The Division II Presidents Council has elected Albert J.H. Sloan II of Miles College to the Presidents Council and also has ratified the election of three individuals to the Division II Management Council.

The new Management Council members are Dede Allen, senior woman administrator at the University of Alaska Anchorage, representing the Great Northwest Athletic Conference; Barb Flores, senior woman administrator at Western New Mexico University, representing the Pacific West Conference; and Robert Vowels, commissioner of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Sloan

Sloan will serve as Region 2 representative, replacing Oscar Prater of Fort Valley State University, who retired recently.

Sloan is the 12th president at Miles and is the first to be chosen from the ranks of the institution.

He began his career as a counselor with the city of Atlanta's recreational department. He entered higher education in 1963 when he joined the counseling staff at Alabama State University, where he also served on the faculty. In 1971, he moved to Miles, where he has served as a professor of religion and philosophy, director of public relations, dean of the chapel and dean of students.

Since Sloan became president at Miles, the institution's enrollment has tripled, the curriculum has been redefined and the endowment has increased from $650,000 to more than $8 million.

During his tenure, Sloan has chaired the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Presidents Council.

He earned his B.A. from Albany State College and a master of divinity degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta University Complex. He also holds a J.D. from Miles, a doctor of divinity degree from Faith Grant College and a doctor of laws degree from Texas College. He also was a Ford Foundation Fellow for doctoral studies.

Allen

Allen is in her eighth year as associate director of athletics at Alaska Anchorage. In addition to her role as senior woman administrator, she focuses on the areas of academics and rules compliance.

She is serving a second three-year term as a member of the West Region Advisory Committee to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Committee. She also is a past president of the National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators.

Before her move to Alaska, Allen worked at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, for eight years. She was associate AD for one year after serving as assistant AD from 1990-93. Allen was in charge of the budget, compliance and supervision of academic services. Before her promotion to assistant AD, she served as the business and facility manager at North Carolina-Asheville.

Allen is a 1984 graduate of North Carolina-Asheville with a B.S. in financial management. She earned her M.S. degree in human resource development at Western Carolina University in 1993.

Flores

Flores has served in the Western New Mexico athletics department since 1982.

A 1984 graduate of Western New Mexico, Flores previously served in the academic affairs and the registrar's office at Western New Mexico.

Besides serving as senior woman administrator at Western New Mexico, Flores' responsibilities include coordinating rules compliance, budgeting and fund-raising.

Vowels

Vowels became commissioner the Southern IntercollegiateAthletic Conference in July 2000 after a six-year stint at the Big Ten Conference.

He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University, where he played varsity football. He also holds a J.D. degree from North Carolina Central University.