Jonathan is an athletics leader with more than 10 years of experience managing intercollegiate athletics programs, primarily within the National Junior College Athletic Association in three regions. He has served at Malcolm X College and Wilbur Wright College, both part of the City Colleges of Chicago system. He began his career at Queens University of Charlotte and served as Director of Athletics at Barber-Scotia College, Central Carolina Community College (all in North Carolina), and SUNY Adirondack in New York. Originally from rural South Carolina, Jonathan earned his Bachelor?s in Sports Management from Gardner-Webb University, his Master of Education in Sports Administration from Wingate University and his Juris Doctor from Taft University. He is married to Kelli Harkey and has two pups, Sunny and Shady.