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Big 12 Conference Staff Directory BIG 12 CONFERENCE STAFF DIRECTORY Bob Bowlsby Tim Weiser Tim Allen Dru Hancock Edward Stewart Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Senior Associate Commissioner Senior Associate Commissioner Senior Associate Commissioner - Football Bob Burda Dayna Scherf John Underwood Steve Pace Associate Commissioner - Associate Commissioner - Associate Commissioner - Chief Financial Officer Communications Championships Men’s Basketball & Game Management Keri Mendoza Brad Clements David Flores Assistant Commissioner - Assistant Commissioner - Assistant Commissioner - Compliance Events & Human Resources Governance & Academics Rob Carolla Sean Hollister Laura Rasmussen Joni Lehmann Neesha Quinn Maria Huggins Jessica Hamm Director of Communications Director of Director of Social Media Associate Director of Controller Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Video Services Communications Championships Compliance & Governance Kiron Andersen Bret Ayers Melanie Ellis Regina Everett Tracy Hunt Christina Monjarraz Valerie Rocha Digital Media Coordinator of Live Executive Assistant to the Administrative Administrative Administrative Administrative Coordinator Events, Technology and Commissioner/Manager of Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant Video Services Executive Affairs Lance Gottardy Melissa Katz Mitch Gerber Will Hancock Will Hancock Digital Media Communications Communications Assistant Assistant Assistant Please see reverse side for a listing of member institution staff. BIG 12 GOVERNANCE DIRECTORY Board of Faculty Athletics Directors of Senior Woman Directors Representatives Athletics Administrators David Garland, Interim President Jeremy Counseller Todd Patulski, Acting Athletics Director Nancy Post Steve Leath, President^ Tim Day Jamie Pollard Calli Sanders Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor Susan Williams* Sheahon Zenger* Debbie Van Saun* Dick Myers, Interim President Be Stoney John Currie Jill Shields David Boren, President+ Kelly Damphousse Joe Castiglione Lindy Roberts Burns Hargis, President Meredith Hamilton Mike Holder Karen Hancock Victor Boschini, Chancellor Rhonda Hatcher Chris Del Conte Kim Johnson Greg Fenves, President Michael Clement Mike Perrin Chris Plonsky John Opperman, Interim President Brian Shannon Kirby Hocutt Judi Henry Gordon Gee, President Jeffrey Neely Maria Kolar Shane Lyons Terri Howes +2015-16 Conference Board of Directors Chair ^ 2015-16 NCAA Board of Directors Representative *2015-16 FAR, AD & SWA Chair BIG 12 CONFERENCE NCAA COMMITTEE NOMINATION PROCESS The following process, as developed by the Administrative Committee in 2004, will be used for nominations of Big 12 Conference representatives to serve on NCAA committees. o Annually, the Conference staff will send to each institution’s designated NCAA committee coordinator a list of all NCAA committees without Conference representation, regardless of vacancies, and request that those who have interest complete a nomination form and forward it to the Conference office by the established deadline. o The Administrative Committee will meet at the Fall Meetings to determine a slate of candidates to recommend at the Joint Council Meeting that the Conference will use when vacancies occur during the upcoming academic year. o The Administrative Committee authorizes the commissioner to deviate from the selections when the NCAA staff indicates a particular need related to diversity or a specific position. o The following committees will not be slated; rather the Conference office will solicit institutional interest when vacancies occur. The reason for excluding these committees from the general process is due to the political nature of the committees and their importance to the Conference. Division I Men’s Basketball Committee Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Division I Committee on Infractions Division I Baseball Committee Infractions Appeals Committee Interpretations Committee ON-CAMPUS COMMITTEE COORDINATORS Baylor University TBD – Athletics Director Iowa State University Jamie Pollard – Athletics Director University of Kansas Theresa Becker – Associate Athletics Director Kansas State University Jill Shields – Associate Athletics Director/SWA University of Oklahoma Joe Castiglione – Athletics Director Oklahoma State University Mike Holder – Athletics Director TCU Kim Johnson – Associate Athletics Director/SWA University of Texas Lori Hammond – Associate Athletics Director Texas Tech University Judi Henry – Senior Associate Athletics Director West Virginia University Terri Howes – Associate Athletics Director/SWA 2015-16 Conference Representation – NCAA Governance Structure (as of June 3, 2016) Term Expiration Council/Committee Conference Representative *Eligible for Reappointment DIVISION I COMMITTEES- GENERAL Steve Leath Board of Directors August 2020 President- Iowa State Tim Day Division I Council June 2018 Faculty Athletics Representative, Iowa State Victor Boschini Division I Presidential Forum TBD Chancellor- TCU Division I Committee on Rhonda Hatcher August 2018 Academics Faculty Athletics Representative, TCU Division I Men’s Basketball Bill Self June 2018 Oversight Committee Head Coach- Men’s Basketball, Kansas Dru Hancock Division I Women’s Basketball Senior Associate Commissioner, Big 12 June 2019 Oversight Committee Conference Division I Competition Oversight Tim Day June 2018 Committee Faculty Athletics Representative, Iowa State Division I Football Oversight Bob Bowlsby June 2017 Committee Autonomy Conference Commissioner’s Representative Keri Mendoza August 2017 Interpretation Committee’s Representative Division I Legislative Committee Brian Shannon June 2019 1A FAR Association Representative Division I Strategic Vision and -- -- Planning Committee Lindsey Babcock Division I Student-Athlete Associate Athletics Director- Compliance, Kansas June 2019 Experience Committee State Committee on Institutional -- -- Performance Thomas Hill Committee on Infractions August 2018 Senior Vice President, Iowa State Patricia Ohlendorf Infractions Appeals Committee August 2018 Vice President Legal Affairs, Texas Initial-Eligibility Waivers -- -- Committee Keri Mendoza Interpretations Committee August 2017 Assistant Commissioner, Big 12 Conference 2015-16 Conference Representation- NCAA Governance Structure Page 2 of 4 Term Expiration Council/Committee Conference Representative *Eligible for Reappointment Division I Nominating Committee -- -- Progress-Toward-Degree Felicia Martin TBD Committee Associate Athletics Director, Texas Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Rachel Scott June 2016* Committee Student-Athlete-Softball, Texas Division I Committee on Student- Keli Cunningham June 2016* Athlete Reinstatement Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director Division I Amateurism Fact- Jason Leonard August 2019 Finding Committee Executive Director- Compliance, Oklahoma ASSOCIATION WIDE COMMITTEES Board of Governors -- -- Competitive Safeguard/Medical LaGwyn Durden August 2019 Aspects Committee Assistant Athletics Director- Sports Medicine, Texas Committee on Sportsmanship and -- -- Ethical Conduct Committee on Women’s Athletics -- -- Nick Joos Honors Committee January 2019 Executive Associate Athletics Director, Baylor Minority Opportunity and Interests -- -- Committee Olympic Sports Liaison Committee -- -- Playing Rules Oversight Panel -- -- Committee Postgraduate Scholarship -- -- Committee Research Committee -- -- Walter Byers Scholarship Committee -- -- Common Committees (Divisions I & II) International Student Records -- -- Committee High School Review Committee -- -- Student Records Review Committee -- -- 2015-16 Conference Representation- NCAA Governance Structure Page 3 of 4 Term Expiration Council/Committee Conference Representative *Eligible for Reappointment SPORT AND PLAYING RULES COMMITTEES Casey Scott Baseball Rules Committee August 2016 Senior Associate AD, Kansas State Chris Del Conte Division I Baseball Committee TBD Athletics Director, TCU Men’s Basketball Rules Committee -- -- Division I Men’s Basketball Joe Castiglione August 2016 Committee Athletics Director, Oklahoma Women’s Basketball Rules -- -- Committee Division I Women’s Basketball -- -- Committee Edward Stewart Football Rules Committee August 2018 Associate Commissioner, Big 12 Conference Mike Holder Division I Men’s Golf Committee TBD Athletics Director, Oklahoma State Division I Women’s Golf Committee -- -- Men’s Gymnastics Committee -- -- Women’s Gymnastics Committee -- -- Men’s and Women’s Rifle -- -- Committee Division I Women’s Rowing Jimmy King September 2016 Committee Head Coach- Women’s Rowing, West Virginia Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules -- -- Committee Division I Men’s Soccer Committee -- -- Karen Hancock Division I Women’s Soccer Senior Woman Administrator; Assistant Coach- August 2019 Committee Women’s Soccer, Oklahoma State Women’s Softball Rules Committee -- -- Division I Women’s Softball -- -- Committee Men’s and Women’s Swimming and -- -- Diving Rules Committee Division I Men’s and Women’s Devon Hendricks August 2018 Swimming and Diving Committee Assistant Athletics Director- Events, Texas 2015-16 Conference Representation- NCAA Governance Structure Page 4 of 4 Term Expiration Council/Committee Conference Representative *Eligible for Reappointment Division I Men’s and Women’s Maria Huggins August 2019 Tennis Committee Assistant Director- Championships, Big 12 Conference Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Brad Herbster August 2019 and Cross Country Rules Committee Assistant Coach- Track and Field, Texas Division I Men’s and Women’s Track Dave Smith and Field and Cross
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