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The NCAA News -- May 24, 1999

Brown selected as assistant chief of staff for Division II

Jan A. Brown, a member of the NCAA enforcement staff since 1994, has been selected as the new Division II assistant chief of staff.

Brown will replace Mike L. Racy, who is succeeding Nancy L. Mitchell as Division II chief of staff.

Brown's duties have included processing self-reported violations of NCAA legislation, presenting infractions cases to the NCAA Committee on Infractions and receiving telephone reports of potential violations.

Brown also has served as staff liaison to the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Before joining the NCAA, Brown served as a law clerk for an Albany, New York, firm. She also was a law clerk for the Southern Environment Law Center.

She is a graduate of Tufts University, where she served as an assistant women's track and field coach from 1985-89.

While at Tufts, Brown was presented with the Rudolph J. Fobart Award, which is given to multisport athletes with good academic average and demonstrated potential for leadership.

Brown was a three-year captain of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams and competed four times in NCAA Division III track and field national championships. She also participated in varsity soccer.

Brown earned a master of arts in urban and environmental policy from Tufts in 1989 and was awarded a doctor of jurisprudence from the College of William and Mary in 1992.