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 |
| 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 |
