College Sports Information Directors of America

The Sun Belt Conference has hired Todd Stewart as associate
commissioner for media relations.

Stewart comes to the Sun Belt after working in the National Football League
for the previous 14 years, including his latest stint as executive director
of communications and media relations for the Cleveland Browns.

At the Sun Belt, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native will manage a three-person
staff, implementing internal and external communications for all Sun Belt
Conference publicity.

“We are just so delighted to bring in a person as talented and experienced
as Todd,” said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Wright Waters. “This is the
final piece in strengthening our media relations staff, and I am really
looking forward to some exciting things.”

Stewart worked for nine years in the Indianapolis Colts public relations
office (1990-1998) before joining the Browns in March of 1999.

His college experience includes a stint in the sports information office at
the University of Tennessee (1988-1990).

“Todd makes members of the media feel as though they are being treated with
the utmost respect and professionalism,” said former Cleveland Browns CEO
Carmen Policy. “He has that unique ability to make people feel comfortable,
and he is also the complete team player.”

Stewart and his wife, Rebecca, have a son, Blake.