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NCAA News Release
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NCAA Office Of Diversity And Inclusion Forms Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee To Address Concerns In Intercollegiate Athletics And University Settings
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For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 26, 2006
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Contact(s)
Gail E. Dent
Associate Director of Public and Media Relations
317/917-6117
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INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Office of Diversity and Inclusion has formed a strategic planning committee comprised of university presidents, athletics directors, conference commissioners, coaches, sports officials, and student-athletes to discuss and strategize on diversity and inclusion issues occurring within the NCAA structure, which includes its member colleges and universities.
The specific charge of the strategic planning committee is to identify strategies and recommendations that will enable the NCAA to foster the diversity of student-athletes; promote a climate of inclusion within intercollegiate athletics; enhance equitable career opportunities for underrepresented coaches, officials and administrators; and strengthen the support, integration and promotion of women's sports within intercollegiate athletics.
"The committee members are intent on working collaboratively with the NCAA membership to implement a strategic planning process that will proactively address key issues and transform challenges into opportunities of significantly increased diversity and inclusion for student-athletes, coaches, administrators and officials," said Charlotte Westerhaus, vice president for diversity and inclusion at the NCAA national office, who will chair the Diversity Leadership Strategic Committee.
"This is a very important initiative for the NCAA national office and member institutions," said Andy Geiger, vice chair of the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee and former director of athletics at The Ohio State University. "I'm excited to be involved with this project and look forward to the discussions about the issues student-athletes and others are facing on their campuses."
The committee members are: (Name, title, affiliation)
- Jennifer Alley, Executive Director, NACWAA
- Darlene Bailey, Associate Director of Athletics, Senior Woman Administrator, Missouri State University; Chair, NCAA Committee on Athletics (Division I)
- Sandy Barbour, Director of Athletics, University of California, Berkeley (Division I)
- Beth Bass, Executive Director, Women's Basketball Coaches Association
- Percy Bates, Faculty Athletics Representative, University of Michigan (Division I)
- Kathy Beauregard, Director of Athletics, Western Michigan University (Division I)
- Clint Bryant, Director of Athletics, Augusta State University (Division II)
- Joe Castiglione, Director of Athletics, University of Oklahoma (Division I)
- Suzanne Coffey, Director of Athletics, Bates College (Division III)
- Dennis Collins, Commissioner, North Coast Athletic Conference (Division III)
- Joe Crowley, Interim President, University of Nevada, Reno (Division I)
- Kimilia Davis, Student-Athlete, National SAAC, University of New Mexico (Division I)
- Anita DeFrantz, President, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles; member, U.S. Olympic Committee
- Clyde Doughty Jr., Director of Athletics and Recreation, New York Institute of Technology (Division II)
- Damon Evans, Director of Athletics, University of Georgia (Division I)
- Pam Gill-Fisher, Director of Athletics, University of California, Davis
- Alfreeda Goff, Associate Commissioner, Horizon League; Past President, NACWAA (Division I)
- Christine Grant, Faculty Emeritus, University of Iowa
- Thomas Hansen, Commissioner, Pacific-10 Conference, (Division I)
- Shann Hart, Head Women's Basketball Coach, Indiana University-Purdue
- University at Indianapolis (Division I)
- Robert Heigert, Commissioner, California Collegiate Athletic Association (Division II)
- Paul Hewitt, Head Men's Basketball Coach, Georgia Tech University (Division I)
- Jarrell Johnson, Student-Athlete, National SAAC, Western Illinois University (Division I)
- Floyd Keith, Executive Director, Black Coaches Association
- Richard Lapchick, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Consortium for Academics and Sport
- Lisa Love, Director of Athletics, Arizona State University (Division I)
- Warde Manuel, Director of Athletics, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
- Eugene Marshall, Deputy Director of Athletics, U.S. Military Academy; President, Black Coaches AssociationBoard of Directors (Division I)
- Reggie Minton, Deputy Executive Director, National Association of Basketball Coaches
- Bernard Muir, Director of Athletics, Georgetown University (Division I)
- M. Dianne Murphy, Director of Athletics, Columbia University (Division I)
- Gloria Nevarez, Associate Commissioner/SWA, West Coast Conference
- Garnett Purnell, Director of Athletics, Wittenberg University (Division III)
- David Roach, Director of Athletics, Colgate University (Division I)
- Dell Robinson, Associate Commissioner, Mid-American Conference (Division I)
- Judy Rose, Director of Athletics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Division I)
- Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw, Chancellor Emeritus, Syracuse University
- Robert Vowels, Commissioner, Southwestern Athletic Conference; Chair, NCAA
- Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee (Division I, Football I-AA)
- Chris Walker, Faculty Athletics Representative, University of Redlands (Division III)
- Ron Wellman, Director of Athletics, Wake Forest University (Division I)
- Tyrone Willingham, Head Football Coach, University of Washington (Division I)
- Eli Wolff, Program Director, Disability in Sport, Northeastern University
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