Rhonda Blanford-Green, the Associate Commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Association for the past 16 years has been selected as the new Executive Director of the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA). The NSAA Board of Directors approved the hiring of Blanford-Green in an 8-0 vote on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Blanford-Green, who attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a graduate of the University of Wyoming and the University of Phoenix-Colorado. She participated in track & field at UNL and was an undefeated Big Eight champion, 10-time All-American, and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in 1984 and 1988. She was selected as the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year in 1985. Blanford-Green has been active at the national level serving on several National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) committees. Blanford-Green is married with two children. She will begin her duties with the NSAA on July 1, 2012.