Five nationally recognized leaders have been appointed to the NCAA Foundation Board of Directors to replace four members whose terms will expire at the end of the year and to fill one newly created position.

The new members are John W. Harris, president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Harris, LLC; Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League; Leslie Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Television; Jerry D. Semler, president and chief executive officer of the American United Life Insurance Company; and Christine J. Toretti, president of S.W. Jack Drilling Company.

Members rotating off the Board are Ann Meyers Drysdale, Bruce Nordstrom, J. Stanley Sanders and Judith M. Sweet.

Harris

John W. Harris has been the president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Harris (formerly The Harris Group) since January 1999. The company is a real estate service firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Harris formerly was president of the Bissell Companies, Inc., a major commercial real estate and investment management company. During his 20 years with Bissell, he served as president, vice-president and building manager.

Harris received his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He also studied real estate and urban development at American University. Harris is a past chairman of the Board of Trustees at North Carolina.

Harris is chairman of the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission and was on the 1994 NCAA Charlotte Final Four Organizing Committee. He serves as a director on several corporate boards, including Dominion Capital, Virginia Power Company and Piedmont National Gas, among others. He is a past director of USAirways and BellSouth Communications.

Manning

At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Peyton Manning started a trend by choosing to stay in school rather than bolt to the National Football League.

When Manning finally left Tennessee, he was the winningest quarterback in Southeastern Conference history. He claimed 42 SEC, Tennessee and NCAA records while finishing with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a degree in speech communication. Manning became known nationally for outstanding athletics ability, character and leadership.

Among his honors are consensus all-America, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and the Maxwell Award for the nation's top collegiate athlete. Manning also received the Sullivan Award for the nation's top amateur athlete and the Woody Hayes National Scholar Athlete Award.

Chosen first in the 1998 NFL draft, Manning has excelled in his first two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, setting numerous NFL and Colts records.

In 1999, Manning initiated the Peyback Foundation to benefit children in need. Manning is the national spokesperson for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), which supports abused and neglected children. He continues to devote much of his efforts off the field to helping children and young adults. In 1999, the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce named Manning one of the 10 Most Outstanding Young Americans.

Moonves

As president and chief executive officer of CBS Television, Leslie Moonves is responsible for the programming, sales and marketing operations of all CBS broadcast television efforts, including CBS Entertainment, CBS News, CBS Sports and CBS owned and operated television stations. Additionally, Moonves oversees CBS Enterprises, which includes King World, the domestic syndication unit, and CBS Broadcast International, the international sales unit.

Moonves joined CBS as president of CBS Entertainment in July 1995 and was promoted to his current post in April 1998. In July 1999, Moonves was elected to the Board of Directors of the CBS Corporation. Under Moonves' leadership during the 1998-99 television season, CBS leaped from third to first place in the network standings with programming that appealed to the broadest possible audience. CBS's rise to the top culminated with a first-place finish in total viewers and households in the 1998-99 season, marking the first time CBS has been No. 1 in those key categories since 1993-94.

Moonves, a Bucknell University graduate, joined CBS from Warner Bros. Television, where as president he oversaw a television division that supplied the greatest number of programs to network television for nine consecutive years, culminating with a record-setting 22 series (including "ER," "Friends" and "The Drew Carey Show") on the 1995-96 network schedules.

Citing Moonves as "one of America's most prominent and creative broadcasters," President Clinton named Moonves to co-chair the Gore Commission, a group charged with drawing up a blueprint for the relationship between broadcasters and the federal government. The commission submitted its recommendations to the White House in 1998.

Semler

Jerry D. Semler is a noted figure in the insurance industry.

He began his career with American United Life Insurance Company 41 years ago after graduating from Purdue University. Semler since has served as chairman of LIMRA International and Life Office Management Association and as president of the Association of Indiana Life Insurance Companies. He is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, GAMA International, the American Council of Life Insurance's Director's Council, and a 31-year Million Dollar Round Table member.

In addition to being a longtime leader of the MDRT Foundation, his extensive community involvement includes serving on the boards of directors for United Way of Central Indiana; James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association; Central Indiana Corporate Partnership; Indiana Repertory Theatre; Indiana Chamber of Commerce; Indianapolis Downtown, Inc.; Catholic Community Foundation; and Center for Leadership Development.

He also sits on the board of advisors of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Purdue University President's Advisory Council and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council of Purdue's Krannert School of Management.

Toretti

Christine J. Toretti is the president of S.W. Jack Drilling Company and is also managing partner of C&N Companies.

Toretti received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, attended Harvard business school and the Wharton School of Business, and worked for three years as portfolio manager and four years as chief financial officer for the family company.

She took over S.W. Jack Drilling Company of Indiana, one of the largest independently owned gas drilling firms in the country, upon the death of her father in 1990.

An innovative leader in the oil and gas industry, Toretti is committed to the advancement and support of women. She has created and fostered retreats for female CEOs and furthers that commitment by engaging in all facets of the political process.

Toretti is a member of the board of directors for S&T Bank and Lockhart Company. Toretti also serves on boards such as Pittsburgh Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; the Board of Governors, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education; Chi Omega Foundation; National Council of Colonial Williamsburg; and the Carlow College Board of Trustees, among others.