The Division II Presidents Council has appointed Frank D. Brown, president of Columbus State University, to serve as vice-chair of the Division II Presidents Council and has ratified the appointment of Joan M. McDermott, athletics director at Metropolitan State College of Denver, as vice-chair of the Division II Management Council.

Brown will replace Bernard W. Franklin, president of Virginia Union University, whose term as vice-chair will expire September 1.

McDermott will replace Lisa C. Colvin, the former senior woman administrator at Southern Arkansas University who recently assumed a position at another institution. Although McDermott's term as vice-chair will not begin officially until September 1, she has agreed to serve on an interim basis, effective immediately. (In Division II, the Management Council vice-chair also chairs the Championships Committee.)

Brown

Brown was appointed president of Columbus State in January 1998.

He previously held positions with the IBM Corporation, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the University of Houston. He came to Columbus State in 1981 as vice-president for business and finance.

He has been active in many civic organizations, including the American Lung Association, the Rotary Club of Columbus, the United Way and the Columbus Symphony.

He received his B.S. in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi; a master's from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Florida State University.

Brown's service on the Division II Management Council began in January 2001.

McDermott was named Metro State's director of athletics in 1998.

She previously coached Metro State's volleyball team for five years and was the institution's senior woman administrator for three years before her appointment as athletics director.

McDermott coached the volleyball team to a berth in the Division II "Sweet 16" in 1998 and won her 400th career match in 1998. She also coached softball for 11 years at Metro State and two other schools.

Before arriving at Metro State, McDermott was assistant athletics director and co-athletics director at Morningside College, where she oversaw compliance and bud geting.

In December 1999, McDermott was named one of the 15 most powerful women in Colorado sports by the Denver Post.

McDermott received her bachelor's degree from the University of San Francisco and her master's from Stanford University. She needs only her dissertation to earn her doctorate from San Francisco.