Carolyn Campbell-McGovern has served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Ivy League office snice July 2009. She joined the office in 1993, serving for sixteen years as the Senior Associate Executive Director.
Campbell-McGovern works closely with the Executive Director, including serving on the senior leadership team, in managing all Ivy League conference initiatives. Her duties have included working with representatives from each institution on issues involving all aspects of the athletics programs, including admissions, financial aid, eligibility, student health and safety, recruiting, officiating and scheduling. Campbell-McGovern oversees the Ivy League office finances and special projects, as well as the Ivy League’s NCAA compliance program, working closely with all eight athletics departments to ensure Ivy institutions understand and follow NCAA and Ivy League rules.
Campbell-McGovern has been very active in NCAA governance throughout her career. She has chaired the Division I Legislative Council, the Women’s Basketball Issues Committee, the National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Committee, the Honors Committee, and the Olympic Sports Liaison Committee. She was also a member of the Division I Management Council, the Division I Leadership Council, and the Governance Committee. In addition, she has served on the Boards of Directors of national sport organizations including the United States Olympic Committee, the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She was named Administrator of the Year by the WBCA and by NACWAA (now Women Leaders in Sports).
A fine athlete in her own right, Campbell-McGovern garnered All-American honors as a lacrosse player at Bates College, where she also captained the field hockey team, and earned a bachelor’s degree in English. She then received an MBA from Temple University, while also working in the Temple Athletics Department and serving as an assistant coach to the defending national champion Temple women’s lacrosse team. Before joining the Ivy League office, Campbell-McGovern was an associate athletic director at Wellesley College and an assistant athletic director at Dartmouth College.
Carolyn is married to William T. McGovern, Esq., a retired Assistant Prosecutor who currently works in private practice.