NCAA Hires First-Ever VP of Hearing Operations

The NCAA has announced the hire of a proven internal senior leader with deep experience in legal and regulatory affairs to serve as the Association’s first vice president of hearing operations. Naima Stevenson Starks, formerly NCAA deputy general counsel and managing director of academic and membership affairs, assumed her new role June 3. NCAA President Mark Emmert created the position following recommendations from the Commission on College Basketball.   “Naima brings to this critical