Tom Emberley began his tenure as Director of Athletic Communications at Farmingdale State College in March 2022.
Emberley, who has served as an adjunct assistant professor in FSC's sport management department since 2016, began in a full-time capacity after a nearly seven-year stint as Associate Commissioner of the Skyline Conference. In his capacity, he oversaw publicity and promotion of the 12-institution, 19-championship Division III conference, in addition to championship administration, finances and scheduling.
The winner of the 2024 Eastern Athletics Communication Association (EAST-COMM) Irving T. Marsh Service Bureau Award for excellence in the field of athletic communications previously worked at SUNY Old Westbury as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Operations from 2013-15, in addition to on-campus positions at Yeshiva University, Queens College, LIU-C.W. Post, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, La Salle University and the U.S. Naval Academy. A native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Emberley's professional career also included assistant commissioner positions at both the City University of New York Athletic Conference, and the NCAA Division II East Coast Conference.
Emberley is a 2001 graduate of Western New England University, where he was a two-year member of the Golden Bears football team and earned a bachelor's degree in sport management. He began a four-year term on the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee in the fall of 2023, after previously serving on both the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Committee (2020-22) and NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Committee (2016-20; chair, 2019-20).
Emberley is the treasurer of the Eastern Athletic Communications Association (East-Comm), and previously served as president of the Half Hollow Hills SEPTA. He has served the NCAA as a site representative at numerous championship rounds, as well as on working groups both for the Division II Eligibility Center (2010) and in advance of the 2016 Division III portion of the annual Regional Rules Seminar. He received his master's of business administration in management and leadership from Dowling College in 2011.
