NCAA appoints three to new senior roles

NCAA President Charlie Baker continued the reshaping of leadership roles in the association on Friday, naming Brian Higgins SVP/Business Performance and Kevin Lennon SVP/Policy & Governance. In addition, VP/D-II Terri Steeb Gronau will join the senior management team as the liaison to the Board of Governors. The senior staff announcement follows the recent appointment of two new NCAA Board of Governors members in Central Arkansas President Houston Davis and Celtics VP/Team Operations & Organizational Growth Allison Feaster. Higgins comes to the NCAA from global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he helped clients review data and analytics to improve decision-making. Lennon had served as VP/D-I since April 2015 and was the chief liaison to D-I governance bodies and member schools and conferences. Gronau has been with the NCAA since 2013, primarily in leadership supporting Division II (NCAA).