This week’s Free2Learn Podcast episode brings a conversation with Lynn Parman, COO of NAIA located in Kansas City, MO.Currently serving as the COO for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and recently appointed to the Board of Governors for Missouri State University, Lynn Parman leads the day-to-day operations and growth for the NAIA.At the end of March of 2020, the NAIA completely cancelled their annual basketball championship and started to prepare for COVID-19. For the last seven months, Lynn has been on the front-lines of policy changes and decisions that directly affect thousands of higher education students.Her team’s goals have been to make decisions that cause no harm to the student bodies that NAIA serves. With health and safety at the forefront of policies being created. Lynn talks to Scott about who to turn to for medical advic. And how to resume collegiate sports in a socially distant world. Lynn previously, served as the vice president of business development for McCown Gordon Construction and as president and CEO of the American Royal Association. She has also earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Missouri State.