Ken Ralph is a veteran athletic administrator with more than 40 successful years in intercollegiate athletics. 

A native of Salem, New Hampshire, Ralph has 25 years of experience as a collegiate athletic director including stops at Southwestern University (TX) from 2022 to 2026, the University of Maine from 2018 to 2022, Colorado College from 2007 to 2018, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2002 to 2007.

Ralph has garnered extensive experience in building Division III programs. At Colorado College Ralph spearheaded the $27 million expansion of the El Pomar Sports Center and the construction of the $52 million Robson Arena while achieving record-setting athletics fundraising, sponsorships and international recognition—in 2015 the Colorado College women’s soccer team played as Team USA for the World University Games in South Korea. While at RPI he oversaw the design, planning and fundraising for the Institute’s $92 million East Campus Athletic Village.

During his tenure at the University of Maine, Ralph secured a $90 million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation, one of the top-ten largest single gifts ever given to an athletic department.

Ralph earned his undergraduate degree in political science at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, where he was an All-American in swimming. He earned a master’s degree in sports management studies from California University of Pennsylvania.