, Destival worked in the athletic business office and was responsible for managing the gift-in-kind program and maintaining the licensing program.

She and her husband, Micah, were married in July 2006. The couple has two sons, Drew and Breyden and currently resides in Dike, Iowa.