Dr. Tony Mobley is the Executive Director of the National Recreation Foundation. He served as Dean of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University for 26 years. Mobley retired in 2002 with the distinction of having served one of the longest tenures of any school dean in the history of Indiana University. During his time at the helm of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Tony helped transform the school from a campus unit of fewer than 1,000 students to a school that ranks today as the fourth-largest academic unit on the Bloomington campus. Tony has served as president of numerous organizations: the National Recreation and Park Association, the Society of Park and Recreation Educators, the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration, and the Association for Research, Administration, Professional Councils and Societies of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, located in Indianapolis. Tony received his bachelor's in physics and physical education from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, a master's and doctorate in recreation and park administration from Indiana University