The NCAA Board of Governors is the highest governing body in the NCAA. Bringing together presidents and chancellors from each division, former student-athletes, along with select leaders from inside and outside the NCAA membership, the board is responsible for leading the NCAA and presiding over issues that affect the entire NCAA membership.
There are six members from the NCAA Board of Governors that make up the Executive Committee. The composition includes four voting members (chair and vice-chair of the Board of Governors, a voting member from the division not represented by the chair and vice chair, and an independent member) and two ex-officio, nonvoting members (chair of the Board of Governors Finance and Audit Committee and the NCAA president). The purpose of the Board of Governors Executive Committee is to promote and maintain a more effective and efficient governance process.
The Board of Governors consists of nine voting members and seven ex officio nonvoting members.
Linda Livingstone
President,
Baylor University;
Chair.
Division: I-FBS
Term Expiration:Â Aug. 2025
Glenn Boyce
Chancellor,
University of Mississippi;
Voting Member.
Division: I-FBS
Term Expiration: Aug. 2026
Mary-Beth Cooper
President,
Springfield College;Â
Voting Member.
Division: III
Term Expiration: Jan. 2025
Houston Davis
President,
University of Central Arkansas;Â
Voting Member.
Division: I
Term Expiration: Aug. 2025
Allison Feaster
Independent,
Vice President of Team Operations and Organizational Growth for the Boston Celtics;
Voting Member.
Term Expiration: Aug. 2025
Colleen Perry Keith
President,
Goldey-Beacom College;
Voting Member.
Division: II
Term Expiration: Jan. 2025
James Phillips
Commissioner,
Atlantic Coast Conference;
Voting Member.
Division: I-FBS
Term Expiration: Aug. 2026
Dr. Nadja West
Independent,
44th Surgeon General of the United State Army;
Voting Member.
Term Expiration:Â Aug. 2026
Morgyn Wynne
Graduated Division I Student-Athlete;
Voting Member.
Division: I
Term Expiration: Aug. 2026
Javaune Adams-Gaston
President,
Norfolk State University;
Ex officio Member.
Division: I (HBCU)
Term Expiration: Aug. 2026
Charlie Baker
President,
NCAA;
Ex officio Member.
Madeleine McKenna
Graduated Division II Student-Athlete;
Ex officio Member.
Division: II
Term Expiration: Aug. 2025
Roberta Page
Director of Athletics,
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania;
Ex officio Member.
Division: II
Term Expiration: Jan. 2027
Greg Ricketts
Graduated Division III Student-Athlete;
Ex officio Member.
Division: III
Term Expiration: Aug. 2026
Jason Verdugo
Director of Athletics,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire;
Ex officio Member.
Division: III
Term Expiration: Jan. 2026
Josh Whitman
Director of Athletics,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;
Ex officio Member.
Division: I
Term Expiration: June 2026