Anna Sundy
MS, MPS LAT, ATC
Athletic Emergency Preparedness Consultant, North Carolina
Anna Sundy is a Board Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer and the founder of SidelineOps, a North Carolina consulting practice built around one straightforward goal: every school, camp, and athletic program should have a plan their staff can actually execute before the ambulance arrives. She currently serves full-time as Head Athletic Trainer at Durham Academy — doing the same work she consults on, at the same venues, under the same urgency. If you are looking for someone who has stood on the sideline and run the call, this is that person.
The gap she set out to close
Anna spent years working in athletic settings where the emergency action plan, if it existed at all, was a template someone had downloaded and filed away. Nobody had walked the venue to confirm the AED location. The coaches had never seen the communication tree. The plan was a document, not a practice.
She saw what that gap costs — not as a statistic, but as the moment when a well-meaning coach freezes because nobody ever told them whose job it was to call 911. SidelineOps exists to close that gap before anyone has to find out what it feels like.
Background and Credentials
Anna holds four degrees and certifications that, combined, are unusual in this space:
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B.S. in Athletic Training, Boston University (2019)
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M.S. in Exercise Science (concentration in Biomechanics), Auburn University (2021)
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M.P.S. in Emergency and Disaster Management, Georgetown University (2025)
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Board Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT, ATC)
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Her Georgetown capstone research focused on the standardization of medical emergency response at NCAA Division I athletic events — the kind of research that surfaces what separates programs that execute cleanly from those that do not.
That combination — sports medicine on one side, emergency and disaster management on the other — is what SidelineOps is built on. Most EAP consultants come from general safety backgrounds and learn the athletic context afterward. Anna works from the inside out.
Current Role: Head Athletic Trainer
Anna is not a former athletic trainer who now consults. She is currently serving as Head Athletic Trainer at Durham Academy in North Carolina, working full-time in the same environments she helps clients prepare for. That means the EAP she builds for your program reflects how athletic training actually works on a school sideline today — the communication realities, the equipment constraints, the staff turnover, and the moments where a well-designed plan holds and a poorly-designed one does not.
NCISAA Advisory Roles
Anna serves on the NCISAA Board of Advisors and the NCISAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. For schools and programs in the NCISAA network, this means the person reviewing your plan is a recognized voice inside the organization that sets the standards your program is held to.
Who SidelineOps Serves
SidelineOps works with K-12 schools (independent, public, and charter), summer camps, recreation leagues, club and travel sports programs, and athletic facilities across North Carolina. Every engagement starts with a free 20-minute EAP Readiness Call — an honest conversation about where your program stands and what it needs, with no obligation.