Debora Lazorik
Special Assistant to the Vice President for Advancement
Associate Professor
740-376-4386; lazorikd@marietta.edu

Ms. Lazorik, who has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, joined the Advancement team in September 2007. She provides leadership with the Pioneer Club and assists the Vice President on special assignments.

Prior to joining Advancement, Lazorik spent more than 25 years as a coach, teacher and administrator at Marietta. She has served on several NCAA committees and had a leadership role in the Ohio Athletic Conference by bringing women's athletics in as members in 1985.

She was the College's full-time athletics director since from 1991-2007. She worked tirelessly at helping Marietta focus on equity and fundraising in the athletic department. She is the winningest women's basketball coach at Marietta with 131 victories in 12 seasons. She also coached volleyball for six seasons.

In 1988, she received the Professional Achievement Award from the St. Francis Alumni Association. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from the College of St. Francis in 1977 and her Master of Arts in Recreation Administration from George Williams College in 1984.