LEAD1 Affiliation President and CEO Tom McMillen has introduced that, after eight plus years main the affiliation, which represents the athletics administrators of the 133-member colleges of the Soccer Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”), he might be stepping down on September 30, 2024, to pursue different alternatives.
McMillen will keep as President and CEO by means of June 30, 2024, after which transition to part-time from July 1, 2024, by means of September 30, 2024. The Affiliation plans to guage the group’s wants shifting ahead, and after that evaluate course of, will conduct a nationwide seek for the following chief of LEAD1.
McMillen said, “I’m immensely grateful for this chance to be deeply related to one in every of my passions – faculty athletics. I need to thank all our athletic administrators who’ve supported the LEAD1 mission throughout my tenure as President and CEO. I wish to significantly thank Jack Swarbrick, who was instrumental in bringing me into the group and reshaping our mission into an issues-oriented group for FBS athletic administrators and their departments. I’d additionally prefer to thank all our Board chairs throughout my tenure with LEAD1, together with Rick George, Dan Radakovich, Heather Lyke, and Warde Manuel.”
“On behalf of the LEAD1 Government Committee and our membership, I wish to thank Tom for his greater than eight years of steadfast management and unwavering dedication to our group,” mentioned Warde Manuel, Board Chair of LEAD1 and Director of Athletics on the College of Michigan. “His visionary steerage has elevated our group and profoundly impacted the panorama of faculty athletics. Tom’s legacy might be remembered as a testomony to the facility of passionate service and transformative management.”
McMillen will proceed to satisfy the duties of the President and CEO within the coming months whereas actively supporting the transition for the following chief of the affiliation. Main LEAD1 for the reason that finish of 2015, McMillen, a former Congressman, faculty basketball All-American, Rhodes Scholar, and 11-year NBA participant, has performed a pivotal position in advancing the affiliation’s targets. LEAD1’s overarching mission is to convey collectively FBS athletic administrators to develop consensus and to advocate and drive outcomes on key points that concentrate on the success of student-athletes and the development of faculty athletics.
