Dr. Bonnie Tiell, Professor of Management at Tiffi n University and a national faculty member of the U.S. Sports Academy, has been recognized for her contributions to intercollegiate athletics administration and global sports. She coordinates the Olympic Academic Experience (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio, and 2020 Tokyo) and works with members of the World Olympians Association to supervise educational programs and a humanitarian project in conjunction with the Olympic Games. She has presented research, taught, or collaborated on sports projects on five continents and has authored dozens of manuscripts. She is a co-founder of the Women's Leadership Symposium (WLS), an educational program sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Women Leaders in College Sports to attract, retain, and advance females in intercollegiate athletics. At Tiffin University, Tiell has served as dean of graduate education, NCAA faculty athletic representative, MBA chairperson, senior woman administrator, assistant athletic director, and head coach for volleyball, softball (national qualifier 1993), and tennis (national qualifier 2003).

She earned a Bachelor of Education from Troy University, a Masters in Sport Administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and a Doctorate in Sport Management and Human Resources from the U.S. Sports Academy, where she was recognized as the 2014 Alumnus of Year. Recognized twice for the Region 4 Excellence in Teaching Award through the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (2008 and 2016), Tiell is also a member of the Tiffin University Athletic Hall of Fame and recipient of the 2013 NCAA II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) Donahue Service Award. In 2016, she was named Woman of the Year in Sports on behalf of the Cleveland Chapter of Women in Sports and Events (WISE). She has taught for the Tiffin University executive MBA program in Bucharest, Romania, and on behalf of the U.S. Sports Academy, she was the lead faculty for the 2017 International Sport Management Certification Program in Bangkok, Thailand.

Tiell and her husband (Greg) reside in Tiffin, Ohio, where she operates Tiell Total Sports, LLC, and contributes a monthly sports column for The Advertiser-Tribune newspaper.