M. Grace Calhoun, director of athletics and recreation at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the chair of the NCAA Division I Council Strategic Vision and Planning Committee. Ms. Calhoun has served as the vice chair since her appointment to the Division I Council in July 2017 (Almanac March 28, 2017) and will lead the committee through June 2021.

The Strategic Vision and Planning Committee has oversight responsibility of administrative functions related to the management of the Division I governance structure, including business and legal affairs, strategic planning and research (including recommendations regarding research topics and expenditure of funds for such projects), Division I membership activities (including the reclassification process) and health and safety matters.

In the upcoming year, the Strategic Vision and Planning Committee will assist the Division I Board of Directors Finance Committee with a review of the Division’s financial sustainability and will discuss how the Association can increasingly make data-driven decisions on matters of safety and well-being. The Committee was also recently given the charge of managing the agent certification program created to address issues in the sport of basketball.