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NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions Roster

Doug Archie

Doug Archie
Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance at The Ohio State University

  • Serves as the Director of Compliance Ohio State University since June of 2006.
  • Served as Director of Compliance at the University of Utah.
  • Served as Director of Compliance at the University of North Dakota.
  • Archie received his bachelor’s degree in economics from York University in Toronto in 1989, Master of Science in Physical Education with a concentration in Athletics Administration from Ohio University in 1990 and his Juris Doctor from University of Toledo College of Law in 1993.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2027.
Norman C. Bay

Norman C. Bay
Attorney

  • Previously chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission after serving as director of the Office of Enforcement.
  • Before joining the FERC, was a law professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
  • Spent more than a decade in the U.S. Department of Justice and was U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico.
  • Earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and law degree from Harvard.
  • Serves as a public member of the committee.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2026.
Bryan B. Blair

Bryan B. Blair
Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of Toledo

  • Prior to arriving at the University of Toledo in 2022, Blair served as the deputy athletic director and chief operating officer at Washington State University. 
  • Previously, Blair served in administrative roles at Rice University, the University of South Carolina and the NCAA national office.
  • Blair earned his juris doctorate from the University of South Carolina and earned his undergraduate degree in history at Wofford College, where he was a football student-athlete.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2026.
Tricia Turley Brandenburg

Tricia Turley Brandenburg
Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Leadership Officer at United States Military Academy

  • Earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University.
  • Earned her Master of Science degree in Leadership from Northeastern University.
  • Ohio University – Senior Associate Director of Athletics.
  • University of Massachusetts – Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Services.
  • Northeastern University – Assistant AD for Compliance/Senior Woman Administrator/Associate AD for Compliance and Enrollment Services. 
  • Term 2 of 3 expires August 2027.
Jody Conradt

Jody Conradt
Retired Head Women’s Basketball Coach; Special Assistant to Athletics at the University of Texas

  • Retired from coaching in 2007 after a career spanning 40 years, including induction into both the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
  • Earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from Baylor.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2026.
Susan Cross-Lipnickey

Susan Cross-Lipnickey
Senior Associate AD for Compliance and Student-Athlete Resources/SWA at Xavier University

  • Prior to Xavier, amassed decades of experience at Miami (Ohio), including serving as the institution’s Faculty Athletics Representative for 15 years. 
  • Previously served on the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee and the Division I Leadership Council.
  • Has been a practicing attorney since 1991. 
  • A graduate of Slippery Rock with a master's degree from Purdue, a Ph.D. from Ohio State and J.D. from Northern Kentucky.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2025.
Rich Ensor

Rich Ensor
Former Commissioner of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

  • Served as MAAC commissioner from 1988 to 2023.
  • Past member of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and past president of the Collegiate Commissioners Association.
  • Serves on the boards of the Sports Lawyers Association, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA, Philadelphia Sports Congress and NACDA’s IAAA ADs.
  • Served multiple terms on the NCAA Division I Council and served as chair of the Women’s Basketball Oversight Committee.
  • Term 2 of 3 expires August 2025.
Joshua Gordon

Joshua GordonFaculty Athletics Representative at Oregon

  • Serves as a sports arbitrator, presiding over appellate cases for both the Football and General lists at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Sections 8,9, 10, 11 and appeals cases for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), and Major League Baseball (MLB/MLBPA) salary arbitration.
  • Chairs USATF SafeSport Appeals, overseeing monthly hearings on background screening disputes.
  • Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) at the University of Oregon and the Division I FBS Representative for the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA).
  • Founder of the Sports Conflict Institute, specializing in sports law, alternative dispute resolution, and governance, working with organizations across collegiate, international, and professional sports.
  • Professor of Practice in Sports Business and Law at the University of Oregon, teaching courses in sports law, negotiation, and sports business.
  • Co-author of Strategic Negotiation: Building Organizational Excellence and The Sports Playbook: Building Teams That Outperform – Year After Year, both of which provide frameworks for effective negotiation, leadership, and conflict resolution in sports and business.
  • Editorial Board member for LawInSport and regular contributor to other leading publications, analyzing legal and governance issues in sports.
  • Holds a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, an M.A. in Dispute Resolution from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Brandeis University.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2027
Kendra Greene

Kendra Greene
North Carolina Central University - SWA/Senior Associate AD for Internal Operations

  • Earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a focus in pre-law from Michigan State University.
  • Earned her Master of Education in higher education administration with an emphasis in intercollegiate athletic administration from Oklahoma.
  • Florida A&M University – Associate Athletics Director for Compliance/SWA.
  • Alabama State University – Senior Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations.
  • Delaware State University – Associate Athletics Director for Compliance.
  • University of the District of Columbia – Associate Athletics Director for Academics/SWA. 
  • Term 2 of 3 expires August 2027.
Jeremy Jordan

Jeremy Jordan
Dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University

  • Also serves as senior advisor to the Chancellor for Sport and Higher Education.
  • Prior to Syracuse, he served as the Faculty Athletics Representative & Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at Temple, where he was also a professor of Sport and Recreation Management. 
  • Previously held faculty positions at Miami, Mississippi State and Memphis, and served as the athletic director at La Sierra. 
  • A graduate of La Sierra with a master’s from Utah and a Ph.D. from Ohio State. 
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2025. 
Cassandra Kirk

Cassandra Kirk
Chief Magistrate Judge – Atlanta, GA

  • Public member.
  • Earned her B.A. from Williams College.
  • Earned her J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
  • Juvenile Court Judge – Fulton County.
  • Term 2 of 3 expires August 2027.
Jason Leonard

Jason Leonard
Executive Director of Athletics Compliance at Oklahoma; Vice Chair of the Committee on Infractions

  • Responsible for the oversite of all daily athletics compliance operations and rules education efforts and serves as lead investigator on all rules violations investigations and reporting.
  • Previously worked as associate general counsel in Oklahoma’s legal department.
  • Earned undergraduate and law degrees from Oklahoma.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2026.
Stephen A. Madva

Stephen A. Madva
Attorney

  • Retired chair and partner with the law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP.
  • Was also appointed head of the board of trustees of the Philadelphia Prison System by Philadelphia’s then-mayor.
  • Served as chairman of the board of governors of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
  • Elected a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
  • Earned undergraduate degree from Yale and law degree from Pennsylvania.
  • Serves as a public member of the committee.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2025.
Vince Nicastro

Vince Nicastro
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the Big East Conference

  • Nearly 30 years of administrative experience in college sports.
  • Before joining the Big East, served as associate director of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for Study of Sports Law at Villanova.
  • Before his academic post, served as Villanova director of athletics for 15 years.
  • Earned degrees from Bloomsburg and Saint Joseph’s.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2025.

Kay Norton

Kay Norton
President Emerita of Northern Colorado; Chair of the Committee on Infractions

  • Served as founding chair of the NCAA Division I Presidential Forum, serving as the Big Sky Athletic Conference representative to the Forum and to its predecessor organization, the Presidential Advisory Group. 
  • Shepherded Northern Colorado through its transition from Division II to Division I and membership in the Big Sky. 
  • Served as a Northern Colorado board member and then as general counsel.
  • Practiced law for 22 years, primarily in an inhouse corporate counsel role. 
  • Graduate of Wellesley and of the Denver College of Law.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2027.

Amy Parsons

Amy Parsons
President of Colorado State University

  • Prior to becoming President, served for 17 years in various senior executive leadership roles at Colorado State University (CSU) and the CSU System, including executive vice chancellor of the CSU System, vice president for operations at CSU and deputy general counsel.
  • Began career as litigation attorney for Denver-firm Brownstein, Hyatt, & Farber (now Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Shreck).
  • Holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from CSU and Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2026.
Roderick Perry

Roderick Perry
Former Director of Athletics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

  • Has extensive collegiate experience in strategic planning, budget management, compliance, public relations and donor cultivation.
  • Before IUPUI, served in administrative posts at Wright State, Florida and Auburn.
  • Earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from Auburn and doctorate in educational leadership from Dayton.
  • Term 3 of 3 expires August 2026.
Jill Redmond

Jill Redmond
Deputy Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference

  • Prior to the Missouri Valley Conference, oversaw the A-10’s compliance and governance efforts as Senior Associate Commissioner.
  • Previously worked at Richmond, Dartmouth and Benedictine (Illinois).
  • Earned her undergraduate degree from DePaul and her master’s in business administration from Benedictine.
  • Term 2 of 3 expires August 2026.
Mary Schutten

Mary Schutten
Executive Vice President and Provost at Central Michigan

  • Previously served as dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at San Jose State.
  • Served as associate dean and professor at Grand Valley State and held faculty roles at Western Michigan, Calvin and Dordt College.
  • Earned her Ph.D. of physical education from Indiana, a Master of Arts from Long Beach State and a Bachelor of Arts from Calvin.
  • Term 2 of 3 expires August 2025.
Christian Spears

Christian SpearsDirector of Athletics at Marshall University

  • Served as President of the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC).
  • Graduate of the NCAA Pathway Program.
  • Served as Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer in Law at the University of Toledo College of Law and the Drexel University School of Law. 
  • Graduate of the University of Washington and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Jim Stapleton

Jim Stapleton
President and CEO of B&R Consultants

  • Attorney who has owned and operated a leading Governmental Affairs and Consulting firm since 1997.
  • Former Senior Vice President of Business Affairs of the Detroit Tigers.
  • Assisted in the formation of a group that purchased the Minnesota Vikings franchise in 2006.
  • Served a 10-year term as a gubernatorially appointed Regent at Eastern Michigan.
  • Served a 10-year term as Alumni Student-Athlete Representative on Michigan’s Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics.
  • Serves as a public member of the committee.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2025.
Steve Waterfield

Steve Waterfield
Director of Athletics at Oakland University

  • Prior to Oakland University, served in a senior leadership role at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 
  • Previously worked at University of Miami, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University, and the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
  • Earned his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College and his juris doctor, master's in sport management, and master’s in business administration from Ohio State University.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2026.
Maureen Weston

Maureen WestonProfessor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law

  • Teaches courses on U.S. and International Sports Law, Arbitration, mediation, negotiation, civil procedure, international dispute resolution, and professional responsibility. Coach for students in sports law advocacy competitions.
  • Arbitrator, on rosters for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Dispute Resolution Unit, the American Arbitration Association, and FINRA.
  • Board of Directors for the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA).
  • Executive Committee, American Association of Law Schools, Sports Law Section.
  • Editorial Board, LawInSport.
  • ABA, Law School Division, Arbitration Competition Organizing Committee.
  • Weston practiced commercial law in Colorado. 
  • Author of numerous publications in the areas of Olympic & International Sports Law, Arbitration, and Disability Law.
  • Volunteer Tutor for School on Wheels.
  • Avid tennis player. 
  • J.D., University of Colorado, Order of the Coif.B.A.,
  • University of Denver, magna cum laude.
  • Term 1 of 3 expires August 2027.

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