Georgia Tech president G.P. “Bud” Peterson does not lack for demands on his time, but he’s added another. Peterson has been elected the chair of the NCAA’s board of governors, the organization’s highest governing body. The school made the announcement Thursday.
Peterson had been serving on the board since May as the representative of the ACC. The board, comprised of 16 school presidents from Division I, II and III schools, oversees issues that span the NCAA and aims to ensure that each of the divisions operates within NCAA policies and principles.
Beyond his duties to the institute, Peterson has also been a member of the National Science Board and the Knight Commission, the latter of which is a reform-minded group aiming to emphasize the educational mission of college athletics. He is also on the Division I board of directors, that division’s top governing body, since January 2015.
“It is my honor to serve in this leadership role, which supports more than 450,000 student-athletes on 19,000 teams throughout the U.S.,” Peterson said in a statement. “Together with the combined efforts of the institutional leadership, athletics directors and academic support staff, we are committed to working to ensure the lifelong success of our student-athletes.”
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