Michelle Brutlag Hosick | NCAA.com | July 9, 2015 DI Strategic Summit participants announced Share A group of college presidents, athletics administrators, faculty, students and conference commissioners will convene in Indianapolis Aug. 4-5 to build the foundation for the future of college sports. Participants were invited because of positions they hold in the Division I governance structure or affiliated organizations. The Division I Strategic Summit participants include all members of the Board of Directors (including the student-athlete, athletics director, faculty athletics representative and senior woman administrator who serve on that group); Presidential Forum members from conferences that do not have representation on the board; the chair and vice chair of the Council; the chairs of the seven standing Council committees, the Committee on Academics and the Committee on Infractions; leaders from affiliated organizations who serve on the Council and the Board of Governors members from Divisions II and III. The participants (listed below) selected one of four strategic planning groups on which to serve that will study four different aspects of college sports. Each group will use outside experts as needed. Each of the groups will focus on defining a specific area: • The Division I collegiate model of amateur athletics, including the key features of the Division I student-athlete experience and use of resources within athletics. • How college sports should assist students while they are in college, including academic achievement and appropriate demands on time. • How college athletics should assist students to prepare for life after college, including those who wish to pursue athletics through professional pursuits and other high-level opportunities such as the Olympics. • The overarching principles for how the division should operate, including examining the current subdivision structure and the role of conferences. Each strategic planning group will present background and analysis of its topic area to the summit participants in advance to help inform the discussion and ultimate creation of principles to guide the division’s decision-making in the future. NAME POSITION SCHOOL CONFERENCE ROLE Stan Albrecht President Utah State University Mountain West BOG/DI BOD Jonathan Alger President James Madison University Colonial DI BOD Mitch Barnhart Director of athletics University of Kentucky SEC Chair, Competition Oversight Cmte, Council David Belcher Chancellor Western Carolina University Southern Incoming DI BOD Judith Bense President University of West Florida DII BOG/DII Gene Block Chancellor University of California, Los Angeles PAC-12 BOG/DI BOD Frank Bonner President Gardner-Webb University Big South Presidential Forum Bob Bowlsby Commissioner Big 12 Big 12 Chair, FB oversight Cmte, Council Dean Bresciani President North Dakota State University Summit Presidential Forum Robert Caslen Superintendent U.S. Military Academy Patriot DI BOD Rita Cheng President Northern Arizona University Big Sky Presidential Forum Alternate Christine Copper Faculty athletics representative U.S. Naval Academy Patriot DI BOD Alan Cureton President University of Northwestern- St.Paul DIII BOG/DIII James Danko President Butler University Big East Presidential Forum Keith Gill Director of athletics University of Richmond A-10 Vice chair, Council Dan Guerrero Director of athletics University of California, Los Angeles PAC-12 Chair, MBB Oversight Cmte, Council Phil Hanlon President Dartmouth College Ivy League BOG/DI BOD Dianne Harrison President California State University, Northridge Big West DI BOD Sandy Hatfield Clubb Director of athletics Drake University Missouri Valley Chair, Strategic Vision and Planning Cmte, Council John Hitt President University of Central Florida American BOG/DI BOD Jeremy Howell Faculty athletics representative University of San Francisco West Coast Presidential Forum Alternate Eric Kaler President University of Minnesota Big Ten DI BOD Timothy Ladd Faculty athletics representative Palm Beach Atlantic University DII BOG/DII David Leebron President Rice University Conference USA BOG/DI BOD L. Jay Lemons President Susquehanna University DIII BOG/DIII Jean Lenti Ponsetto Director of athletics DePaul University Big East Chair, DI WBB oversight committee, Council Fr. James Maher President Niagara University Metro Atlantic Presidential Forum Rod McDavis President Ohio University MAC BOG/DI BOD and Chair, Committee on Academics Jack Miller President Central Connecticut State University Northeast Presidential Forum Alternate Jane Miller Senior woman adminsitrator University of Virginia ACC DI BOD Horace Mitchell President California State University, Bakersfield WAC Presidential Forum Don Oberhelman Director of athletics California Polytechnic State University Big West Chair, DI Legislative Cmte, Council Phillip Oldham President Tennessee Technological University Ohio Valley Presidential Forum Dustin Page Committee Rep - DI SAAC Northern Illinois University MAC Council, Chair, DI SAAC Daniel Papp President Kennesaw State University A-Sun BOG/DI BOD Harris Pastides President University of South Carolina SEC Chair, DI BOD, BOG Baker Pattillo President Stephen F. Austin State University Southland BOG/DI BOD Steve Perez Faculty athletics representative California State University, Sacramento Big Sky Council, FARA President G.P. (Bud) Petersen President Georgia Institute of Technology ACC DI BOD Carol Quillen President Davidson College A-10 Presidential Forum Lori Runksmeier Director of athletics New England College DIII BOG/DIII Greg Sankey Commissioner SEC SEC Chair, DI Committee on Infractions Joseph Savoie President University of Louisiana at Lafayette SunBelt BOG/DI BOD Bob Scalise Director of athletics Harvard University Ivy League Chair, Student-Athlete Experience Cmte, Council Kirk Schulz President Kansas State University Big 12 BOG/DI BOD Chair Steve Scott President Pittsburg State University DII BOG/DII Brian Shannon Faculty athletics representative Texas Tech University Big 12 Council, IA FAR Chair Cliff Smart President Missouri State University Missouri Valley DI BOD Kendall Spencer Student-Athlete University of New Mexico Mountain West DI Board, DI SAAC Samuel Stanley President Stony Brook University America East DI BOD Harry Williams President Delaware State University MEAC Presidential Forum George Wright President Prairie View A&M University SWAC DI BOD TBD Horizon League Presidential Forum Alternate 2021 NCAA championships spring selections schedule Here is the schedule for the 2021 NCAA spring championship selections across all sports and divisions. READ MORE NCAA updates fan attendance policy for upcoming outdoor championships The NCAA will allow up to 50% fan capacity for its 2021 outdoor spring championships and Division I fall championships being held in the spring, based on recommendations from the NCAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group. READ MORE NCAA DI Council adopts new transfer legislation All Division I student-athletes will have a one-time opportunity to transfer and compete immediately beginning in the 2021-22 academic year, if legislation adopted by the Division I Council is ratified by the Division I Board of Directors. READ MORE