At its February 12-13 meeting, the Division I Administration Cabinet approved the following committee appointments:

Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports

•         Jeffrey M. Anderson, Connecticut

•         Felix H. Savoie, Tulane

Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee

•         Alecia Shields-Gadson, Coppin State

•         Keri Gaither, Detroit

Olympic Sports Liaison Committee

•         Kellie Elliott, Florida State

•         Fernando Canales, Michigan

Postgraduate Scholarship Committee

•         Jenny Bramer, San Diego State

Research Committee

•         Janis Ingham, UC Santa Barbara

Committee on Academic Performance

•         Melvin Johnson, Tennessee State (reappointment)

•         Michael Cross, Princeton (immediate appointment replacing Jeri Echeverria)

•         David Jamison, Robert Morris

•         Lisa Melz, Western Illinois

Amateurism Fact-Finding Committee

•         Alicia Alford, Connecticut

•         Kelly Widener, Princeton

•         Alvin Jackson, Grambling

Committee on Athletics Certification

•         Robert Bernardi, Nicholls State University (reappointment)

•         Casey Comoroski, Missouri State (reappointment)

•         Thomas Douple, Summit League

•         Judy Van Horn, Michigan

•         Anthony Archbald, Western Athletic Conference

Men’s Basketball Issues Committee

•         Mitch Barnhart, Kentucky (immediate vacancy replacing Mark Gottfried – term end date September 1, 2013)

•         Frank Haith, Miami (Florida)

•         Gary Walters, Princeton

•         Sandy Hatfield Clubb, Drake

Women’s Basketball Issues Committee

•         Donyale Canada, Mid-American Conference.

•         Teresa Kuehn-Gould, California

•         Amy Champion, New Orleans

•         Brian Giorgis, Marist

Football Issues Committee

•         Steve Erber, Cornell (reappointment)

•         David Heeke, Central Michigan (reappointment)

Legislative Review/Interpretations Committee

•         Beatrice Crane Banford, Marshall

•         Marcus Brown, Pepperdine

Progress toward Degree Waiver Committee

•         Joyce Bell, Northeast Conference

•         Jesse James, Tennessee State

Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement (terms begin July 1, 2009)

•         The Administration Cabinet agreed to grant a one year term extension to Carol Iwaoka, Big Ten Conference

•         Tony Hernandez, Miami (Florida)

•         Lynn Meade, UTEP

Baseball Committee

•         The Administration Cabinet agreed to grant a two-year term extension to Tim Weiser, Big 12 Conference

•         Mark LaBarbera, Valparaiso

Men’s Basketball Committee

•         Ronald Wellman, Wake Forest University

•         Dan Beebe, Big 12 Conference

•         Douglas Fullerton, Big Sky Conference

Women’s Basketball Committee

•         Leslie Claybrook, Rice

•         Carolayne Henry, Mountain West Conference

Women’s Bowling Committee

•         Dean Lee, Arkansas State

Men’s and Women’s Fencing Committee

•         Todd Dressell, Detroit

Field Hockey Committee

•         Pamela Neiss Stuper, Yale

Football Championship Committee

•         Charles Jones Jr., Central Connecticut (reappointment)

•         Ron Strollo, Youngstown

Men’s Golf Committee

•         Javan Hedlund, Mountain West Conference

Men’s Gymnastics Committee

•         Douglas Van Everen, Army

Women’s Gymnastics Committee

•         Kimberly Green, Florida

•         Resolicit for West region nominees

Men’s Ice Hockey Committee

•         Tom Nevala, Notre Dame

•         Guy Gadowsky, Princeton

Women’s Ice Hockey Committee

•         Chris Schneider, Ohio State (reappointment)

Men’s Lacrosse Committee

•         Charley Toomey, Loyola (Maryland)

Women’s Lacrosse Committee

•         Lisa Kelly, Denver (reappointment)

Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee

•         Chris Kingston, Army

Women’s Rowing Committee

•         Thorr Bjorn, Rhode Island

•         Anne McCoy, Washington State

Men’s Soccer Committee

•         John Bluem, Ohio State

Softball Committee

•         David “Chris” Burkhalter, Houston

•         Jennifer Strawley, Columbia

Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee

•         Alex Dorato, Yale

•         Resolicit for Midwest region (women’s interests) nominees

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee

•         Gregg Gensel, Utah State (reappointment)

•         Todd Patulski, Baylor (immediate vacancy replacing Bubba Thornton – term end date September 1, 2013)

•         Monica Love, Army

Men’s Volleyball Committee

•         Brian Santiago, Brigham Young

Women’s Volleyball Committee

•         Keith Gill, American

•         Diane Turnham, Middle Tennessee

•         Crista Troester, Tulsa

Wrestling Committee

•         Gary Taylor, Rider

Men’s Basketball Rules Committee

•         Fran McCaffrey, Siena

Women’s Basketball Rules Committee

•         Curt Miller, Bowling Green (reappointment)

Football Rules Committee

•         Tony Samuel, Southeast Missouri State (reappointment)

•         Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin

Men’s Lacrosse Rules Committee

•         Sam Johnson, Army

Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee

•         Keely McDonald, Brown

Softball Rules Committee

•         Meaghan Almon, Hofstra

Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee

•         Fran Ralston-Flory, LSU