Our Guest Speaker will be the Army Athletic Director Tom “Theo” Theodorakis.

Tom Theodorakis was named the 31st Director of Athletics of Army West Point Athletics in February 2025.

As both AD and Deputy AD, Theodorakis has spearheaded the Michie Stadium Preservation Project, a complete transformation of the venue’s east stands to ensure the most inspirational game day atmosphere in the country continues.

He came to West Point as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations in July 2022. Throughout this time, he worked closely with former Athletic Director Mike Buddie as a member of Army Athletics’ senior staff.

During his time as Deputy AD at West Point, Theodorakis led all external units for Army West Point Athletics which included the areas of Development (in the context of a $600M comprehensive campaign for the Academy), Strategic Communication (athletic communications, digital and social strategies, creative and video services, and broadcasting), Licensing and Branding, and Business Development & Revenue Generation (Marketing, Fan engagement, Ticketing, Ticket Sales, and Sponsorships).

Theodorakis previously served on the Athletics Director’s Senior Leadership Team and Executive Staff and as the Sport Administrator for the Men’s Basketball and Men’s Lacrosse programs at Army. He also serves as a member of the Army-Navy Steering Committee that bids, organizes, and executes America’s most traditional and enduring rivalry game in the sport of Football.

Before coming to the banks of the Hudson River, Theodorakis served as the Senior Associate Director of Development at Harvard University since 2021.  Before his time at Harvard, Theodorakis spent six years at Arizona as the Associate Athletics Director for Development.  Theodorakis was previously at UCLA, where he served as the Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs and supervised the day-to-day operations of the development office.  Before UCLA, Theodorakis spent five years in a first stint at Arizona as Assistant Athletics Director for Development.

Theodorakis earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Syracuse University in 2006, where he was a four-year letter winner and member of the 2004 national champion men’s lacrosse team. He received his master’s degree in sport administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 2008. He is also a graduate of the Sports Management Institute (SMI) Executive Program and attended instruction at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Education Leadership at Arizona, focusing his dissertation on student-veterans in higher education, and was the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Fellowship Award.