Lynn Holzman

Lynn Holzman returned to the NCAA in February 2018 as the vice president of women’s basketball. She is responsible for the strategic direction, oversight, operations and management of women’s basketball in Divisions I, II and III. She serves as the primary liaison to the women’s basketball committees and provides strategic oversight of the site-selection process for each championship. In 2014, Holzman was appointed commissioner of the West Coast Conference after serving in various leadership roles within the conference office, including executive senior associate commissioner/chief operating officer and senior associate commissioner of governance and administration. Before her conference office tenure, she worked at the NCAA national office for 16 years, last serving as a director of academic and membership affairs.

In 2017, Holzman was named the president-elect of Women Leaders in College Sports. She also has served in various capacities for the San Jose Sports Authority, National Association for Athletics Compliance, Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Center for Research in Intercollegiate Athletics.

Holzman received a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Kansas State University, a master’s degree in sports administration from North Carolina and a Master of Business Administration from Purdue University.