Teresa Kuehn Gould

Commissioner
@TKGould

About the Pac-12

Teresa Gould was named commissioner on Feb. 19, 2024 and officially began her tenure on March 1, 2024. When Gould first joined the Pac-12 in August 2018, she brought more than three decades of leadership experience across a variety of successful roles in Division I intercollegiate athletics, including time as a director of athletics, a campus senior administrator and a conference executive. Gould is the first-ever Autonomy Five conference female commissioner.

Previously as deputy commissioner of the Pac-12, Gould oversaw management of all Pac-12 sports, including oversight of championship events, as well as compliance, governance, operations & events, student-athlete engagement, and the Pac-12 Student-Athlete Health & Well-Being Initiative (SAHWBI). Gould also serves as the Pac-12’s senior woman administrator and has previously led the conference’s diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) efforts, prior to the league’s appointment of its first-ever chief people and inclusion officer.

Prior to the Pac-12, Gould served in leadership roles at the University of California, Davis, including Interim Director of Athletics from 2015-16, Associate Executive Director and Chief Revenue Officer of the alumni association, and Director of the campus-wide UC Davis Partnership Program.

From 2001-14, Gould worked in the athletic department at the University of California, Berkeley in senior roles including Deputy Director of Athletics over external relations, and Chief of Staff to the athletic director.

Gould also spent eight years at the West Coast Conference where she served as Associate Commissioner, and three years at the Midwestern Collegiate Conference as the Director of Championships & Media Relations.

During her distinguished career in college sports, Gould has been appointed to multiple NCAA committees, including the NCAA Management Council (former name for the Division I Council). She is also a former WBCA Administrator of the Year for her leadership in the sport of women’s basketball.

Gould also has experience in the media industry having served three years early in her career with ESPN Regional Television (formerly Creative Sports) in the role of conference coordination and rights acquisition.

Outside of the Pac-12, Gould serves on two boards to advance society through sports. She sits on the Board of Directors of WeCOACH, a nonprofit organization dedicated to recruiting, advancing, and retaining women coaches in all sports and all levels through professional growth and leadership development. She also is a board member of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, a nonprofit organization that uses the power of sport to effect positive social change.

Gould earned a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in Education.