Emily Christiansen is in her third year at Penn and her second as the Executive Assistant for the Director of Athletics and Recreation. She arrived at Penn in August 2019 as the Administrative Coordinator.
In her role, Christiansen provides executive support to the University's T. Gibbs Kane Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics & Recreation, Alanna Shanahan. Her responsibilities include calendar management, meeting preparation and staffing for events. Additionally, she serves the Executive Team of the five Senior Associate Athletic Directors and manages projects in alliance with the priorities set by Shanahan.
She also serves as Assistant Men's Golf Coach at Penn after spending a year at her alma mater, the University of Maryland, as the assistant women’s golf coach.
Prior to coaching at Maryland, she competed as a professional golfer (née Gimpel) all over the United States on the LPGA’s Symetra Tour for four years. During this time, Emily earned a top 10 finish in the Pennsylvania Women’s Open in 2017, and had numerous other top 10 finishes on the Eggland’s Best National Women’s Golf Association Tour. She advanced through Stage 1 of the LPGA’s Qualifying School in 2014, 2015 and 2017 and through to Stage 3 in 2015.
During her time as a student-athlete at Maryland, Christiansen helped the team earn a bid to the NCAA Regional Championship in 2012, served as team captain, and holds a top-five all-time scoring average. Additionally, she was an Academic All-American and All-ACC Scholar Athlete at Maryland where she received her bachelor’s of science degree in Kinesiology in 2014.
Christiansen is currently pursuing a M.S. in Organizational Dynamics at Penn.
