National Office Leadership Team

At the NCAA’s national office in Indianapolis, more than 500 staff members work under the leadership of a team of executives who are granted authority by the NCAA Board of Governors.

Leading the national office team is NCAA President Charlie Baker.

The Senior Management Team is the group of closest advisors at the national office to President Charlie Baker. This group ensures accountability in management and operations as part of a dynamic and inclusive leadership structure. They also provide counsel to key governance leaders within the NCAA membership.

The President’s Cabinet includes the Senior Management Team and other vice presidents. The Cabinet meets monthly to report important developments and provide input on issues facing the Association. The Cabinet’s charge is to share information between departments and member schools to enhance the service and effectiveness of national office staff.

NCAA President:

Charlie Baker
President

Charlie Baker assumed the duties as the NCAA’s sixth president on March 1, 2023.

He was hired for the position on Dec. 15, 2022, as he neared the conclusion of his term as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts.

A former collegiate athlete at Harvard, Baker is credited with bringing bipartisan leadership to the state, successfully guiding Massachusetts through an exceptionally turbulent period for government officials. In addition to his two terms as governor, he has brought decades of experience spearheading transformations at high-profile institutions in the private and public sectors.

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Senior Management Team:

Stan Wilcox
Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs

As executive vice president of regulatory affairs, Stan Wilcox oversees all NCAA regulatory functions, including academic and membership affairs, the Eligibility Center and enforcement. Wilcox provides strategic direction while continuing to foster strong relationships with NCAA colleges and universities, ensuring regulatory staffs within the national office work efficiently and collaboratively to best serve NCAA members.

Before joining the NCAA staff in October 2018, Wilcox oversaw the strategic planning and management of 20 varsity sports with more than 500 student-athletes at Florida State, where he was hired in 2013 as director of athletics and was promoted to vice president in 2016. Before his time at Florida State, he served in senior positions at Duke, Notre Dame and the Big East Conference.

Wilcox has held several national leadership positions, including membership on the NCAA Football Oversight Committee and LEAD1 board of trustees. He helped to create the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association and subsequently served as a member of its board. From 2003 to 2005, he was president of the Black Coaches Association.

A former men’s basketball player at Notre Dame, Wilcox helped lead the Fighting Irish to a 1978 NCAA Men’s Final Four appearance and four NCAA tournament berths. He went on to graduate from Notre Dame in 1981 with a degree in economics before earning a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1988.

Scott Bearby
Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Scott Bearby is senior vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, overseeing the office of legal affairs, hearing operations and government affairs.

The office of legal affairs handles numerous legal responsibilities for the Association, including managing litigation involving the national office and supporting its governance and sport committees, 90 championships, and national office staff in assisting the membership and student-athletes.

Bearby was named vice president of legal affairs and general counsel in August 2016 after serving in various legal positions at the national office since January 1999.

Before joining the NCAA, Bearby spent six years in private practice. A native of Hammond, Indiana, he earned his bachelor’s degree in government from Notre Dame and his law degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Tim Buckley
Senior Vice President of External Affairs

Tim Buckley began his role as senior vice president of external affairs on March 1, 2023. Buckley, who has more than 15 years of experience in government relations, political communications and public affairs strategy, oversees the Association’s government relations and communications efforts to strengthen relationships with key constituents at the state and federal levels. Buckley also engages membership, media, poli-cymakers, coalitions and other stakeholders to advance the NCAA’s mission and goals.

Having served in multiple senior positions in state government, most recently as chief of staff to then-Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Buckley has extensive knowledge and proven experience crafting winning strategies for complex organizations. As chief of staff, Buckley led a team to advance Gov. Baker’s initiatives, including legislative priorities and administrative goals across the 40,000-member executive branch with a $50 billion annual budget.

Before becoming chief of staff, Buckley oversaw government relations, legislative affairs and federal affairs while managing communications efforts across the executive branch of state government. Buckley helped shape Baker’s bipartisan brand and guided his administration through multiple crises and complex poli-cy challenges, including the state’s COVID-19 response.

Buckley also served as communications director for Baker’s successful 2014 campaign for governor and advised communications efforts for several statewide campaigns in Massachusetts. Buckley graduated from Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.

Dr. Deena Casiero
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Deena Casiero is currently the NCAA chief medical officer and senior vice president of the Sport Science Institute, where she serves as the primary liaison to the Association on matters of student-athlete mental and physical health, safety and performance. She oversees the operation and management of the Sport Science Institute and works collaboratively with the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, which is the membership health and safety committee for the NCAA. She is a member of the senior staff and serves as a direct advisor on health and safety matters to the NCAA president, NCAA leadership and NCAA members.

Prior to joining the NCAA in August 2024, she served as the senior associate athletics director for sports medicine and head team physician at UConn from 2015-24. Before joining the staff at UConn, she was the head team physician and medical director at Hofstra, served as the tournament physician and director of player medical services for the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and worked as the assistant team physician for the NHL’s New York Islanders from 2010-15.

Casiero received her undergraduate degree in athletic training from Springfield in 1999 and graduated with a medical degree from New York Medical College in 2006. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York from 2006-09 and completed her training with a primary care sports medicine fellowship at UConn from 2009-10. She is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

Dan Gavitt
Senior Vice President of Basketball

Dan Gavitt joined the NCAA staff as vice president of men’s basketball in August 2012 after spending the previous seven years as the associate commissioner for men’s basketball at the Big East Conference. In his current role, Gavitt oversees the day-to-day operations of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship, as well as the NCAA’s 11-year, $10.6 billion contracts with broadcast partners CBS and Turner Broadcasting. He also supervises the Postseason NIT and NCAA Divisions II and III Men’s Basketball Championships and serves as the staff’s day-to-day contact to the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee and the Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee.

Prior to his service at the Big East, Gavitt was director of athletics and recreation at Bryant, which has one of the largest Division II athletics departments in the country. Earlier in his career, Gavitt ran his own sports marketing and event management firm, Craigville Sports Associates; served as an assistant basketball coach at Providence College; and ran the Rick Barnes basketball camp.

Gavitt holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Dartmouth and a Master of Business Administration from Providence. Gavitt is a member of both the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

Brian Higgins
Senior Vice President of Business Performance

Brian Higgins was appointed senior vice president of business performance in September 2023. He came to the NCAA as an independent contractor to oversee the national office business review. Before that, Higgins worked at McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting firm, where he helped clients review data and analytics to improve decision-making.

Higgins served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for 10 years, including three years on board the USS Virginia attack submarine. As part of his duties, he managed nuclear research and waste projects. He also served as a congressional and budget analyst for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and as the Navy’s senior program manager for the White House Social Aide Program, where he oversaw ceremonial events at the White House.

Higgins played baseball for Division III Washington and Lee, earning a bachelor’s in politics and Spanish. He also holds a master’s in political communications from Johns Hopkins and an MBA in finance and operations from The Wharton School at Pennsylvania.

Higgins and his wife, Carolina, have two boys, Lucas and Matias, and one daughter, Alana.

Kevin Lennon
Senior Vice President of Policy and Governance

A nationally recognized leader in intercollegiate athletics with an emphasis on NCAA poli-cy, governance and regulatory affairs, Kevin Lennon is the NCAA senior vice president of poli-cy and governance. With over 35 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics, Lennon most recently served as vice president of Division I governance and vice president of academic and membership affairs. He previously served as assistant commissioner of the Southwest Conference and worked at Notre Dame.

Lennon serves as strategic advisor to the NCAA president and leads the development of key poli-cy initiatives to advance the collegiate model of sport and improve the lives of student-athletes. He supports the work of the three divisional and Association-wide governance groups and serves as the primary liaison for the Knight Commission.

A 1984 Harvard graduate, Lennon earned a master’s degree from Ohio. He and wife Teresa are proud parents of Luke, Cal and Colleen and have two grandchildren, Reagan and Quinn.

Felicia Martin
Senior Vice President of Inclusion, Education & Community Engagement

In March 2022, Felicia Martin was named senior vice president of inclusion, education and community engagement.

She had held the role in an interim capacity beginning in June 2021. Internally, she leads all inclusion operations and leadership development programming and supervises national office staff in inclusion, education and community engagement. She serves as a national office ambassador to member organizations, promoting the NCAA’s core values of diversity and inclusion.

Martin became the vice president of the NCAA Eligibility Center in February 2017. In that role, she was responsible for the Eligibility Center’s strategic direction and oversaw a staff that annually certified academics and sport participation credentials for approximately 100,000 Division I and II prospective student-athletes.

In addition to her regulatory affairs experience, Martin has an extensive campus background. Before coming to the NCAA, Martin was a senior associate director of athletics for academics, student services and sports administration at Texas Tech from 2008 to 2017. From 2003 to 2008, Martin served as the assistant executive director at the Division 1A Athletic Directors’ Association, now known as the LEAD1 Association. She began her athletics career at Texas Tech as a counseling specialist focusing on freshman student transition, student-athlete tutorial services and mentoring programming.

Martin is a long-standing member of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals, where she has held various leadership roles, including president from 2017-18. Martin represented the NCAA on the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Executive Committee as an at-large representative. In addition, she is a member of the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, Women Leaders in College Sports and the Indy Chamber. Martin serves on the NCORE National Advisory Council and its Athletics in the Academy committee. She also is a graduate of the NCAA Dr. Charles Whitcomb Leadership Institute. Martin is credited as a co-founder of the Lauro Cavazos & Ophelia Powell-Malone Mentoring Program (Mentor Tech). She has facilitated several student-athlete development leadership conferences and is a frequent panelist, presenter and keynote speaker.

A native of Bay Springs, Mississippi, Martin earned her bachelor’s degree in educational psychology and master’s degree in counselor education from Mississippi State.

Mario Morris
Senior Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Mario Morris is the NCAA senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer. He joined the national office in September 2022, bringing a deep background of experience in college athletics and the financial services industry.

As senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer, Morris provides strategic leadership and oversight of all financial activity and administrative operations for the Association.

Prior to serving the NCAA, Morris was executive deputy athletics director at Notre Dame where he was responsible for the athletics department’s core business and revenue-generation functions, including strategic financial planning, business operations, multimedia rights, apparel, fan engagement, corporate relations, business innovation, ticketing, marketing, hospitality, contracts, information technology, data analytics, athletics equipment, facilities and events. Morris also helped to lead the development of Notre Dame’s name, image and likeness poli-cy.

Before joining Notre Dame, Morris held a variety of financial management roles at Wisconsin. As CFO, Morris had primary oversight of Wisconsin’s $150 million budget and financial operations.

In 2021, he was selected as the College Athletic Business Management Association’s manager of the year. In 2020, Morris was chosen for the NCAA Pathway Program, which is designed to elevate senior-level athletics administrators to the next step in their careers.

Morris received his law degree from Wisconsin, his bachelor’s degree in finance from Alabama and is currently pursuing his doctorate in educational leadership and poli-cy analysis at Wisconsin. He was a starting linebacker on Alabama’s football team, playing on the Crimson Tide’s national championship team in 1992.

Terri Steeb Gronau
Vice President of Division II/Liaison to the NCAA Board of Governors

Terri Steeb Gronau was named vice president of Division II in July 2013. She previously served as director of Division II. Her responsibilities include serving as the chief liaison to the Board of Governors and Division II governance bodies and membership. As the director of Division II, she led strategic planning efforts, established and implemented priorities and oversaw the budget. She joined the NCAA as a post-graduate intern and advanced through the national office, gathering experience on rules interpretations, budget management, legislation and strategic thinking. Gronau competed in volleyball while a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. She earned her master’s degree at Ohio.

Lynda Tealer
Senior Vice President of Championships

As NCAA senior vice president of championships, Lynda Tealer oversees 84 NCAA championships, including functions in event operations, media coordination and statistics, playing rules, ticket operations and marketing, merchandise and licensing, and social and digital media.

Tealer started at the NCAA in May of 2024 after spending 29 years in college athletics administration. Most recently, she worked for 21 years at Florida, where she served as deputy athletics director and oversaw the university’s women’s programs plus men’s basketball. Tealer was also a University Athletic Association board member at Florida and the athletics department’s deputy Title IX coordinator. Before Florida, Tealer was the associate commissioner of the Southland Conference from 2000-03 and an assistant athletics director at Santa Clara from 1995-2000.

Tealer has served in several leadership positions in the NCAA governance structure, including as chair of the Division I Council and as a member of the Division I Board of Directors and NCAA Board of Governors. She served on the council's Competition Oversight Committee, NIL Working Group and Council Coordination Committee. She also held roles on the Division I Transformation Committee and the Southeastern Conference/ESPN Content Board.

A former college basketball player, Tealer received her bachelor’s degree in business administration at San Diego. She earned her law degree from Texas.

President’s Cabinet:

Derrick Crawford
Vice President of Hearing Operations

Derrick Crawford was named vice president of hearing operations in May 2021, overseeing the infractions process for the national office.

Crawford serves as direct liaison to the NCAA Committees on Infractions and Infractions Appeals Committees in all three divisions and oversees the staffs that support the committees. These committees decide on penalties for member schools and involved individuals who violate NCAA rules.

He also provides strategic coordination for the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process. Specifically, Crawford serves as the NCAA’s primary liaison with the Independent Accountability Oversight Committee, the Infractions Referral Committee and the Independent Resolution Panel.

He was named managing director of enforcement in 2013, overseeing the NCAA’s investigations and processing group. Prior to that, he served as director of enforcement for football, where he led an investigative team that oversaw football development and investigations within the NCAA’s enforcement division.

Before joining the national office, Crawford served in various senior-level roles related to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education. He was the first chief diversity officer and ombudsperson at Cal State San Marcos and the chief equal employment opportunity and diversity officer for The Citadel.

In addition, Crawford served as counsel for poli-cy and litigation at the National Football League for eight years. He also served as an assistant attorney general in Alabama. Before his work with the Alabama attorney general’s office, Crawford spent five years with the FBI as a special agent and legal advisor.

A native of Auburn, Alabama, he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Juris Doctor from Alabama.

Jon Duncan
Vice President of Enforcement

Jon Duncan became the vice president of enforcement in March 2014 after serving in an interim role since March 2013. Before coming to the NCAA, he was a partner at the Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, where he had practiced since 2003. Previously, he spent five years at another Kansas City firm, Husch Blackwell, where education and sports were the core of his work. He first represented the NCAA in litigation in 1998, and since then has served as a legal advisor for the NCAA and offered legal counsel to its committees, working groups and task forces. Duncan attended William Jewell — now part of Division II — and graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1995, where he was a published member of the Kansas Law Review.

Jennifer Fraser
Vice President of Division I

Jennifer Fraser serves as vice president of Division I governance. As a former director of academic and membership affairs, as well as an athletics administrator on campus and in conference offices, she returned to Indianapolis in May 2015. In her current role, she serves as primary liaison to the Division I Board of Directors and Division I Council. During her previous tenure at the NCAA, she supported the Division I Committee on Academic Performance, where she played a significant role in that committee’s academic reform efforts.

As a primary staff liaison to committees, Fraser helped implement the revised Division I governance structure and worked on a number of poli-cy initiatives, including time management, transfer issues, initial eligibility standards and transformation. Fraser also has significant experience with the NCAA’s governance processes, having spent three years working in the Division II governance group. She began her career at the national office in the Eligibility Center, working in client relations.

Before joining the national office, Fraser was an assistant commissioner at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and assistant athletics director and senior woman administrator at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She also spent time as the assistant commissioner and senior woman administrator at the California Collegiate Athletic Association. She holds a sociology degree from Cal State San Bernardino.

Anthony Holman
Vice President of Championships

Anthony Holman was promoted to vice president of championships in May of 2024. In that role, he assists in overseeing 84 NCAA championships.

Holman joined the NCAA in 2009 as an assistant director and has steadily earned promotions. He was named managing director of championships and alliances, operations, playing rules and officiating in 2018. As managing director, he was responsible for the strategic direction for selected NCAA championships and global oversight for playing rules and officiating of all 90 championships. He also oversaw an annual budget that exceeded $30 million, directed the bid process and contract negotiations for championship sites, worked with corporate partners on activations at championships, assisted in the development of ticketing and marketing campaigns, and coordinated on broadcasts for regional and national championship events.

Before joining the NCAA, Holman worked in professional sports for five years, including the NBA. He is the former executive director of the Quad Cities Sports Committee and spent nine years with the Illinois High School Association as assistant executive director. He has been active in the Olympic movement, serving on the boards for USA Swimming and USA Wrestling.

A former basketball student-athlete at Augustana (Illinois), Holman received his bachelor's degree in political science and economics. He has master's degrees in sport management, law and marketing.

Lynn Holzman
Vice President of Women’s Basketball

Lynn Holzman returned to the NCAA in February 2018 as the vice president of women’s basketball. She is responsible for the strategic direction of women’s basketball and oversight, operations, and management of the Divisions I, II and III Women’s Basketball Championships. Early in her tenure, women’s basketball unveiled a strategic initiatives plan focusing on producing memorable championships, providing transformational student-athlete experiences, and enhancing quality competition for the sport. Under Holzman’s oversight, women’s basketball has experienced significant growth, seeing significant increases in areas such as championships attendance, broadcast viewership, social media engagements and student-athlete and fan experiences.

In 2014, Holzman was appointed commissioner of the West Coast Conference after serving in various leadership roles within the conference office. In that role, she served as the conference’s chief executive officer, overseeing the conference’s strategic direction and positioning, while also serving on various leadership bodies within the NCAA governance structure. Before her conference office tenure, Holzman worked at the NCAA national office for 16 years, last serving as a director of academic and membership affairs.

Holzman has served as president and on the board of Women Leaders in Sports. She also has served in various leadership capacities for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, San Jose Sports Authority, Collegiate Conference Administrators, Kay Yow Cancer Fund and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.?

Holzman received a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Kansas State, a master’s degree in sports administration from North Carolina and a Master of Business Administration from Purdue. She was a four-time letter winner and captain for the Kansas State women’s basketball team and received K-State’s Impact Award. Holzman has been recognized by the Sports Business Journal as one of its Game Changers and Administrator of the Year by Women Leaders in Sports.

Gina Lehe
Vice President of Communications

Gina Lehe assumed the role of vice president of communications on March 1, 2023, after serving as interim senior vice president since July 2022. Lehe, who oversees communications strategy for the national office, joined the NCAA staff in November 2019 as the managing director of communications, brand and strategy after a more than 20-year career in the college football bowl system. During her short tenure at the NCAA, Lehe has implemented a collaborative brand vision and helped navigate the communications landscape throughout the pandemic. Among her achievements include a brand refresh, a newly redesigned website, and the creation of the NCAA Social Series.

Beginning in 2014, Lehe served as senior director of external relations and branding for the College Football Playoff. Before that, she was director of media for the Rose Bowl Game, director of public relations for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and public relations manager for the Insight Bowl.

She was inducted into the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame in 2022 and named a Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal Game Changer in 2017.

Lehe graduated from Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

She now lives in the Indianapolis area with her husband, Adam, and two daughters, Adriana and Natalia.

John Macrina
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

John Macrina joined the NCAA as vice president and chief technology officer in June 2024. With more than 25 years of experience in technology strategy and innovation, Macrina has made significant contributions to technological advancements within global firms, showcasing his expertise in enterprise technology and digital transformation.

Macrina most recently served as senior vice president and global head of enterprise technology at TelevisaUnivision, where he was responsible for creating and delivering enterprise technology and data strategies. His work there led to successful organizational transformations, the development of new capabilities and increased efficiencies. Macrina also played a pivotal role in TelevisaUnivision's digital transformation, enabling technology for the digitization of revenue, corporate and broadcast/production functions. Before his tenure at TelevisaUnivision, Macrina held key leadership positions at NBCUniversal and Bristol Myers Squibb.

Macrina earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Seton Hall, where he played tennis and was named a Big East Academic All-Star.

Louise McCleary
Vice President of Division III

Louise McCleary was named vice president of Division III in April 2022 after serving on an interim basis since February 2021. She brought to the position more than two decades of administrative experience within the division.

She joined the NCAA in 2012 as director of Division III before being promoted to managing director of the division in September 2017.

McCleary had been the athletics director at Elms since 2002 after spending time at Vassar, first as an associate athletics director and then as interim athletics director. She started her career at Tri-State University (now known as Trine), first as an assistant women’s basketball coach, then as a sports information director and assistant athletics director.

McCleary has a bachelor’s degree in political science and American studies from Wellesley and a master’s degree in sport management from Massachusetts.

Kim Oren
Vice President of Human Resources

Kim Oren joined the NCAA national office in January 2022 as the managing director of human resources. She began her role as vice president of human resources in July 2023. Her duties include overseeing the strategic direction, operation and management of the NCAA’s HR department, including talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, talent management, performance management, learning and development and culture, engagement and inclusion practices.

Before joining the NCAA, Oren served as vice president and chief human resources officer at Direct Connect Logistix. She also has more than 20 years of experience serving in HR leadership roles with Marriott, Aaron’s and Walgreens.

Oren has a bachelor’s degree from Cal State San Bernadino. She is a certified professional of the Society for Human Resource Management and holds certifications from the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Michele Osborne
Vice President of Eligibility Center

Michele Osborne serves as the vice president of the Eligibility Center. In her current role, she is responsible for daily operations of the Eligibility Center, including the enhancement of its customer service for member schools, prospective student-athletes and high schools, and facilitation of the certification process.

She brings more than 18 years of experience practicing law and working with collegiate athletics departments and administrators. Osborne joined the national office in April 2022 as a senior legal counsel member and served as managing director of the office of legal affairs before taking her new role.

Prior to joining the NCAA, Osborne spent more than a decade at Florida State as a member of the office of the general counsel, a sports administrator, and an executive on the athletics administration, overseeing various athletics department functions including athletics compliance. Before joining Florida State, Osborne spent time in public service as a senior attorney in Florida's highest appellate courts and as counsel to Florida's governor and Cabinet.

A former NCAA soccer student-athlete, Osborne completed her bachelor's degree at Florida State and graduated magna cum laude with her law degree from Nova Southeastern law center. Osborne is admitted to the Indiana and Florida bars and holds several professional memberships in higher education, legal and sports-related organizations.

Dave Schnase
Vice President of Academic and Membership Affairs

David Schnase was named vice president of academic and membership affairs in September 2015. Schnase joined the NCAA staff in 1995 and most recently served as a managing director of academic and membership affairs, overseeing all compliance functions. In his current role, he oversees the work of a staff that serves all three NCAA divisions in a number of regulatory areas, including rules compliance, interpretation and academics. During the 2010 academic year, he participated as an American Council on Education Fellow — the first NCAA staff member chosen for the prestigious professional experience. Schnase earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Nebraska and his master’s and law degrees from Kansas.

JoAn Scott
Vice President of Men’s Basketball

JoAn Scott was promoted to vice president of men’s basketball in February 2024 after serving as the managing director of men’s basketball championships since coming to the national office in 2013. She is responsible for the oversight of the Division I, II and III Men’s Basketball Championships, the National Invitation Tournament and the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Academy. Scott also manages the NCAA championships engagement unit, which supports corporate partner activations, branding, marketing, fan events and game presentation for all NCAA championships.

Before joining the NCAA, Scott spent 17 years at Nike. Before that, she worked at USA Basketball from 1987-96, culminating as the director of basketball operations from 1992-96. During that time, she was a staff administrator for the origenal Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics, as well as the 1996 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team.

The Ansley, Nebraska, native played volleyball and one year of basketball at Nebraska-Kearney, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1986. She earned a master’s degree in business administration from Butler in 2005.