Stemming from the August 2015 Strategic Summit, The Board of Directors created the Division I Sport Organizational Structure Working Group. The working group is a presidentially led body with members consisting of presidents, student-athlete, directors of athletics and faculty athletics representative. One of the most important elements of the collegiate model is that a broad and diverse group of student-athletes have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of sports. A continued commitment to gender equity and multi-sport sponsorship to member schools is therefore critical to the future of the Division I collegiate model of sports. This multi-sport sponsorship commitment by institutions should include a range of approaches suitable to specific institutions in the division as a whole.
Division I Sport Organizational Structure Working Group roster:
Name | Representing | Position |
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Mitch Barnhart | Southeastern Conference, University of Kentucky | Athletics director |
Bob Bowlsby | Big 12 Conference | Commissioner |
Dean Bresciani | The Summit League, North Dakota State University | President |
Vicki Chun | Patriot League, Colgate University | Athletics director |
Tim Cost | Atlantic Sun Conference, Jacksonville University | President |
Michael Drake | Big 10 Conference, the Ohio State University | President |
Robert Frank | Mountain West Conference, University of New Mexico | President |
Keith Gill | Atlantic 10 Conference, University of Richmond | Athletics director |
Nayef Samhat | Southern Conference, Wofford College | President |
Rachel Scott | University of Texas at Austin | Student-athlete |
Clifton Smart, co-chair | Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri State University | President |
Harry Williams | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Delaware State University | President |
Randy Woodson, co-chair | Atlantic Coast Conference, North Carolina State University | Chancellor |