Liz Tovar currently serves as Senior Associate Athletics Director for student-athlete academic student services, a role she has served in since August 2013. She joined the Iowa athletics staff after serving as Associate Athletics Director of student-athlete academic support services at Northern Illinois. She previously worked in student-athlete academic services at The Ohio State University and the University of Kansas. Tovar earned a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.