Dave Brandon
	Position: Director of Athletics

• David Brandon Named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (1/5/2010)

David A. Brandon was named director of the University of Michigan Department of Intercollegiate Athletics on Jan. 5, 2010, and began his appointment on March 8. A U-M alumnus who played football under Bo Schembechler and later served as a U-M regent, Brandon, 57, was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Ann Arbor-based Domino's Pizza, Inc.

Brandon became chairman and CEO of Domino's Pizza in March 1999. He led the successful completion of Domino's initial public offering, marking the largest quick-service restaurant IPO in history. In 2009, Domino's had nearly 9,000 franchised and company-owned stores in the United States and 65 countries, with global retail sales over $5.5 billion.

Previously, Brandon served as chairman, president and CEO of Valassis Communications Inc. of Livonia, Mich. In his 20 years with the marketing and sales promotion firm, the company grew from a family-owned business of 75 employees and $30 million in sales to a publicly traded industry leader with 1,300 employees and a total enterprise value exceeding $2 billion.

Brandon received a bachelor of arts degree in communications from the University of Michigan in 1974, and was a member of three Big Ten championship football teams under coach Schembechler. He also has honorary doctorate degrees from Walsh College, Schoolcraft College, Lawrence Technological University, Cleary College, Albion College, Davenport University and Central Michigan University, where he served as a trustee from 1994-98.

Brandon and his wife, Jan, along with former U-M head football coach Lloyd Carr and his wife, Laurie, head the $754 million U-M C.S. Mott Children's and Women's Hospital Replacement Project fundraising campaign. Among the preeminent pediatric hospitals in the nation, Mott Hospital will total 1.1 million gross square feet when it opens in 2011.

Elected to the U-M Board of Regents in 1998, Brandon served one eight-year term with the University. In 2007, he received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from the U-M Alumni Association. In 2008, he received the Bennie Oosterbaan Award for service, dedication and leadership from the Bob Ufer Quarterback Club. Also in 2008, Brandon was honored as national CEO Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.

Brandon continues to serve as non-executive chairman at Domino's, a role which includes serving on the Board of Directors but does not require day-to-day responsibilities with the company. A native of Michigan, he resides in Ann Arbor and has three adult sons, Scott, Nick and Chris, and a daughter, Carli.