Centennial and Landmark Conference Football Officials Keynote Speaker
The Centennial and Landmark Conferences Football Officials Clinic is thrilled to announce that our 2024 Keynote Speaker will be Dominique Pender Jr.
Dominique Pender Jr.
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2024 NFC Wild Card Game
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2023 NFC Wild Card Game
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2022 AFC Wild Card Game
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Currently a Side Judge in the National Football League.
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Prior to being hired into the NFL, worked as a Field Judge and Back Judge in the Big Ten Conference, Field Judge in the Mid American Conference, Referee and Field Judge in the Centennial Conference, and an official in the New Jersey Football Officials Association.
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Worked the following post season assignments:
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Gasparilla Bowl
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Sun Bowl
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Las Vegas Bowl
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New Orleans Bowl
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St. Petersburg Bowl
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Big Ten Championship
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Mid American Conference Championship
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A state quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.
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Earned a Bachelors in Business Administration from Howard University and a Masters of Arts in Humanities in the Teaching of Social Studies from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Considers himself a student first.
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In abiding by the mantra that many of the bridge builders that came before him taught, he works to host classes and mentor folks in the Washington, DC and New York City metropolitan areas and beyond.
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Raised in South Plainfield, NJ, Dominique currently resides in Bowie, MD with his wife, Ariana, son and daughter.
Centennial and Landmark Conferences Football Officials Guest Speaker
Ms. Katie Boldvich
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Katie Boldvich was hired as the third Commissioner of the Landmark Conference in July 2019. She has vast experience in the realm of sport having worked with professional teams and leagues, national-governing bodies, emerging sports for women, institutions and conferences. Boldvich is an unwavering supporter of Division III athletics as a student-athlete, coach and administrator.
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As the Commissioner of the Landmark, Boldvich serves as the chief operating officer and works with the presidents, athletics administrators and coaches in strategic planning and oversight of the day-to-day operations of the conference. She is charged with upholding and promoting the Landmark’s mission and core values while also enforcing the best practices and policies of the conference and NCAA. She also coordinates the logistics and operations for the conference’s 22 championships, special events and professional development opportunities for the membership.
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Boldvich also serves as the Commissioner of three single-sport conferences; the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC), Colonial Hockey Conference and Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC). She established the formation of both the NEHC and Colonial Hockey Conference in 2015. All three leagues have had strategic membership growth, policy revision, rebrands and new website designs during her tenure. Both the NEHC and ECFC secured incorporation and 501c(3) tax-exempt status under her guidance.
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Prior to joining the Landmark, Boldvich served in the same role with the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC). While with the NECC, she reestablished the conference’s mission and core values to better align with the action and focus of the membership. She also led the charge in the conference rebrand, the first for the league since its inception in 2009, that heavily focused on the resilience and diversity of the league. Additionally, she championed expansion and playing opportunities for the membership, adding 10 associate members across three different conference sports and securing additional regular and postseason playing opportunities for the league’s student-athletes.
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Boldvich has also served in senior leadership roles with the United States Rowing Association, National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). She continues to serve as the Executive Director for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) where she coordinates the logistics and operations of one of the oldest championship events in college sports. The IRA National Championship held its 117th regatta in 2019, welcoming 50 rowing programs across three disciplines and over 1,000 student-athletes. Boldvich is responsible for the operating budget, securing vendors and championship enhancement development for the event.
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She has also lent her expertise to several committees and special events over the course of her career. Most recently, Boldvich served on the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey National Committee from 2016-2019 and acted as the committee’s Chair in 2017 & 2018. She is also an active member of the Division III Commissioner’s Association, New England Commissioner’s Association and Mid-Atlantic Regional Commissioner’s Association. She also served on the senior planning team for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Frozen Four; coordinating and training over 200 volunteers and staff members for the event’s operations.
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Prior to her career in collegiate athletics she held various positions in the world of sports-television programming. Boldvich worked for such clients as the Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots, Major League Soccer, UEFA Champions League, World Surf League, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association, X-Games and more.
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Boldvich graduated magna cum laude from Emerson College in 2008. While at Emerson she competed as a two-sport student-athlete in soccer and softball. A four-year starter and captain in both sports, she was also a member of the Lions 2007 softball program which secured the institution’s first bid and subsequent win in the NCAA postseason in any sport.
Clinicians
Ed Camp
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Currently Coordinator of Officials; responsible for training, evaluating, and recruting game officials
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2000-2022 NFL (Down Judge, #134)
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2022, 2009 AFC Championship
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2021, 2020, 2011, 2008 AFC Divisional Playoff
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2019 Super Bowl LII (Down Judge)
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2022, 2018, 2009 Super Bowl - Alternate
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2019, 2018, 2006 NFC Divisional Playoff
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2017, 2013, 2002 NFC Wildcard Playoff
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2005 Pro Bowl
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2003 AFC Wildcard Playoff
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Retired Physical Education Teacher - 32 years NYC
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Resides in Hawthorne, NJ
Jim Corpora
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2007 - Present - Centennial Conference Supervisor of Officials
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2023 - Hired as first Landmark Conference Supervisor of Officials
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2001 - 2021ACC Side Judge
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2021 - Inducted in the National Football Foundation, Lehigh Valley Chapter, College Hall of Fame
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2020 Liberty Bowl
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2019 Citrus Bowl
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2018 Arena Football League Semi-Final
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2016 Arizona Bowl
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2016 Inducted into the Lehigh Valley Softball Hall of Fame
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2014, 2012, 2006 - ACC Championship Game
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2013, 2014 Arena Football League Conference Championship Games
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2013 NCAA FCS National Championship Game
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2012 Arena Football League Championship Game
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2011 - 2019: Arena Football League official
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2011 Alamo Bowl
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2009 Army-Navy Game
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2008 Las Vegas Bowl
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2004 Liberty Bowl
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2001 - Hired to the ACC Varsity Staff
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1999 - Promoted to Division 1-AA
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1990 - 1998: Selected for six NCAA Division II/III Playoff Games
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1995 PIAA (Class AA) State Final
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Has had articles published in Referee Magazine and the NFHS Quarterly
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2007 - present: Coordinator of Officials for the Centennial Conference
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Presenter at numerous officiating clinics throughout the USA:
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2009 - 2011, 2017 - Tom Beard Football Officials Clinic
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2006, 2007 - Fresno CA
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2011, 2012 - Reno NV
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2003 Great Lakes Collegiate Football Officials Clinic
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IAA Big 33 Clinic
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Wildwood Officials Clinic
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PIAA District IV Clinic
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2016 Blue Ridge Football Officials Clinic
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Fast-Pitch Softball Umpiring
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2014 PIAA Class AAAA State Championship
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8 PIAA State Semi-Finals
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Rules Interpreter: Lehigh Valley Softball Umpires Association
Jerry Magallanes
I have been extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to play football from ages 6 – 22. In that period, I played in the Pop Warner league, at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia, and in the NCAA - Division 3 at Hofstra University. In that time, the game taught me the values of teamwork, leadership, and overcoming adversity. In 1989, I began officiating football. Like many of my colleagues, my playing days were key factors in preparing to be an official.
My officiating career took the same path as my playing years. I officiated in Pop Warner and high school until 1997 when I joined the college ranks in the ECFOA. In 2002 – 04, I began officiating in the Atlantic 10 and CIP Conferences. In 2005 my dream of becoming a FBS official became a reality, and it still exists today. In the last 19 seasons, I’ve had the opportunity to work the ACC Championship 2 times, 12 bowl games and as the alternate official in the 2023 College Football Playoff Championship Game in Los Angeles, CA. More important than the games listed above are the relationships I have formed over my 35 years of being an official. I am truly fortunate to call many of them my friends.
My wife Jennifer and I have been together 34 years, have two daughters, Stephanie (34) and Olivia (27) and a son RJ (25). I am a Field Operations Specialist for Image One Industries located in Bensalem, PA.
Patrick Oldham
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2024 Camellia Bowl Center Judge
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2024, 2023 AAC Conference Championship Center Judge
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2024 Aer Lingus Classic Center Judge
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2024, 2023, 2018 All Star Officials Clinic Clinician
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2023 Blue Ridge Football Officials Clinic Clincian
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2021 Independence Bowl Center Judge
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Spring 2021 FCS Playoff Official Umpire
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4 Division III playoff assignments
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AAC Staff: 2021 - Present - Center Judge
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CIP Staff: 2017 - 2021 (spring season) - Umpire
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Centennial Staff: 2014 - 2016 - Umpir
Jerry Walter
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Jerry is in his second season as a Side Judge for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and has over two decades of football officiating experience. He began his career in 2003 working for the Bux-Mont Pop Warner League. He worked his first high school game in 2005 and by 2007 was accepted into the Eastern Collegiate Football Officials Association (ECFOA), working for Milt Halstead.
After spending eight years in the ECFOA, he was promoted to Division I (FCS) in 2014 and worked in the Northeast Conference (NEC) for one season. In 2015 Jim Maconaghy then hired Jerry as a Field Judge with the Colonial, Ivy, and Patriot Leagues (CIP). In 2016 he officiated the FCS National Semifinal game. -
In 2019, Dennis Hennigan and Bryan Platt hired Jerry onto the American Athletic Conference Staff where he spent four years.
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In 2023, Al Riveron hired Jerry onto the ACC Staff where he is currently officiating.
This past season, Jerry was selected to officiate the Independence Bowl, in Shreveport, LA. In addition, Jerry has also worked the Arizona Bowl (2019), the Independence Bowl (2021), and the American Conference Championship game (2022).
Jerry lives in Center Valley, PA with his wife (Ellen) and two sons (Aidan & Mason). He is a Sr. Project Manager for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a graduate of Delaware Valley University where he played football.