Community Group Leaders Committee
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Rosie Alcaraz
Manager, Academic Systems
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2024-Present

Jon Allen
Associate Vice President CIO & CISO
Waco, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2020-Present


Tasha Almond-Dannenbring
Lead Data and Analytics Consultant and Sr. Strategic Project Manager
Gilbert, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2023-Present

Charron Andrus
Associate Chief Information Security Officer
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Meredith Aronson
Director, CRM & Digital Experience Services
Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2024-Present

Eric Au
Associate Director of Info Tech
Auburn , AL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2024-Present

Daniel Ayala
Chief Information Security Officer
The Hague, ZH, NETHERLANDS
Committee Member:
Oct 2022-Present

Anna Ayoung-Stoute
Assistant Dean for Access, Research and Learning Services
Boca Raton, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2024-Present

Todd Barber
Executive Director, Enterprise Applications & Data Services
Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2022-Present

Melissa Barnett
Director of Data Strategy & Governance
Cambridge, MA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2022-Present

Wendy Battles
Cybersecurity Awareness Advisor
New Haven, CT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2024-Present

Donna Bayer
Instructional Designer
University Park, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Mar 2021-Present

Tracey Birdwell
Assistant Director Center for Instructional Excellence
West Lafayette, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Aug 2023-Present

Bob Black
Director, IT Process and Planning
Oxford, OH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2020-Present


Arthur Brant
Sr Director, Information Security & Infrastructure
Abilene, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2020-Present

Carrie Brown
ACI Research and Education Facilitator
University Park, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2025-Present

Heather (HB) Brown
Instructional Designer
Norfolk, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Apr 2023-Present

Melody Buckner
Associate Vice Provost of Digital Learning
Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2021-Present


Aren Cambre
Director, Web Application Services
Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2021-Present

Jon Caris
Director, Spatial Analysis Lab
Somerville, MA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2023-Present

Chris Cashmere
Risk, Compliance, and Privacy Manager
Lincoln, NE, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2023-Present

Carlyn Chatfield
IT Technical Communicator
Ithaca, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2024-Present


Nicolas Colbert
Senior Manager of Monitoring & Tools
Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2024-Present

brian Cors
Service Manager / Cloud Collaboration Services
Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2024-Present


Jennifer Culver
Higher Ed Community Engagement Manager
Annapolis, MD, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2023-Present

Louis Daher
Data Security Analyst - College of Engineering
Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2023-Present

Niranjan Davray
Chief Information Officer
Hamilton, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2022-Present

Chris Deaton
Systems Programmer, Google Admin
Raleigh, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2020-Present

Colby Deitz
Client Systems Specialist
Cullowhee, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Jamie DePastino
Data Governance Manager
Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2024-Present

Katy Dobreva
Marketing Program Manager, Professional Development
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2023-Present

David Driesbach
Assistant Vice President, Research
Miami, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2023-Present

Wendy Epley
Principal Analyst, Information Security GRC
Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2023-Present

Charlie Escue
Information Security Manager
Bloomington, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2020-Present

Penny Evans-Plants
Chief Information Officer
Mount Berry, GA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2021-Present



Phil Fenstermacher
Manager of Systems Design & Architecture
Williamsburg, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2023-Present


Arantxa Fernandez
IT Helpdesk Supervisor
Lebanon, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2024-Present

Adam Finkelstein
Associate Director, Learning Environments
Montreal, QC, CANADA
Committee Member:
Oct 2020-Present

Barbara Forth
CDO
Williamsburg, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2025-Present

Lucas Friedrichsen
ITSM Product Manager
Corvallis, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2022-Present


Isaac Galvan
Community Program Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jul 2023-Present

Matt Gardzina
VP of Information Services and Librarian of the College
New London, CT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2021-Present



Calvin Groves
Director, Customer Support & Outreach
Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2024-Present

Maureen Guarcello
Director, Program Evaluation, Compliance, & Assessment
San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2022-Present

Jeff Gutkin
Chief Information and Innovation Officer
Morristown, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2024-Present

Sean Hagan
Chief Information Security Officer
Houghton, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Mar 2022-Present

Marcia Ham
Learning Analytics Research & Development Consultant
OH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2021-Present

Sean Hauze
Senior Director, Instructional Technology Services
San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2024-Present

Jon Hays
Manager, Communication & Collaboration Services
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Holly Heller-Ross
Librarian and SUNY WIT Founder
Plattsburgh, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2023-Present

Marcela Hernandez
Chief Data Officer
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Committee Member:
Sep 2024-Present

Natalie Hidalgo
Chief Information Officer, Steinhardt School
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2024-Present


Tom Horton
Chief Information Security Officer
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jul 2024-Present


Chris Husser
Vice President of Product
Boca Raton, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2019-Present

Brittney Johnson
Library Curriculum and Instruction Developer
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2023-Present

Alice Jones
Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Facilities
Champaign, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Aug 2024-Present

Stacy Jones
ADA Compliance Analyst
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2024-Present



Michelle Kaiser
Business Relationship Manager
Manhattan, KS, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2023-Present

Joe Karam
Director, Enterprise Monitoring Services
Princeton, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Kevin Kelly
IT Manager, School of Math
Princeton, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Jennie Kennedy
Chief Privacy and Data Protection officer
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2024-Present



Satya P Kunta
Chief Data Architect & Senior Director, Enterprise Data Management
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2022-Present

Eric LaCroix
Director of Technology
New Hampton, NH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Leah Lang
Staff Liaison
Senior Director, Partnerships and Corporate Engagement
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES

Amy Lin
Director of The Teaching & Learning Centre
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Alex lindstrom
Vendor Services Risk & Program Manager
Stanford, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2023-Present

Dr. Jenna Linskens
Director, Center for Inst Design & Ed Tech
Ithaca, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Aug 2022-Present

Danny Liu
Professor of Educational Technologies
Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA
Committee Member:
Apr 2023-Present

Karen Lokey
Associate Director, IT Innovation Services
Kingston, RI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Aug 2023-Present

Ron Loneker
Director, IT Special Projects
Morristown, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2024-Present



Szymon Machajewski
Associate Director Learning Tech & Innovation
Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2023-Present


Jackie Malcolm Bailey
Vice Chancellor of Information Technology
Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2023-Present

Joe Mancini
Chief Information Officer
Blue Bell, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2019-Present

Gianna Mangicaro
Associate Director, ITS LEMP
Syracuse, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Apr 2025-Present

Hema Manickavinayaham
Associate VP - Planning & Digital Transformation
Sacramento, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2024-Present


Keith Medlin
Director of Technology, Division of Academic & Student Affairs
Raleigh, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Mar 2022-Present


Jessie Minton
Vice Chancellor for Technology and CIO
Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2020-Present

Maryam Mirza
Senior Director for IT, Client Experience and Strategic Initiatives
Hoboken, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2022-Present


Krista Moats
Manager, IT Marketing & Communications
Notre Dame, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Aug 2024-Present

Tony Moore
Chief Information Officer
Prairie View, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2021-Present

Mark Napier
Director of IT/ Chief Info Privacy and Security Officer
Bloomington, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2022-Present

Piet Niederhausen
Executive Director of Strategic Alignment
Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2022-Present

Clinton Nitz
Endpoint Deployment Manager
Fort Myers, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Apr 2025-Present

Michele Norin
Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer
New Brunswick, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2020-Present


Robin Pappas
IT Governance Program Manager
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present



Terri Pecora
Director of Academic Applications
Blacksburg, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present


Cynthia Proctor
Director of Communications and Academic Policy Development, Provost's Office
Albany, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2019-Present

Sheri Prupis
Director, Teaching & Learning Technologies
Richmond, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jul 2024-Present

Ed Puckett
Enterprise Senior IT Project Manager
Manhattan, KS, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2023-Present

Michelle Rakoczy
Associate Director Infrastructure & Operations
Bismarck, ND, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2024-Present

Brandon Reese
Business Relationship Manager
West Lafayette, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2024-Present

Rose Rocchio
Director of Mobile Web Research and Accessibility
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2016-Present

Randy Rode
Education Strategy Consultant
New Haven, CT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2022-Present




Kyle Shachmut
Senior Director of Digital Accessibility
Cambridge, MA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2019-Present


Jeannine Shantz
Director, Research, Evaluation & Assessment, Close School of Entrepreneurship
Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2024-Present

Sayeed Sidiqyar
Sr. Director, Information Security
Nashville, TN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2022-Present

Cass Simmons
OIT Trainer
Salt Lake City, UT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2024-Present


Cliff Smith
Instructional Technologist/Designer
Moorhead, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2022-Present

Andy Smith
Information Technology Disaster Recovery Program Manager
Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2024-Present

Candice Solomon-Strutz
Director of IT Services
Urbana, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2024-Present

Eudora Struble
Director, Technology Accessibility
Winston Salem, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Apr 2022-Present

Mark Sullivan
Business Relationship Manager
West Lafayette, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2024-Present

TJ Summerford
IT Manager, Enterprise CRM
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2024-Present

Svetla Sytch
Assistant Director of Privacy and IT Policy
Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Sep 2021-Present

David Thomas
Executive Director for Online Programs
Denver, CO, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2023-Present


Scott Tiner
Director of Client Services
Lewiston, ME, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2018-Present

Chris Tompkins
Director, Enterprise CRM
Bloomington, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2024-Present

Ryan Turner
Director of Networking
Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Mar 2019-Present

Kenneth Udas
Vice Provost, Digital Learning Initatives
Moscow, ID, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Nov 2024-Present

Susan Van Alstyne
Library Director
Hackettstown, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

John Virden
AVP, Chief Information Security Officer
Oxford, OH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2023-Present

Lucy Walker
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research
New Paltz, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Oct 2022-Present

Carly Walker
Manager, Higher Education Consultancy
Vernon Hills, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2020-Present

Mark Wehrle
Technical Director of Unified Communications Technologies
Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Mar 2022-Present

Andy Weisskopf
Chief Information Security Officer
East Lansing, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
May 2023-Present

Michelle White
Operations Director
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Mar 2022-Present


Doug Willen
Senior Academic Technologist
Swarthmore, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Dec 2021-Present

Tim Winders
AVP IT and Deputy CIO
West Lafayette, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2024-Present


Robyn Wood
Assistant Director Office of Technology
Lubbock, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jun 2023-Present

Wendy Woodward
Practice Lead - Strategic Digital Transformation & Leadership
Naperville, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jan 2022-Present


Mahmoud Youssef
Director, Integration and Development
Ashburn, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Feb 2022-Present

Ellen Yu
Chief Information Officer
Schenectady, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member:
Jul 2022-Present

