Senior Associate Commissioner, SWA, Governance and Compliance

·       Set the department strategy providing leadership oversight of direct and indirect reports, setting goals and expectations, and providing strategic guidance.

Women’s Basketball – Sport Liaison

·       Liaison to the MW Women’s Basketball Coaches, and organizer of virtual and in-person meetings, including assisting coordination of annual Basketball Media Days.

·       Liaison with various groups including game manager, directors of basketball operations and video coordinators.

Governance & Legislation

·       Manage Conference's Governance efforts, meeting materials and meeting prep. Coordinate, collect and create meeting supplements and materials (PowerPoint and mailings) ensuring everyone gets their materials/slides in and on time. Manage the logistics and prep of the meeting room, ensure the projector, sound, and connectivity are working. Run the slides during meetings and be available to troubleshoot any meeting logistics.

·       Oversee preparations for in-person and virtual meetings with MW constituent groups.

·       Manage governance related projects, which may include developing legislative concepts, drafting proposals, educating the membership and collecting feedback from the membership.

·       Maintain governance policies and procedures. 

·       Monitor and track proposed NCAA legislation and interpretive issues and communicate to Conference administrators. Provide education, encourage dialogue, and manage the formation of Conference positions on proposed NCAA legislation.

·       Liaison to MW committees and groups within and outside the formal MW governance structure. Committees and groups include compliance administrators, academic directors, FARs, SWAs, athletic trainers, Health and Safety Advisory Committee, Recognition Committee, MW Board of Directors and related committees, institutional governmental affairs group and other new or ad hoc committees or groups as assigned.

·       Coordinate and conduct virtual meetings and periodic in-person meetings for MW partners and various outside entities (e.g., Group of Five presidents and governance administrators).

·       Lead governance related projects, which may include developing legislative concepts, drafting proposals, educating the membership and collecting feedback from the membership.

·       Lead on academic and other non-athletic awards.

·       Lead on the NCAA committee nomination process.

·       Support Championships and other Conference office departments/governance groups.

·       Oversee MW Handbook Revisions.

Compliance

·       Manage all policies and records related to Conference and NCAA compliance.

·       Ensure members and administrators understand NCAA and MW rules and interpretations.

·       Liaison to the MW partners and various outside entities regarding compliance matters. 

·       Participate and collaborate with Collegiate Commissioners Association Compliance Administrators (CCACA).

·       Prepare rules and education material for in-person and virtual meetings.

·       Oversee the creation and maintenance of forms needed for compliance administrators in coordination with the relevant legislation.

·       Oversee the processing of NCAA and Conference waivers (e.g. hardship, medical absence, international competition).

·       Monitor rules violations and assist institutions with inquiries and investigations as appropriate.

·       Oversee the maintenance of the MW Compliance Corner.

·       Review and distribute educational materials to the membership (e.g., sportsmanship documents).

·       Institutional contact for NCAA and MW rules violations.

·       Oversee and track the use of NCAA previously approved waivers.

·       Provide support and education to sport liaisons on compliance issues related to their respective sports.

·       Provide compliance support on sport-specific head coaches meetings.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

·       Oversee and implement conference-wide DEI initiatives and programming in accordance with strategic plan.

·       Supervise the implementation of DEI programming with the MW conference office staff.

SAAC

·       Oversee the coordination of student-athlete involvement in MW governance structure.

·       Liaison to the MW compliance and academic administrators, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), SAAC Executive Team and SAAC Social Justice Committee, SAAC Community Service Project, and SAAC social media.

·       Plan and coordinate in-person meetings, monthly and quarterly virtual meetings.  

Student Services

·       Collaborate on oversight of Student Service and related programming.

·       Plan and host student athlete events, ensure student-athlete experience and well-being is a priority in all Conference initiatives.

·       Oversee the coordination of the MW name, image and likeness.

·       Manage the aggregation, analysis and drafting of memoranda regarding academic data including, NCAA APR, GSR and FGR.

Other/General 

·       Collaborate on oversight and programming of Student-Athlete Health Advisory Committee & Athletic Trainers.

·       Serve as an active, collaborative member of the management team. Includes development, planning and implementation of strategic and long-range planning.

·       Develop initiatives to be implemented across the Conference throughout the year which encourage inclusivity and promote an atmosphere that welcomes diverse voices.

·       Other duties, including Commissioner delegated projects as assigned.

Sports Administration Support

·       Assist with sport administration as needed.

·       Monitor and communicate national and Conference issues.

·       Monitor NCAA and MW sport specific policies.

·       Support Championships and other Conference governance groups.