A member of the Tiger Athletic Foundation Board of Directors is no longer serving in his position after University officials discovered his indictment in a nationwide steroid distribution ring.Dr. Jodi Silvio, a 49-year-old pharmacist residing in Fairhope, Ala., faces 62 counts of drug conspiracy, drug distribution, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering connected with his alleged involvement in the Applied Pharmacy Services (APS) compounding pharmacy in Mobile, Ala. He faces a maximum of five years in prison for the drug conspiracy and distribution counts and 20 years maximum for the money laundering counts.Silvio “personally filled numerous prescriptions and orders for anabolic steroids, including veterinary drugs not approved for human use,” according to a 33-page indictment unsealed Jan. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Silvio allegedly owned 15-25 percent of the pharmacy while acting as a treasurer and fill-in pharmacist.Silvio and 11 other defendants are charged with distributing the drugs, including testosterone and   human growth hormone, to doctors and dealers in states such as Florida, California, Texas and Louisiana. Some of the drugs were allegedly dispensed to users under the age of 21.Silvio has donated more than $100,000 to the University during his lifetime, according to the 2004-2005 LSU Foundation annual report that identified him as a “benefactor” level contributor. The baseball media guide also identifies Silvio as a member of the Coaches Committee, a group of donors to the baseball program.Herb Vincent, the athletic department liaison to TAF, said he could not comment on Silvio’s indictment or explain how the athletic department did not previously know about the charges. Silvio’s name was removed from the TAF Web site late Friday afternoon. “I can’t comment any further,” Vincent said Friday evening. “We just became aware of this today.”Collis Temple III, also a TAF Board member, said he only spoke with Silvio briefly during several meetings.”I’m pretty blown away,” Temple said. “I don’t know him well, but obviously with anyone who is a fellow Board member, you hope he is innocent until proven guilty.”Board members Robert Hollier and Brian Woodward also said they did not have much interaction with Silvio. Of the 29 members of the Board of Directors, just two were from outside the state, according to the TAF Web site.”I may have met him once or twice,” Hollier said. “Since he’s from Alabama, he probably seldom came to the meetings anyway.”Skip Bertman, athletic director emeritus and former baseball coach, said he has no recollection of ever meeting Silvio.”I don’t know who that is,” Bertman said. “If that is correct, that he donated lots of money, I don’t know anything about that.”—-Contact Amy Brittain at [email protected]