EDUCAUSE Welcomes New Board Members
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For Release:
September 12, 2024 -
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EDUCAUSE, the association for information technology in higher education, has announced two new board members who were elected by the association’s membership. Joining the board will be Hector Molina, Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO at Fayetteville State University, and Donna Petherbridge, Vice Provost, Digital Education & Learning Technology, at North Carolina State University. Both will serve four-year terms starting in October 2024.
“It’s a pleasure to welcome Hector and Donna to the EDUCAUSE Board,” said John O’Brien, EDUCAUSE president and CEO. “They’re both engaged and well-respected members of our community. I am confident that their board service will be of immeasurable value in these years of dynamic technology innovation and change.”

Hector Molina
Hector M. Molina has been Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Fayetteville State University since 2022. Additionally, Molina serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Broadwell College of Business and Economics and is a Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) Fellow. Prior to his work at FSU, Molina served as the Deputy Chief Information Officer at East Carolina University.
Molina is an active member of the EDUCAUSE community and currently serves as an EDUCAUSE Ambassador. His involvement with EDUCAUSE includes serving as a conference proposal reviewer, a committee member for the 2023 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and for the 2023 ELI Annual Meeting, and as a member of the EDUCAUSE New Managers Institute.
Molina holds a bachelor of science degree in information technology from East Carolina University, a master of business administration from Colorado State University, a master of arts in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University, a master of science in information technology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and a doctorate in business administration from Wilmington University. He was a 2023/2024 American Council on Education Fellow, and in 2022 he was a Higher Education Leadership Fellow at Arizona State University, an Executive Leadership Institute Fellow at The University of North Carolina System, and an Executive Leadership Academy Fellow at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has also been an Executive Leadership Development Academy Fellow at East Carolina University, and he is a National Certified Public Manager Consortium (CPM) through the State of North Carolina and a National Certified Government Chief Information Officer (CGCIO) through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Donna Petherbridge
Donna T. Petherbridge serves as the Vice Provost for DELTA (Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications) at North Carolina State University. Petherbridge has been part of DELTA since its formation in 2000 and has worked at NC State University since 1997.
In addition, Petherbridge is an Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor in the Educational, Leadership, Policy & Human Development (ELPHD) department in the NC State College of Education, where she teaches online courses, mentors graduate students, and serves on dissertation committees. She has been an associate member of the graduate faculty since 2008.
She is actively involved with NC State University committees, task forces, and IT strategic planning endeavors, working closely with IT and academic leaders across campus, where she facilitates conversations around academic technology opportunities, challenges, governance, and practices that support student success. She is an active member of the EDUCAUSE community, regularly serving as a program proposal reviewer, and is serving on the conference planning committee for the 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. She is currently a member of the EDUCAUSE Review Advisory Committee and the EDUCAUSE Digital Learning Leaders Institute faculty. She has previously served as an EDUCAUSE Leadership Academy mentor and Professional Pipeline student mentor.
Petherbridge holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Elon University, a master’s degree in information science from North Carolina Central University, and a doctorate in education in adult & community college education from North Carolina State University. She has also obtained an Executive Women in Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
Visit the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors web page for information about board member responsibilities, as well as a complete list of EDUCAUSE Board Members.
About EDUCAUSE
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to lead the way, advancing the strategic use of technology and data to further the promise of higher education. We connect and empower our member community through insights, advocacy, resources, and learning opportunities to anticipate trends and strengthen professional practice.
We welcome diversity—in viewpoints and experience—and believe in inspiring the transformation of higher education in service to a greater good. Visit www.educause.edu.