NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2010 - The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today that Donna Shalala and Roger T. Staubach have joined the organization's national board of directors. Shalala, the president of the University of Miami (Fla.), and Staubach, a 1981 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee from Navy and the current executive chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, become the latest in a list of impressive leaders to serve on the national board, including Chairman Archie Manning, President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell, Vice Chairman Clayton I. Bennett, Vice Chairman J. Murry Bowden, and Vice Chairman George M. Weiss.

"It's an honor to welcome Donna Shalala and Roger Staubach to our board," said NFF President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell. "They are clearly two of our country's most respected leaders, and each has a passion for collegiate athletics. Their combined business acumen and knowledge of issues facing collegiate athletics will greatly aid in the National Football Foundation's mission of building leaders through football."

Founded in 1947 with early leadership and support from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and renowned journalist Grantland Rice, the NFF serves as a leading voice in the promotion of amateur football and its ability to develop the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and the drive for academic achievement in America's young people.

"Adding individuals of this caliber to our national board reinforces our role as a driving force in the promotion of amateur football from border-to-border and coast-to-coast," said NFF Chairman Archie Manning. "We are pleased to have their counsel and support as we work to promote everything right about our great game."

Other recent additions to the NFF Board include Troy Aikman, television game analyst for Fox Sports and a 2008 College Football Hall of Fame inductee from UCLA; William "Bill" Battle, the founder of the Collegiate Licensing Company; Scott Blackmun, CEO of the United States Olympic Committee; Timothy Cook, the chief operating officer of Apple Computer; Robert L. Epling, president & CEO of the Community Bank of Florida; P. Scott McKibben, executive director of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses; Jim Nantz, television broadcaster with CBS Sports; and T. Boone Pickens, the founder & chairman of BP Capital.

The NFF programs cover the entire spectrum of amateur football. The College Football Hall of Fame, one of the nation's premier sports museum, stands as the centerpiece to organization's efforts, showcasing the accomplishments of the 1,072 legends from all divisions of college football who are immortalized within its walls. The 120 NFF chapters in 47 states reach more than 4,800 high schools and 400,000 football players with more than 1,000 annual events, including coaching clinics, leadership conferences, college nights, media days, and awards banquets.

The NFF is a leader in programs encouraging academic performance by student-athletes. Launched in 1959 with funds donated by Coach Blaik, the NFF Scholar-Athlete Awards program became first initiative in history to distribute post-graduate scholarships based on a player's academic, athletic and leadership accomplishments. Currently, the program annually distributes $300,000 in highly sought-after post-graduate scholarships to the best from the college gridiron, and since its inception the program has awarded $9.5 million to 740 student-athletes. Combined with the more than $1 million distributed by the NFF chapters, total annual NFF scholarships currently exceed $1.3 million each year. The NFF Hampshire Honor Society recognizes all the college football players from all divisions who maintain a 3.2 GPA or better, and the NFF Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association brings together all of the past recipients to support the NFF's efforts.

Launched in 1998 and currently in 60 schools in 22 cities, Play It Smart, the NFF's highly successful mentoring program for at-risk kids, has established itself as one of the most comprehensive and effective youth development programs in the country. The program dramatically increases graduation and college enrollment rates while earning countless scholarships for its participants each year.

Major Awards presented by the NFF include the MacArthur Bowl, representing the pinnacle in team achievement and claimed by every college football national champion since 1959; the NFF Gold Medal granted for exceptional contributions to our society and claimed by seven U.S. Presidents and numerous other business titans since 1958; the William V. Campbell Trophy (endowed by HealthSouth), which is bestowed annually on the nation's top college scholar-athlete since 1990; and numerous other awards designed to promote the good in the game and recognize unique contributions to the sport.

The NFF also plays a prominent role as a resource for the media by releasing the weekly Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings; producing the widely acclaimed Monday's Chalktalk, which provides a weekly compendium of college football news; adding historical perspective to the college football season with This Week in College Football History; and providing access to the wit and wisdom of NFF Historian Dan Jenkins, the celebrated sportswriter and best selling novelist.

Donna Shalala
President
University of Miami, Fla.

Donna E. Shalala became Professor of Political Science and President of the University of Miami on June 1, 2001. President Shalala has more than 25 years of experience as an accomplished scholar, teacher, and administrator.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, President Shalala received her A.B. degree in history from Western College for Women, now a part of the Miami University (OH). One of the country's first Peace Corp Volunteers, she served in Iran from 1962 to 1964 She earned her Ph.D. degree from The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

She has held tenured professorships at Columbia University, the City University of New York (CUNY), and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She served as President of Hunter College of the City University of New York from 1980 to 1987 and as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993.

During her tenure, UM has solidified its position among top U.S. research universities and continues to rise in national rankings, including an unprecedented 20-point climb in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges, " moving from 67th in 2000 up to 47th in 2010. Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami, the first billion-dollar capital campaign completed in the state of Florida, raised $1.4 billion in private support for the university's endowment, academic and research programs and facilities.

In 1993 President Clinton appointed her U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she served for eight years, becoming the longest serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history. At the beginning of her tenure, HHS had a budget of nearly $600 billion, which included a wide variety of programs including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Child Care and Head Start, Welfare, the Public Health Service, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

As HHS Secretary, she directed the welfare reform process, made health insurance available to millions of children through the approval of all Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), raised child immunization rates to the highest levels in history, led major reforms of the FDA's drug approval process and food safety system, revitalized the National Institutes of Health, and directed a major management and policy reform of Medicare. At the end of her tenure as HHS Secretary, The Washington Post described her as "one of the most successful government managers of modern times."

She served in the Carter administration from 1977-80 as Assistant Secretary for Public Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She is a Director of Gannett Co., Inc., the Lennar Corporation, and Mednax, Inc. In 2007, President George W. Bush handpicked Shalala to co-chair with Senator Bob Dole the Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors, to evaluate how wounded service members transition from active duty to civilian society. In 2009 she was appointed chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine.

President Shalala has more than three dozen honorary degrees and a host of other honors, including the 1992 National Public Service Award, the 1994 Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award; in 1992, BusinessWeek named her one of the top five managers in higher education; in 2005 she was named one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; and she received the 2010 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, which recognizes individuals for outstanding dedication to improving the health and life chances of disadvantaged populations in South Africa and internationally.

In June 2008, President Bush presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. She has been elected to the Council on Foreign Relations; National Academy of Education; the National Academy of Public Administration; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the American Philosophical Society; the National Academy of Social Insurance; the American Academy of Political and Social Science; the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Roger T. Staubach
Executive Chairman
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas

Roger T. Staubach is Executive Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate.

Roger's role is focusing on client relationships, new business development and strategy. The firm offers integrated services delivered by expert teams worldwide to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying or investing in real estate. With 2007 global revenue of $2.7 billion, Jones Lang LaSalle has approximately 180 offices worldwide and operates in more than 700 cities in 60 countries. The firm is an industry leader in property and corporate facility management services, with a portfolio of approximately 1.2 billion square feet worldwide. LaSalle Investment Management, the company's investment management business, is one of the world's largest and most diverse in real estate with more than $54 billion of assets under management.

Prior to joining forces with Jones Lang LaSalle, Roger was Executive Chairman of The Staubach Company, a market leading global real estate advisory firm that delivered cost-effective solutions for office, industrial and retail clients. When Roger entered the commercial real estate industry in 1977 the concept of "user representation" was not widely practiced. He saw the potential in this idea and was committed from the outset that The Staubach Company would exclusively represent users of space.

He expanded services to meet clients' ever-changing requirements. Areas of expertise included strategic consulting, site selection, acquisition, disposition, construction consulting / project management, real estate administration, portfolio management, facility management, business and economic incentives and financing and capital solutions. The Staubach Company's 1,600 people served 3,000+ clients from 70 North American offices and completed 7,280 transactions totaling $28 billion and 200 million square feet during the fiscal year 2007.

Known for its unparalleled standard of business and personal ethics, the company served the following clients: Advanced Micro Devices, Blockbuster Inc., Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Carter & Burgess, Cisco Systems, CVS Corporation, Office Max, Patterson Companies, PBS, PepsiCo, Science Applications International Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, T-Mobile USA, Target, Time Warner Cable, United Stationers and Wachovia Corporation.

In July 2008, The Staubach Company merged with Jones Lang LaSalle, bringing together the unique strengths of two powerful organizations into one integrated global company.

A 1965 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a bachelor of science in engineering, Roger served four years as a Navy officer. At the Naval Academy, he starred for Midshipman at quarterback, winning the 1963 Heisman Trophy and later earning induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. After the Navy he joined the Dallas Cowboys professional football team, leading the team to five Super Bowls and two Super Bowl victories and later earning induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. While playing for the Cowboys, he launched his real estate career.

Roger serves on the board of directors of Jones Lang LaSalle, AMR Corporation and Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and is the Chairman of the Host Committee for Super Bowl XLV which will be held in North Texas in 2011. He continues to be involved with The Children's Cancer Fund, the United States Naval Academy Foundation and numerous other civic, charitable, and professional organizations.