NCAA Leadership

As the NCAA’s first chief medical officer, Brian Hainline oversees the NCAA Sport Science Institute, a national center whose mission is to promote and develop safety, excellence and wellness in college student-athletes, and to foster lifelong physical and mental development. The NCAA Sport Science Institute works collaboratively with member schools and centers of excellence across the United States.

For more than 20 years, Hainline has been involved in sports medicine, including serving as chief medical officer of both the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and the U.S. Tennis Association. He is co-author of Drugs and the Athlete, and played a pivotal part in the rollout of drug testing and education worldwide. He is currently vice chair of the American Academy of Neurology’s Sports Neurology Section. He is also a clinical professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine and the Indiana University School of Medicine. Hainline received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his medical degree from the University of Chicago.

Judd Williams is a Navigators Executive Network at High Alpha, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NCAA, and Advisory Council Member at Zylo and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has worked as Unit Chief/Senior Manager at Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Project Lead at Northrop Grumman, and Acting Deputy Senior Executive for Business Operations at Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Judd studied at KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT and Auburn University.

Cari Van Senus is a Vice President of Policy and Chief of Staff at NCAA and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has worked as Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Intersection. Cari studied at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 1999 and 2004.

Kathleen McNeely is the NCAA senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer and is responsible for all financial activity, facility operations and information technology.

McNeely oversees administrative services - which is committed to responsible and ethical stewardship of the Association’s information - as well as physical, technical and fiscal assets. The administrative services group dedicates itself to provide the highest quality of service and support for an environment conducive to excellence and change. Her main areas of responsibility include finance and accounting, information technology, operations, internal audit, business performance management, purchasing and procurement, travel, risk management and insurance.

McNeely joined the NCAA in 2011 from Indiana University where she most recently served as the associate vice president and executive director of financial management services. McNeely spent 29 years at Indiana in various financial administrative positions. While at Indiana, McNeely was on the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ University Research Council and Accounting Principles Council. She is the 2003 recipient of the organization’s Daniel D. Robinson award, which recognizes individual excellence and leadership in the advancement of college and university accounting and reporting. In 2011, McNeely received the Indiana University Distinguished Service Medal.

McNeely holds a bachelor’s of science in finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and a master’s in public administration with a concentration in finance from Indiana.