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Licensed Officials Workshop - Planning for the Future: Licensed Officials

Commonwealth 1
1/12/2024   -   2:00 PM   to   5:00 PM
Session Speakers
Chris Rastatter

Chris Rastatter

Chris Rastatter is the NCAA National Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating. Rastatter has 27 years of experience in college basketball officiating, including 19 appointments to the NCAA Tournament. He was an alternate at the 2019 Final Four before working the 2021 semifinal between Baylor and Houston. Upon his appointment to the position, Rastatter set out to improve call accuracy by helping officials with mechanics and positioning and put in place a system to identify and develop the next generation of NCAA basketball officials.  

From 1996 to 2019, Rastatter was the director of the Southern Arizona Officials Camp.  Each summer, nearly 100 officials nationwide, of all skill levels and experience, attended the camp. In 2018, Rastatter established the Tucson Youth Officiating Program to teach young men and women the life skills, tools and values to promote self-confidence and growth through basketball officiating. 

Dana Pappas

Dana Pappas

Dana Pappas was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to Indiana in the Fall of 2021 to join the staff of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). She began her professional career in July 1997 with the New Mexico Activities Association as the administrative assistant for boys’ sports and officials. After seven years as administrative assistant at the NMAA, Dana was promoted to the position of Commissioner of Officials in 2004 and served in that capacity until July 31, 2021. 

On August 1, 2021, Dana assumed the newly created role of Director of Officiating Services for the NFHS in Indianapolis. She describes this position as her “dream job,” where she can advocate for officials nationwide. At the NFHS, Dana serves on the internal Women’s Leadership Team and DEI Team. In addition to her role with the NFHS, she served as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Sports Officials for the 2022-23 school year, and currently serves as NASO Board Secretary.  She also serves as a Board member for Battlefields to Ballfields and is the Board Secretary for Sports Officials Care. Dana received the NFHS Citation for Service to Officiating in 2019 and was inducted into the New Mexico Officials Association Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022.