Meet Michael Alford: The CEO of Seminole Boosters and a man with a plan

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🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Michael Alford brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Seminole Boosters. The head of Florida State’s booster structure is utilizing his extensive background -- with stops at Central Michigan as the athletic director, the Dallas Cowboys as the senior director for corporate partnerships, and Alabama as the director of sports marketing -- to spearhead a cultural shift within the organization. From exploring ways to expand fundraising, to having input in future buildings for athletics, to streamlining the communication between the booster side and athletic department...Alford has a ton of work to do. Alford sits down with On The Bench to introduce himself and share his vision for Seminole Boosters and FSU athletics. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.7	last week now. We've had them on the docket. We have all sorts of questions
0:50.8	lined up. We've asked some listeners to throw some questions to ask as well.
0:54.8	That is the CEO of Seminole Boosters, Michael Alford.
0:58.1	Michael, welcome to On the Bench. How is it going?
1:00.8	It's going excellent. How are you doing today? Good good excited to have you here we've had some nice
1:05.4	laughs before recording and ready to go I know there's a lot of information we want to
1:09.3	get to and and before I let, because he's our resident
1:14.4	booster expert here on the bench,
1:17.2	I have one question for you,
1:19.0	and it's gonna be, try not to blush,
1:20.8	but basically I'm gonna read your your resume here so you know prior to here and then that Central Michigan you also worked as a let's say collegiate programs like Alabama, Oklahoma, spending time of NFL teams like the Dallas Cowboys.
1:34.0	It's a really extensive resume, Michael.
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