Keith Gill was named commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference in March 2019, becoming the first African-American commissioner of a NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference – the highest level of Division I college football. Just two months into his tenure, the Sun Belt hosted its first ever conference-wide Diversity & Inclusion Summit, in which RISE played an integral role. Gill discusses his vision for the Sun Belt Conference and collegiate athletics from a diversity & inclusion perspective and the conference's recent summit, the significance and responsibility of becoming the first African-American commissioner of a NCAA FBS conference and the need for more diversity in leadership positions in sports and society.
