Georgia Tech school president G.P. “Bud” Peterson has a central role in the ACC’s deliberation over its response to a North Carolina state law that has already led the NBA and NCAA to pull marquee events from the state. Many have found the law – known as HB2 – to be discriminatory against LGBT people.
As chair of the NCAA board of governors, Peterson helped steer the NCAA’s response to the law that was made public Monday – taking seven championship events out of North Carolina. Peterson was elected to the position in August.