4/1/2013 Written by Susan Mumm
Written by Written by Susan Mumm
Illinois alumnus Timothy A. Cochrane has joined AE at Illinois as the new Associate Director for Advancement.
Cochrane, who will be working with AE alumni and friends to advance programs for AE students, research and initiatives, has taken the position previously held by Brett S. Clifton, now the Visiting Director of Media Sales Certificate Program for the College of Media at Illinois.
“As a fellow graduate of our great university, I look forward in discussing the memorable experiences and opportunities that the University of Illinois has provided our AE alumni,” Cochrane saic. “ I’m equally excited to have the opportunity to learn the educational and research objectives of our current students and faculty and look forward in working with our alumni in seeing that these objectives are not only realized but are consistently surpassed.”
Cochrane gained 10 years of sales experience working for the Champaign, Illinois, firms of Human Kinetics Publishing, which provides information and products to promote physical activity and health, and Herff-Jones/Collegiate Apparel, which supplies thousands of colleges, schools and other organizations with caps and gowns, diplomas, rings and other merchandise.
Most recently, Cochrane was an award-winning Regional Sales Manager at Human Kinetics, where he was responsible for cultivating sales in a 9-state territory with over 7,200 individual customers. He also mentored incoming sales associates, and developed the training program and sales manual for all incoming sales professionals.
After earning a two-year degree from Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois, Cochrane earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and bioscience from Illinois in 1993. He returned to Parkland to coach track, and served as head track coach and the director of fitness and wellness for seven years.