Giving Thanks for This Year’s Return of High School Sports and Performing Arts
Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff, NFHS Executive Director
Periodically, The NFHS Voice will be presented in the form of video. This week, NFHS Executive Director Karissa Niehoff says the millions of high school students, coaches, administrators and others have much to be thankful for with the return of sports and performing arts. For the first time since the 2019 fall tournaments concluded almost two years ago, state associations will be able to start and finish state championships in a normal timeframe.
Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff is in her third year as executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the first female to head the national leadership organization for high school athletics and performing arts activities and the sixth full-time executive director of the NFHS. She previously was executive director of the Connecticut Association of Schools-Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference for seven years.
