Position
Associate Commissioner/Compliance & Governance

Institution
Big East

Joseph D'Antonio is the Associate Commissioner for Governance & Compliance at the BIG EAST Conference. He is charged with the oversight of the Conference's NCAA governance, legislative, enforcement, legal and compliance services. Additionally, he currently serves as the Conference's representative to and the chairman of the NCAA Division I Legislative Council.

In November 2005 D'Antonio came to the BIG EAST from Providence College where he most recently served as the Associate Athletic Director of Compliance and Administration. During his eight-year tenure at Providence College he was promoted on three separate occasions and served in a number of administrative capacities.

A 1993 graduate of the New England School of Law in Boston, MA where he earned Dean's List honors, D'Antonio was admitted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Bar in 1994 and worked in private practice prior to 1997. A Massachusetts native, D'Antonio graduated from Abington High School in 1986 and accepted his undergraduate degree from Providence College in 1990.

D'Antonio resides in Hope, RI with his wife Karen and their two children, Joseph III (9) and Olivia (6).