Meet the
ODAF Team!

Dex Blank was promoted to Associate AD, Development and Sport Administration in April of 2025. He was hired by the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation (ODAF) in June of 2021 as an Assistant Athletic Development Officer and has held numerous positions since that time.

Blank has served on the Athletics Director’s and Vice President for University Advancement’s senior leadership teams since 2023 and also serves as the sport administrator for the ODU men’s and women’s golf teams and the sailing team.

In his current position, Blank serves in a leadership role on the ODAF team – managing the annual giving program and team, providing campaign strategy and portfolio management for the major gift team, serving as a major gift officer, and serving on the ODU Athletics external team.

Since arriving at ODU, Blank has helped the ODAF reach new heights as the team set single year records in 2022 for fundraising totals ($19.1M) and cash raised ($13M). Furthermore, the ODAF has raised over $51M towards the University’s $500M capital campaign since he arrived in 2021, of which Athletics is responsible for raising $120M. Notably, the ODAF has increased the total number of donors in each year since he has managed the annual giving program. Along with these team accomplishments, Blank has also raised significant contributions in support of two major facility renovation projects: Bud Metheny Ballpark at the Ellmer Family Baseball Complex ($24M project), and the ODU Football locker room at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex ($4.3M project).

Prior to Old Dominion, Blank served as a Development Executive at the University of Oklahoma, where he raised considerable contributions for the Sooner Club in support of their new OU Softball Complex, improvements and additions to the OU Football Complex and the Switzer Center, and the advancement of their Inspiring Champions Fund to improve their departmental operations and the overall student-athlete experience. He was a part of the team that sold out all the premium seating areas for the first time since renovating Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Before Oklahoma, Blank was responsible for the athletics annual giving program at Ohio University (OHIO) as the Ohio Bobcat Club Coordinator. Prior to OHIO, he served as a Development Assistant for Athletics at the University of South Carolina. He began his career in intercollegiate athletics by completing internships at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Athletics Directors’ offices.

Blank earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Elon University, where he was a four-year letterman as a golf student-athlete. He went on to earn both his Master of Sports Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from Ohio University.