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PAC-12 CONFERENCE RON BARKER • Associate Commissioner, Governance & Enforcement Ron Barker joined the Pac-12 as Assistant Commissioner for Governance and Enforcement in October of 2001 and was promoted to Associate Commissioner in February of 2006. His job duties include administering the Conference's enforcement and NCAA governance programs and working with the Faculty Athletic Representative group as well as managing the hardship petitions. Prior to joining the Pac-12, Barker served as an enforcement representative for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (19992001). He has also been an investigator for the Legal Department of Novell, Inc. of Provo, Utah (1992-99) and served as a graduate assistant basketball coach at Brigham Young University (1989-91). A former professional basketball player for Deportivo Luqueño (Paraguay), Barker is a 1987 graduate of California State University, Long Beach. He earned his master's degree in sports administration from BYU in 1991. He and his wife, Heidi, have four children. CHRIS DAWSON • Associate Commissioner, Sports Management Chris Dawson was named Assistant Commissioner of Olympic Sports in August 2001 and was promoted to Associate Commissioner in February of 2006. She is the Conference liaison for women's basketball, men's soccer, swimming and diving, tennis and softball. Dawson is also responsible for administering the officiating policy. She currently serves on the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee as well as the NCAA Division I Awards, Benefits, Expenses and Financial Aid Cabinet. Prior to joining the Pac-12, Dawson spent 23 years at the University of California as the Associate Athletic Director for Sport Programs and Senior Women's Administrator from 1992 to 2001. She was named Assistant Athletic Director for the Cal Women's Athletic Department in 1989 and was the Sports Information Director for the women's department from 1979-89. Dawson served as the chair of the NCAA Championships & Competition Cabinet, and as a member of the NCAA Strategic Planning Cabinet, the NCAA Soccer Rules Committee, the NCAA Woman of the Year Committee and the NCAA Volleyball Committee. Dawson is a 1975 honors graduate of the University of Virginia where she was a student-athlete in basketball. She earned a master's degree in education, with emphasis in sport administration from Ohio University in 1979. DUANE LINDBERG • Associate Commissioner, Television Duane Lindberg returned to the Pac-12 staff for his second tour of duty in 1991 as Assistant Commissioner for Electronic Communications, and was promoted to Associate Commissioner, Television in February of 2006. His job duties include overseeing the Conference television agreements. Lindberg spent 1989-91 at the Southwest Conference in Dallas as Assistant Commissioner overseeing the Conference's compliance program. His first stint at the Pac-12 saw him serve as Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Enforcement in 1989, Assistant to the Commissioner from 1986-89, and Assistant Public Relations Director from 1983-86. He previously served two-and-one-half years as Assistant SID at USC. A Tacoma, Wash., native, Lindberg has both undergraduate (1979) and master's (1981) degrees from the University of Washington. ERIK PRICE • Associate Commissioner, Compliance Erik Price joined the Pac-12 Conference in October 2002 after spending seven years in the Office of the Faculty Athletics Representative at the University of California, serving as Senior Administrative Analyst (1994-2000). Promoted to Associate Commissioner in July of 2013, he is primarily responsible for the Conference's compliance program, which includes rules education, and monitoring and interpreting NCAA and Conference rules for all Conference members. Assistant Commissioner in February of 2006, his responsibilities include assisting the Compliance and Enforcement staff in monitoring and applying NCAA and Conference legislation. He coordinates the Pac-12 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). A native of Berkeley, Calif., he is a 1989 graduate of Columbia University with a degree in economics and received a master's degree in journalism from the University of California in 1991. He and his wife Paula are the parents of two children, Sasha and Ben. TAMMY NEWMAN • Associate Commissioner, Governance & Enforcement Tammy Newman joined the Pac-12 Conference in 1989. Promoted to Associate Commissioner, Governance in July 2013, her responsibilities include directing the NCAA and Pac-12 governance processes for the Conference office and institutional members. Additionally, she serves as the staff liaison to the Council, DLIR, Legislative and Nominating Committees. She also oversees the Conference VIP hospitality programs. Newman has a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Mary's College of California. A Bay Area native, she is married to Dennis Willing. HEATHER PERRY • Associate Commissioner, Sports Management & Championships Heather Perry was named Assistant Commissioner of Championships in June 2007. She serves as the Conference liaison for baseball, women's gymnastics, men's and women's rowing, volleyball and is the Tournament Director for the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Championship. Prior to joining the Pac-12, Perry spent nine years at the NCAA, most recently as the Associate Director of Playing Rules Administration. In her role, she has served as a championships administrator and media coordinator at the Women's College World Series, Women's Final Four, Division II Women's Elite Eight, Women's Frozen Four and the Women's Rowing Championship. Perry earned her undergraduate degree from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., where she received a bachelor of science degree in public relations with a minor in speech communication. She also has a master's degree in sports management from BSU. PAC-12 CONFERENCE // 2013-14 PAC-12 BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE // 147 //147