WBCA Staff - Joanna Britz

Manager of Legislation and Research
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jbritz@wbca.org

Joanna Britz (formerly Kreps) became the Manager of Legislation and Research in July 2010. Her duties include tracking and monitoring the progress of all basketball-related NCAA legislation through the NCAA legislative cycle, managing the WBCA conference captains program and assisting with the WBCA Ethics Committee. Britz is also responsible for creating legislative materials to include in all WBCA publications.

Prior to joining the WBCA, Britz was the Associate Executive Director for Sports Management and Governance/Senior Woman Administrator for the Patriot League. During her tenure with the Patriot League, Britz was responsible for overseeing the internal League governance process, to include supervising the work of 23 sports committees, providing leadership for coaches' and administrative meetings and developing sport-specific legislation and schedules. Britz was also charged with managing the NCAA legislative process for the League and served on the Division I Legislative Council, the National Letter of Intent Advisory Committee and the NCAA Green Team.

Britz began her career as the Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Business Operations/SWA at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. In addition to coordinating NCAA and RMAC compliance on behalf of 14 institutions, she also handled the internal fiscal operations and managed the conference officiating program. During this time, Britz served on the NCAA Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct Committee and was named to the Division II Management Council.

Britz was a member of the University at Albany women's basketball team and earned a Master of Science degree from the University while working as a graduate assistant in the athletic compliance office. She is a graduate of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators Institute (NACWAA/HERS 2002) and the inaugural Leadership Enhancement Institute (LEI 2007). Britz and her husband Patrick, who is the current commissioner of the South Atlantic Conference, welcomed their first daughter Emersyn in November 2011.