Shippensburg University senior associate director of athletics and senior woman administrator (SWA) Carrie Michaels has been named Vice Chair of the NCAA Division II Management Council, effective September 1.
 
Michaels, the 2018 Women Leaders in College Sports NCAA Division II Administrator of the Year, will serve her term as the Vice Chair through Aug. 31, 2022. Her term on the NCAA Division II Management Council began in 2020 and lasts through Jan. 31, 2024.
 
The Division II Management Council is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Division II. It reports directly to the Division II Presidents' Council and is charged with recommending administrative policy and regulations pertaining to governance. The Management Council reviews and acts on recommendations from the Division II committee structure and from Division II representatives to committees with NCAA-wide functions.
 
At Shippensburg, Michaels is a member of the senior management team on behalf of athletics. Her intercollegiate experience includes the overall development and management of NCAA Division II athletics with responsibilities that include budget oversight, supervision of sport programs and support services, fund-raising, policy creation and implementation, selection and evaluation of department personnel, game operations and promotions, and student-athlete development.