Julie Roe Lach

Lach formally joined the staff in 1998 as a student-athlete reinstatement representative after having served a year as an intern in the enforcement staff’s secondary-violations area. She became director of student-athlete reinstatement in 1999 and director of enforcement in 2004. She also has served as primary staff liaison to the Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct since 2005. Lach was the first woman to lead the NCAA enforcement division. The previous heads of the area were Art Bergstrom, Warren Brown, Bill Hunt, David Berst and David Price. A 1997 graduate of Millikin University, she earned her B.A. degree in American Studies (Pre-Law) and had a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. In 1997, she began a career as an intern at the NCAA National Office in Indianapolis. From 1999 to 2004, she served as the NCAA Director of Student-Athlete Reinstatement. Her staff was responsible for deciding all student eligibility cases involving rules violations, handling more than 2,000 cases during the five-year span. While serving as the NCAA’s Director of Reinstatement, she earned her Law degree from Indiana University’s Law School-Indianapolis, graduating cum laude in 2004.