Overview

• NewsNation’s Paula Froelich is credited with the scoop, which was subsequently repeated by outlets including the New York Post and Hindustan Times.
• Shipman, 62, a Columbia alumna, has served as acting president since March following Katrina A. Armstrong’s departure.
• Spisak, 41, played goalkeeper for the Washington Freedom, Saint Louis Athletica and Boston Breakers, later coached the Washington Spirit Reserves, and now runs a sports agency.
• Friends cited in the reports say the couple divide time between New York and Washington, D.C., and intend to marry by year’s end.
• Shipman was previously married to Jay Carney, with whom she has two children, and an insider says the former spouses and their partners remain on good terms.