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Commisioner Mike Slive's Personal Profile

• Full Name: Michael Lawrence Slive
• Born: July 26, 1940
• Hometown: Utica, N.Y.
• Family: Wife: Elizabeth
• Daughter: Anna

Education

• Undergraduate: Dartmouth College - B.A., 1962
• Graduate: University of Virginia - JD, 1965
• Georgetown University - LLM, 1966
• E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship in Trial Advocacy

Athletic Administration Experience

• 1968-1969 Assistant Director of Athletics, Dartmouth College
• 1979-1981 Assistant Executive Director, Pacific-10 Conference
• 1981-1983 Director of Athletics, Cornell University
• 1991-1995 Commissioner, Great Midwest Conference
• 1995-2002 Commissioner, Conference USA
• 2002- Commissioner, Southeastern Conference

Legal Experience

• 1969-77 Partner, Stebbins & Bradley, Hanover, N.H.
• 1972-77 Judge of Hanover (N.H.) District Court
• 1977-79 Judicial Master & Clerk of Grafton County (N.H.) Superior Court
• 1983-86 Founder, Law Offices of Michael L. Slive, Hanover, N.H.
• 1986-91 Partner, Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, Ill.
• 1990-91 Senior Partner and Founder, Slive-Glazier Sports Group, Chicago, Ill. & Kansas City, Mo.

Membership on Boards and Committees

• NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee (Chair) [1993-02]
• National Letter of Intent Appeals Committee (Chair) [1993-02]
• Sports Lawyers Association (Board of Directors) [1997-2001]
• Commission on Athletic Opportunity (Reviewing Title IX)
• NCAA Management Council [1997-04]
• NCAA Football USA (Chair, Board of Directors) [1998- 03]
• NCAA Division I Working Group to Study Basketball Issues [1998-99]
• Division I-A Commissioners (Chair) [1999-2001]
• Board of Advisors of Marquette Sports Law Institute [1999- ]
• Collegiate Commissioners Association (President) [2001-03]
• National Letter of Intent Steering Committee [2002-]
• NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee [2004- ]
• Bowl Championship Series Coordinator [2006-]
• Division I Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group [2007- ]

Recent Video

• SEC Hotline - 2010 Recruiting
• SEC Hotline - ESPN's Tom Luginbill
• SEC Hotline - Roman Harper
• Regions Bank SEC Sports Report - Jan. 12th
• SEC Hotline - Barrett Jones