Staff Directory
- Title:
- Senior Associate Athletic Director
Human Resources & Chief Financial Officer
- Email:
- Phone:
- 919-962-2715
Martina Ballen serves as UNC's Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Business and as the department's Chief Financial Officer. A 1980 UNC graduate, she has worked in the athletic department since 1987.
Ballen graduated from Carolina with a degree in business administration. She went on to earn her master of business administration from Wake Forest in 1984.
Ballen started at UNC as Director of Finance and in 1992 was promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics for Business and Finance. She was then promoted to Associate Director in 1995 and Senior Associate in 2001. In 2011 she was named Chief Financial Officer.
Before coming to Carolina, she worked as a deputy clerk in the U.S. District Court in Raleigh (1980-82) and as a branch manager and commercial loan officer for NCNB (1985-87).
A native of Southern Pines, N.C., Ballen captained her high school basketball team and was elected homecoming queen both in high school and at UNC.
She and her husband, Dwayne, have two sons, Julian and Jared.
Ballen was recognized in 2011 with the Harvey Elliott Beech Outstanding Alumni Award. She is the immediate past chair of the board of directors of the Autism Society of North Carolina and a passionate advocate for autism awareness.
