National Football Foundation CEO and leadership

President & CEO of the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame, Inc. since January 2005. Founded in 1947, the NFF is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 120 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the state-of-the-art College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, The William V. Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda, annual scholarships of more than $1.3 million and a series of initiatives to honor the legends of the past and inspire the leaders of the future.

The NFF's board features some of the nation's leading corporate CEOs and business leaders, professional sports team owners, athletics directors and conference commissioners. Key partnerships with high-profile companies include Fidelity Investments, Mazda and Under Armour.

More than 35 years of athletics administration experience:

- Commissioner of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

- The first-ever commissioner of the Big 12 Conference

- Commissioner of the Southwest Conference

- Executive Director of the Orange Bowl Committee

- Commissioner of the Metro Conference

- Associate Commissioner of the Big 8 Conference

- Sports information director at the University of Colorado and Colorado State University

Previously served as chairman of the Football Bowl Association and the NCAA Football Committee, oversaw four national championships while at the Orange Bowl, directed two Super Bowls in Miami as head of the organizing committee and directed 10 NCAA basketball tournaments. Also a member of several U.S. Olympic Committee boards and was part of the staff for three Olympic Games.