Three new members have been elected to the Division II Presidents Council and will begin their terms at the conclusion of the NCAA Convention in January 2005.

In addition, five new members will join the NCAA Management Council at the end of the Convention.

The new members of the Presidents Council -- David Danahar, Southwest Minnesota State University (Region 3), Antoine Garibaldi, Gannon University (Region 3) and James Netherton, Carson-Newman College (Region 2) -- will take the place of Nancy Belck, University of Nebraska at Omaha; John Keating, University of Wisconsin, Parkside; and Frank Brown, Columbus State University.

The new members of the Management Council will be Eugene Hermitte, Johnson C. Smith University, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Deborah Chin, University of New Haven, New York Collegiate Athletic Conference; Joanna Kreps, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference; Carole Harris, West Liberty State College, West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; and Carl McAloose, Florida Gulf Coast University, independent institutions.

They will replace Dianthia Ford-Kee, Shaw University; Clyde Doughty Jr., New York Institute of Technology; Joan McDermott, Metropolitan State College of Denver; George Klebez, West Virginia Wesleyan College; and Tony Capon, former chair of the Council from the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown.

Danahar

Danahar is now in his fourth year as the eighth president at Southwest Minnesota State University.

Danahar came to Southwest Minnesota State from Loyola University (Louisiana), where he served as provost and vice-president for academic affairs.

Before that, he was at Fairfield University, where he was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He also was professor of history, director of general education and associate dean of arts and sciences during a 15-year period at the State University of New York at Oswego.

A historian with special interests in Central European history and the Hapsburg Empire, Danahar received his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College and his master of arts from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. After studying at the University of Vienna in Austria and Oxford University in England, he was awarded his Ph.D. from Massachusetts.

Garibaldi

Garibaldi became president at Gannon in 2001.

Before that, he was senior fellow for the office of the corporate secretary and vice-president for collaborations at the Educational Testing Service.

Garibaldi previously had served from 1996 to 2000 as provost and chief academic officer and professor of education at Howard University.

Before that, he was at Xavier University (Louisiana) for nine years. While at Xavier, he was chair of the education department, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and vice-president for academic affairs.

He has served as a board member and chair of the American Association for Higher Education and as vice chair for programs of the Council of Independent Colleges and Universities.

Garibaldi has a B.A. from Howard and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Netherton

Netherton has been active in the administration of intercollegiate athletics for more than two decades. He became president at Carson-Newman in February 2000.

Before that, he served as provost at
Samford University (1996-2000) and as senior vice-president and chief operating officer at Baylor University (1981-96).

Before moving into administration, Netherton was an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Netherton has been active in the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, serving as commissioner, chairing 21 accreditation committees and chairing various Southern Association committees. He was a recipient of the association's Meritorious Service Award in 2002.

At the 2004 NCAA Convention, Netherton represented Division II in a presidential panel discussion on "Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics on Campus."

He has a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Mississippi and a Ph.D from the University of Virginia.

Chin

A member of the New Haven staff since 1975, Chin became the school's fourth director of athletics when she took over the program in 1993.

Chin oversees a department that sponsors 15 NCAA Division II varsity sports. As coordinator of women's athletics in 1975, she was responsible for starting the women's intercollegiate athletics program, coaching volleyball, tennis, basketball and softball for three seasons.

Chin has served on more than 30 national and regional committees and has chaired the NCAA Division II Volleyball Committee (1988-92) and served on the NCAA Division II Baseball Committee (1997-2001), the NCAA Northeast Regional Football Committee (1999-2001), the NACDA John McLendon Minority Scholarship Committee (1999-present) and the NACWA Nominating Committee (1999-2001).

As head volleyball coach, Chin posted a 576-178 record in 19 seasons (1975-93). When she left the bench, she was only the fifth Division II coach to win 500 career matches. The Chargers made 10 trips to the NCAA tournament, reaching the top five four times.

Among her numerous honors, Chin was awarded the NACDA/Continental Airlines Athletic Director of the Year for the Northeast Region in 1998-99. A 1968 graduate of State University College at Cortland, Chin earned her master's degree from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Harris

Harris is an associate professor in financial systems at West Liberty State, where she also serves as faculty athletics representative.

She has been affiliated with the athletics department for more than 14 years as an advisory board member, senior woman administrator and faculty athletics representative. She also was involved with the development of the institution's NCAA rules compliance program and completion of the ISSG.

She is a graduate of West Liberty State with a B.S. in business administration. She also has a master's from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and has completed postgraduate work at West Virginia University.

Hermitte

Hermitte, an associate professor of history, has taught at Johnson C. Smith for 31 years, specializing in African history and world history.

Hermitte has received the Nationsbank Teaching Award for Johnson C. Smith University. He is the director of the liberal studies program, which is the general education program of the university. He also is coordinator of educational technology workshops and the faculty technology mini-grants program and serves on the steering committee of the faculty development program.

He has served Johnson C. Smith as faculty senate president, chair of the department of history and political science, and chair of the division of social sciences. Hermitte also has been the faculty athletics representative and chair of the committee on athletics for the last seven years. He is currently the vice-president of the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association of the Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

As an undergraduate at Stanford University, he was a student-athlete on the men's rowing team.

Kreps

Now in her fifth campaign with the RMAC, Kreps serves as the assistant commissioner for compliance and operations/senior woman administrator.

Kreps' primary responsibilities are NCAA and RMAC compliance among member institutions and internal operations of the conference office. She also directs the National Letter of Intent Program, accounting and coaches certification testing and works as a liaison with conference coordinators of officials in the administration of the officiating programs.

She currently serves on the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct, as well as numerous RMAC committees.

Before joining the RMAC, Kreps served as interim director of compliance for the University at Albany. Kreps served as assistant women's golf coach at Albany.

Kreps is a 1997 graduate of Albany, where she majored in English.

She played on the Albany women's basketball team and was a member of the New England Collegiate Conference All-Scholar Team in 1997.

Kreps also attended graduate school at Albany where she earned a master of science degree in educational administration and policy studies in 1999.

McAloose

McAloose is in his fifth full year as the director of athletics for Florida Gulf Coast University's 11-sport intercollegiate athletics program. He began in July 2000 as the university's first full-time director of athletics.

McAloose previously was the commissioner of the Great Lakes Valley Conference from 1996 to 2000. He also served as assistant commissioner of the Big South Conference from 1992 to 1996.

McAloose has been responsible for building the athletics program at Florida Gulf Coast from the ground floor.

During the past four years, he has been instrumental in the design and building of nearly $25 million in facilities.

In the past two seasons of competition, the Eagles have combined for a 674-148-3 record (.819). Volleyball began as the school's 11th sport in the fall of 2004.

He also served as associate commissioner of the Big South Conference.

McAloose has also served as an associate athletics director at Coastal Carolina University, associate athletics director and men's and women's tennis coach at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and sports information director at Guilford College and Frostburg State University.

McAloose has served on numerous committees during his career, including serving as a current member of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball South Regional Committee.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Western Maryland College and a master's degree from Frostburg State.