In 2024, Derby was elevated to Director of Championships, Sport Operations & Governance. In her role, Derby serves as the sport administrator & championship director for men’s & women’s tennis and rowing, and championship director for men’s and women’s cross country. She is the conference liaison for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and coordinates all conference SAAC meetings and events. Derby is the secondary conference liaison to the WCC Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and WCC Mental Health Advisory Committee. From 2020-2023, Derby served as the liaison to the WCC Game Managers Advisory Group. And in 2022, she served as the tournament director for the WCC Beach Volleyball Tournament.
Prior to joining the WCC, Derby served as the Assistant Director of Championships at the Sun Belt Conference. While at the Sun Belt, Derby worked primarily in championship operations, marketing and administration. She was a member of the Local Organizing Committee and assisted in planning the Women’s Final Four in 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19). During the 2019-20 season, Derby also served as a football Game Day Ambassador at Louisiana State University during home games, and assisted in game day operations.
Prior to joining the Sun Belt, Derby worked at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, as a Championship and Administrative Fellow. During her fellowship, Derby assisted in all MAAC championships and special events, including SAAC initiatives and game day graphics. She also assisted in the planning and execution of the NCAA Division I 2018 Women’s Basketball Regional in Albany, NY.
Derby has served as a NCAA Tournament Site Representative for Regional and Super Regional Division I Softball on more than one occasions and has worked at various NCAA tournaments. She is currently a member of the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA) and serves as the co-chair of the Symposium Committee and formerly served on the Rising Stars Mentorship Committee. In 2022, through MOAA, Derby was awarded the Rudy Keeling Scholarship, towards her advanced degree and in 2019 she graduated from the MOAA Rising Star Mentorship Program. Derby is a member of the Women Leaders in Sports organization, and serves as a Circle Lead for Conference Administrators. Through Women Leaders in Sports, Derby was awarded a Women of Color Scholarship in 2019 and graduated from the Institute for Administrative Advancement (IAA) program in 2020 and the Leadership Enhancement Institute (LEI) in 2024. In 2024, Derby was accepted into the Dr. Charles Whitcomb Leadership Institute and completed year one of the two-year program.
Before entering the collegiate athletics industry, Derby served as a Legal Recruiting Assistant at Shearman & Sterling, LLP and as an Assistant Installation Manager at Carpet One Floor & Home.
An islander native of Kingston, Jamaica, Derby moved to the United States in 2010. A 2014 graduate of Pace University, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. Derby was a member of the Pace University Dance Team and served as the Secretary then Vice President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as well as the Marketing Director for the Lubin Business Association. She received a dual Master of Business Administration degree, with a concentration in Sport Management, from Florida International University (FIU) and Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europea.