Five college presidents have been selected to fill vacancies on the Division I Board of Directors and 14 athletics administrators have been named to positions on the Division I Management Council.

The new presidents on the Board are Daniel Curran of the University of Dayton, Philip L. Dubois of the University of Wyoming and Benjamin Ladner of American University. Their terms extend through April 2008.

John Welty of California State University, Fresno, began a new term on the Board in January, replacing Gerald Turner of Southern Methodist University. His term extends through April 2007. Also, University of Connecticut President Philip Austin will complete a term vacated by University of Pittsburgh President Mark Nordenberg. Austin's term also lasts through April 2007.

The new Management Council members are Peg Bradley-Doppes, athletics director at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, senior associate athletics director for the Council of Ivy Group Presidents; Robert Driscoll Jr., director of athletics at Providence College; Rick Greenspan, athletics director at the U.S. Military Academy; Carolyane Henry, associate commissioner of the Mountain West Conference; Lisa Love, senior associate director of athletics at the University of Southern California; Joel Maturi, director of athletics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Richard "Pete" Moore, assistant commissioner of the Southern Conference; Lee Reed, athletics director at Cleveland State University; Gail Richard, faculty athletics representative at Eastern Illinois University; Johnny Scott, faculty athletics representative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Betty Wiseman, senior woman administrator at Belmont University. Those new members' terms will last through April 2008.

Noreen Morris, associate commissioner of Conference USA, also was selected to fill a position vacated by University of South Florida Faculty Athletics Representative John Romeo. Her term extends through April 2007. Also, Dell Robinson, associate commissioner of the Mid-American Conference, fills a position vacated by Ohio University Athletics Director Tom Boeh. Robinson will serve through April 2005, at which time he may be reselected to the Council.

Board and Council terms now are based on an April start-end cycle rather than January as in years past since Division I has gone to a single annual legislative cycle that culminates with the April governance meetings.

Following are brief biographical sketches of the new members.

New Board members

Austin

Austin became Connecticut's 13th president in October 1996. He previously served for seven years as chancellor of the University of Alabama System, and before that as president of Colorado State University and chancellor of the Colorado State University System.

Austin earlier served as provost and vice-president for academic affairs and professor of economics and finance at Bernard M. Baruch College. He also was director of the doctoral program in public policy at George Washington University.

From 1974 to 1977, Austin was HEW deputy assistant secretary for education in Washington, D.C. He was an economist in the director's office of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 1971 to 1974.

Austin also served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971, during which he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.

He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University.

Curran

Dayton President Curran, who represents the Atlantic 10 Conference on the Board, is the first lay leader in the catholic university's 152- year history. He became Dayton's 18th president in July 2002.

A sociologist by training, Curran spent 23 years in various administrative and faculty positions at St. Joseph's University, most recently as executive vice-president and vice-president for academic affairs. He is credited with boosting the enrollment at St. Joseph's, introducing technology into the curriculum and improving the university's international reach.

He began his academic career at St. Joseph's in 1979 with a series of faculty positions in the sociology department, including chair from 1988 to 1992. As a professor of sociology, Curran has taught courses in criminology, social problems, juvenile justice and white-collar crime. He also served as president of the school's faculty senate.

Curran earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from St. Joseph's in 1973, his master's in sociology from Temple University in 1978 and his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1980, also in sociology.

Dubois

Dubois became Wyoming's 22nd president in April 1997. He represents the Mountain West Conference on the Board.

Among his accomplishments at Wyoming, Dubois developed a comprehensive academic plan, a planning process for support services, a capital facilities plan and a strategic plan for intercollegiate athletics.

Dubois, who served as the Mountain West Conference's first president, presided over the achieving of Title IX compliance at Wyoming without having to reduce the number of men's sports at the school.

Dubois earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1972 from the University of California, Davis. He obtained his master's (1974) and doctoral (1978) degrees in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

From 1976 to 1991, Dubois taught political science at UC Davis, advancing from acting assistant professor to professor. Dubois came to Wyoming from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, where he served as professor of political science and vice chancellor for academic affairs from 1991 to 1997.

Ladner

As president at American since 1994, Ladner, who represents the Patriot League on the Board, has overseen the reorganization of the school's administrative and academic structures, streamlined budgets and expanded international outreach. He has boosted enrollments and engineered renovation of more than 70 percent of the campus.

Ladner led the university's move to join the Patriot League in 2001. His commitment to athletics has made American a leader in gender equity and in athlete graduation rates.

Before coming to American, Ladner was president of the National Faculty, a national association of university professors founded by Phi Beta Kappa, based in Atlanta. He has also been a professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

He holds degrees from Baylor University, Southern Seminary, and Duke University (Ph.D.), and an honorary doctoral degree from Elizabethtown College.

Welty

Welty has been president at Fresno State since 1991. His tenure there has seen a major planning effort, expanded minority enrollment, creation of an Honors College, new academic programs and institutes, and $182.3 million in facilities, including the new Save Mart Center.

Welty is recognized nationally as a leader in planning for the future, teacher-education reform, information-technology planning, substance-abuse prevention, service learning and collective bargaining.

Before becoming CEO at Fresno State, Welty served as president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania for seven years. Before that, he served as vice-president for student and university affairs at the school.

Welty also has served as an admissions counselor at Michigan State University and as assistant vice-president for student affairs at Southwest State University. He also served as director of residences, associate dean for student affairs, and assistant professor of counseling and student development at University at Albany.

Welty received his bachelor's degree in social science from Western Illinois University in 1965; his master's in college student personnel services from Michigan State in 1967; and his doctorate in administration of higher education from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1974.

New Council members

Bradley-Doppes

Bradley-Doppes, who replaces Tom O'Connor as a Colonial Athletic Association representative, has been at the helm at North Carolina-Wilmington for the last four years.

During her tenure, the Seahawks have won six conference championships, advanced to postseason competition regularly and excelled in the classroom. In addition, a new athletics office building has been completed and an ambitious endowed scholarship program has been initiated.

Bradley-Doppes joined the North Carolina-Wilmington staff in August 1999 after a stint at the University of Michigan, where she served as senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator.

Before going to Michigan, where she coached volleyball for one season in 1990, Bradley-Doppes directed the volleyball program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for seven seasons (1984-90) and at Miami University (Ohio) for five years (1979-83). She was president of the National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletic Administrators in 2001-02.

Bradley-Doppes received her bachelor's degree in health and physical education from the College of Mount St. Joseph in 1979, and she completed her master's degree from Miami (Ohio) in 1981.

Campbell-McGovern

Campbell-McGovern, the senior associate director of the Ivy Group, replaces Ivy Group Executive Director Jeff Orleans on the Management Council. Campbell-McGovern's duties at the Ivy Group include working with representatives from each institution on ad missions, financial aid, eligibility, recruiting and scheduling. Campbell-McGovern directs the league's NCAA compliance program as well.

Campbell-McGovern has served national sport organizations, including the USOC and the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators, as a member of the board of directors. She chairs the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Committee, and she recently completed two terms as chair of the NCAA Olympic Sports Liaison Committee.

Campbell-McGovern garnered all-America status as a lacrosse player at Bates College, where she earned her bachelor's degree in English. She received her MBA from Temple University and served as an assistant women's lacrosse coach there in 1985. Before joining the Ivy Group in May 1993, Campbell-McGovern was an associate athletics director at Wellesley College and an assistant athletics director at Dartmouth College.

Driscoll

Despite having been the athletics director at Providence only since November 2001, Driscoll already has overseen construction of new athletics fields, renovations to existing facilities, reorganization of the athletics department and the development of new athletics marks. Many of those projects were driven by his newly created Friar Athletic Fund.

Driscoll, who replaces Stan Wilcox as a Big East Conference representative on the Management Council, joined Providence after 14 years in athletics administration at the University of California, Berkeley. Driscoll served as the director of administration for football and men's basketball. During his tenure at California, he also oversaw 25 club sports and a $36 million budget.

Before that, Driscoll served from 1981 to 1987 as the athletics director and chair of the department at Mills College. Driscoll also served as assistant athletics director and head baseball and ice hockey coach at Union College (New York) from 1977 to 1981.

He was a standout ice hockey and baseball player at Ithaca College, where he received a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1974. He earned his master's degree in physical education/psychology of sports from Ithaca in 1975.

Greenspan

In his fifth year as director of athletics at Army, Greenspan oversees a sports program that is in the midst of an aggressive facilities overhaul, including the recently opened Kimsey Athletic Center, which serves Army's football program.

Greenspan, who takes Dick Regan's spot on the Council as a Patriot League representative, also has helped Army nearly double its athletics fund-raising efforts.

Before arriving at Army, Greenspan served as the athletics director at Illinois State University from 1993 to 1999. Greenspan also spent eight years on the staff at the University of California, Berkeley, including a stint as associate athletics director for external affairs and as acting director of athletics. Before joining the California staff, Greenspan worked for three years at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and for one year at the University of New Hampshire.

He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in behavioral science. He was a four-time letter-winner on the Terps' baseball team before receiving a master's degree in physical education with an athletics administration option from Idaho State University in 1979.

Henry

Henry, who takes University of Utah Athletics Director Chris Hill's spot on the Council as a Mountain West Conference representative, has been with the league since 1999, serving in the compliance area and as the league's senior woman administrator.

Henry also handles all legislative issues and coordination of the many MWC committee meetings. She recently completed a four-year term on the Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet, and she currently chairs the Division I Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee. She also spent two years on the Division I Women's Basketball Issues Committee.

Before joining the MWC, Henry spent almost six years as a membership services representative on the NCAA national office staff. Before that, Henry practiced law in the private sector in the Pittsburgh area for three years. She was a practicing attorney in 1992-93 and a judicial law clerk from 1990 to 1992.

A member of the University of Michigan women's basketball team from 1982 to 1986, Henry graduated with her B.A. in political science in 1986. She went on to study at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and earned a juris doctorate in 1990.

Love

Love, who replaces Betsy Stephenson as a Pacific-10 Conference representative on the Management Council, was promoted to senior associate athletics director in April 2002 after serving 10 years as associate athletics director and head women's volleyball coach at Southern California.

Her administrative responsibilities include sport management, budget preparation, contract negotiations, fund-raising, personnel evaluation, and competition scheduling. Love also represents the university in external governance affairs.

She recently completed a three-year term as chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee and has ongoing committee service for the Pac-10. She also has served as the president of the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

Before joining the Southern California staff, Love was the head volleyball coach at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her professional career also includes four years of teaching and coaching at James Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas.

She has a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University and a master's degree from the University of North Texas. While at Texas Tech, she competed for four seasons on the varsity volleyball team.

Maturi

The Minnesota athletics director takes Ohio State University Athletics Director Andy Geiger's spot on the Management Council.

Maturi was hired as the Minnesota AD in 2002 after having served for four years as athletics director at Miami University (Ohio). He also was the athletics director at the University of Denver from 1996 to 1998, where he oversaw the school's move from Division II.

From 1986 through 1997, Maturi worked at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he was an associate athletics director with oversight of football and ice hockey, among other sports. Maturi spent 19 years as a high-school coach and administrator before entering the college ranks.

His education includes a bachelor's degree in government from the University of Notre Dame and a master's in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville.

Moore

Moore, who replaces Patriot League Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich as a Division I-AA at-large member, is in his second year on the Southern Conference staff. Moore joined the league office after having spent the previous three years as the director of ticket sales for the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. He also worked with the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA and was the director of business operations from 1998 to 1999.

Before his stint in the NBA, Moore spent three seasons as the general manager of the Charlotte Knights, the Class AAA affiliate of the Florida Marlins. He also was the assistant GM of the Knights from 1992 to 1995.

Moore is a 1986 graduate of Duke University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science. A quarterback and defensive back, he attended Duke on a football scholarship and was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll as an undergraduate. Moore also earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke in 1992.

Morris

The Conference USA associate commissioner for governance and national policy is responsible for coordinating legislative and compliance services for league members, including rules interpretations, rules education, compliance reviews and other related duties. Morris assists the conference's representatives in preparation for NCAA Division I Board, Management Council and cabinet meetings.

Morris also serves as the conference liaison to the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association.

Morris graduated from Cornell University in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in business and economics. She also earned a master's degree in sports management in 1991 from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Reed

Reed, who takes John Parry's spot as a Horizon League representative on the Council, has served as Cleveland State's athletics director since July 2002.

Before that, he was the associate athletics director for internal affairs at Eastern Michigan University since January 1998. In that role, he was involved in the organization and planning of the department's participation in the second cycle of athletics certification, and he had oversight responsibility of the school's compliance area, among other duties.

He also served in other roles at Eastern Michigan, including as the executive assistant to the president and as director of ticket operations. Before that, Reed was an administrative assistant at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics from January 1994 to April 1995.

Other stops for Reed include serving as tournament director and facilities staff assistant at the University of New Mexico from September 1992 to January 1994.

Reed has bachelor's and master's degrees from New Mexico. He coached basketball there from 1984 to 1986. Reed played at Cleveland State from 1979 through 1983 and was team captain for the 1982-83 season.

Richard

Richard, who replaces Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher on the Council, is a professor and chair of the communication disorders and sciences department at Eastern Illinois, where she has worked since 1981. She specializes in childhood language developmental disorders such as autism, processing, syndromes, selective mutism, learning disabilities and neurology of learning. She is an active consultant and averages about 25 presentations per year as continuing education for practicing professionals around the country.

Her service to the university has included two years as chair of the faculty senate, chair of the university personnel committee and chair of numerous administrative search committees.

She has been the school's faculty athletics representative since 1994.

Richard earned her bachelor's degree from Augustana College (Illinois), her master's from Eastern Illinois and Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

She was a tennis student-athlete at Augustana and later served as women's tennis coach at Eastern Illinois from 1983 to 1986.

Robinson

Robinson has been with the Mid-American Conference for five years as associate commissioner for legislative and compliance services. In addition to his duties with compliance and governance issues, Robinson also is the staff liaison to the student-athlete advisory committee, the faculty athletics representatives and the committee on infractions. He also is the administrator for men's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, and men's tennis.

Before coming to the MAC, Robinson served for three years as assistant commissioner for compliance at the Western Athletic Conference. Before that, Robinson served as the director of compliance and enforcement for the Southwestern Athletic Conference from 1992 to 1996.

Robinson has a bachelor's degree in sports management from Ohio University in 1988, where he was a walk-on to the Bobcat football team. Robinson earned his master's degree in sports administration from Iowa State University in 1992.

Scott

The UAB FAR replaces DePaul University's Kathryn Statz as a Conference USA representative on the Council.

Scott, a professor of nuclear medicine and assistant dean of the School of Medicine at UAB, was named the school's FAR in 2000.

He joined the UAB faculty in 1978 as an assistant professor of clinical pathology and nuclear medicine. He was promoted to associate professor in 1983 and professor in 1991. In 1999 he was named assistant dean for the School of Medicine to direct efforts to recruit minority students and faculty to the medical school.

Scott received his medical degree from UAB. He also holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and a master's degree in nuclear chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Clark Atlanta University.

Wiseman

Wiseman replaces Alfreeda Goff from the Horizon League as a Division I-AAA at-large representative on the Management Council. As an assistant athletics director and senior woman administrator, she has been an active figure in Belmont athletics for three decades, beginning with her establishing one of the first women's basketball programs in the state of Tennessee in 1968.

Her duties as senior woman administrator include leading service oportunities for student-athletes, including a yearly foreign-mission trip. She also serves as advisor to Belmont's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Wiseman was the head women's basketball coach at Belmont for 16 seasons, compiling a 248-152 record. She led Belmont to four consecutive berths in the National Women's Invitational Tournament from 1973 to 1977. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.

Wiseman became a member of the Belmont faculty in 1966. She holds a bachelor's degree from Belmont and a master's from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University.