Board of Governors

Composition:  Nine voting members: Four from Division I (at least one school president and one conference commissioner), one from the Division II Presidents Council, one from the Division III Presidents Council, two independent members and one graduated student-athlete. Five nonvoting ex officio members: NCAA president, the chairs of the Division I Council and Divisions II and III Management Councils, the president of one historically Black college or university and one former NCAA student-athlete from each of the two divisions not represented by the voting student-athlete.

Liaisons:  Terri Gronau, Stephanie Quigg
Chair:  Linda A. Livingstone (Aug 2022 - Aug 2024)



*Eligible for reappointment
DivisionCommittee PositionsTitleName & InstitutionConferenceTerm
Expiration
  FBS   Ex officio Member   Deputy Athletics Director   Lynda Tealer
  University of Florida
  Southeastern Conference JUN 2024
  FBS   Member   President   Jere Morehead
  University of Georgia
  Southeastern Conference AUG 2024*
  FBS   Chair, Member   President   Linda A. Livingstone
  Baylor University
  Big 12 Conference AUG 2024*
  FCS   Member   CCD   Elizabeth E. DeBauche
  Ohio Valley Conference
  Ohio Valley Conference AUG 2024*
  FCS   Ex officio Member   President   Javaune Adams-Gaston
  Norfolk State University
  Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. AUG 2024
  I   Ex officio Member   Former Student-Athlete   Bryce Choate
  Oral Roberts University
  The Summit League AUG 2024
  I   Member   President   Houston Davis
  University of Central Arkansas
  Atlantic Sun Conference AUG 2025
  II   Ex officio Member   AD   Roberta Page
  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference JAN 2025
  II   Member   President   Colleen Perry Keith
  Goldey-Beacom College
  Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference JAN 2026
  II   Ex officio Member, Student-Athlete Rep.   Student-Athlete   Madeleine McKenna
  Pennsylvania Western University, California
  Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference JAN 2025
  III   Member   Athletics Direct Report   Lawrence P. Ward
  Babson College
  New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference JAN 2025
  III   Member   Former Student-Athlete   Isaiah Swann
  University of Texas at Dallas
  American Southwest Conference AUG 2024*
  III   Member   President   Mary Beth Cooper
  Springfield College
  New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference JAN 2025
  Independent   Member   Independent   Nadja West
   
    AUG 2024*
  Independent   Ex officio Member   NCAA President   Charlie Baker
  NCAA
   
  Independent   Member   VP of Team Operations   Allison Feaster
  Boston Celtics
    AUG 2025*