The SIAC has a new full-time commissioner.

The league's Council of Presidents voted to appoint Gregory Moore as the commissioner of the league effective January 19. Moore's previous sports administration experience includes general counsel of the Jersey Express, a minor league basketball franchise as well as sports law at his New Jersey practice.

Moore, who was picked from a field of four finalists on Dec. 18, has also served as deputy counsel for the New Jersey State Legislature and legal counsel at Essex County College in Newark. The SIAC has been under interim leadership since Williams Lide was fired in June, and one of Moore's first priorities is to restore confidence in the commissioners' office.

Lide was fired after an internal audit revealed misuse of league funds and a lack of communication between his office and SIAC members regarding conference fnances. "Mr. Moore brings a wealth of educational and professional experiences to the position," Tuskegee University president and Council of Presidents Chairman Benjamin Payton said.

Moore also has experience in sports marketing, broadcast licensing and NCAA compliance policies, which he intends to use to increase the SIAC brand. "It is my sense that SIAC student athletes are the embodiment of what is best about college sports and I will work tirelessly to broaden the platform to showcase these outstanding young men and women," Moore said in a prepared statement.