Community Group Leaders Committee

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Rosie Alcaraz

Manager, Academic Systems
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2024-Present

Jon Allen

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

Morgan Allen

Executive Director, IT
Clemson University
Clemson, SC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Tasha Almond-Dannenbring

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

Charron Andrus

Associate Chief Information Security Officer
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Gerard Au

Chief Infomation Officer
California State University, San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Mar 2021-Present

Daniel Ayala

Chief Information Security Officer
Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI)
The Hague, ZH, NETHERLANDS
Committee Member: Oct 2022-Present

Todd Barber

Executive Director, Enterprise Applications & Data Services
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Melissa Barnett

Data Governance Manager
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Donna Bayer

Instructional Designer
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Mar 2021-Present

Shelly Belflower

IT Director - Software Licensing and Contract Management
Weber State University
Ogden, UT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2023-Present

Tracey Birdwell

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

Bob Black

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

Arthur Brant

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

Heather (HB) Brown

Instructional Designer
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2023-Present

Melody Buckner

Associate Vice Provost of Digital Learning
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2021-Present

Jen Burch

IT Project Manager Senior
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Aren Cambre

Director, Web Application Services
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2021-Present

Jon Caris

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

Chris Cashmere

Risk, Compliance, and Privacy Manager
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2023-Present

Joseph Caudle

HR Transformation Developer
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Carlyn Chatfield

IT Technical Communicator
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2024-Present

Allan Chen

VP-IT/CTO
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2021-Present

Lanita Collette

Acting CIO
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Aug 2023-Present

Kevin Crider

CIO
Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2017-Present

Jennifer Culver

Director of Digital Innovation and Accessibility
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2023-Present

Louis Daher

Data Security Analyst - Michigan Engineering
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2023-Present

Niranjan Davray

Chief Information Officer
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2022-Present

Chris Deaton

Systems Programmer, Google Admin
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2020-Present

Colby Deitz

Client Systems Specialist
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Katy Dobreva

Marketing Program Manager, Professional Development
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2023-Present

David Driesbach

Assistant Vice President, Research
Florida International University
Miami, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2023-Present

Wendy Epley

Principal Analyst, Information Security GRC
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2023-Present

Charlie Escue

Information Security Manager
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2020-Present

Penny Evans-Plants

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

Frank Fan

Education Technology Specialist
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Committee Member: Mar 2019-Present

Linda Feng

Vice President of Architecture
D2L
Kitchener, ON, CANADA
Committee Member: Nov 2021-Present

Phil Fenstermacher

Manager of Systems Design & Architecture
The College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2023-Present

Mike Ferguson

Infrastructure Architect
Chapman University
Orange, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2023-Present

Arantxa Fernandez

Helpdesk Technician
McKendree University
Lebanon, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Adam Finkelstein

Associate Director, Learning Environments
McGill University
Montreal, QC, CANADA
Committee Member: Oct 2020-Present

Lucas Friedrichsen

ITSM Product Manager
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Isaac Galvan

Manager, Cybersecurity Training and Program Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2023-Present

Matt Gardzina

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

Parke George

Staff Liaison
Member Relations Specialist
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

Susan Grajek

Staff Liaison
Vice President, Partnerships, Communities and Research
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

Chris Gregg

CISO
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2023-Present

Calvin Groves

Director, Customer Support & Outreach
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Maureen Guarcello

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

Sean Hagan

Chief Information Security Officer
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Mar 2022-Present

Marcia Ham

Learning Analytics Research & Development Consultant
Ohio State University
OH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2021-Present

Sean Hauze

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

Jon Hays

Manager, Communication & Collaboration Services
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Holly Heller-Ross

Librarian and SUNY WIT Founder
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2023-Present

Natalie Hidalgo

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

Kelli Horan

Staff Liaison
Social Media Specialist
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

Tom Horton

Chief Information Security Officer
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2024-Present

Shellie Hubert

Assistant Director - Enterprise Application Services
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2022-Present

Jay Hulslander

Software Developer
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2022-Present

Chris Husser

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

Susan Ivey

Director, Research Facilitation Service
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2023-Present

Rebecca Joffrey

Technology Innovation Officer
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2021-Present

Brittney Johnson

Library Curriculum and Instruction Developer
St. Edward's University
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2023-Present

Alice Jones

Assistance Director of Facilities, Storage and Data Center Services
University of Illinois Central Administration
Champaign, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Aug 2024-Present

Stacy Jones

ADA Compliance Analyst
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2024-Present

Kimberley Jones

VP of IT and CIO
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2021-Present

Don Joshua Joshua

Chief Information Officer
Union Theological Seminary
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Marissa Jules

Director Architecture & Infrastructure
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2020-Present

Michelle Kaiser

Business Relationship Manager
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2023-Present

Joe Karam

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

John Kelly

Product Manager
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2020-Present

Kevin Kelly

IT Manager, School of Math
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Jennie Kennedy

Chief Privacy and Data Protection officer
University of Texas System
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2024-Present

Eric Kenny

Network Architect
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2018-Present

Margaret Knox

Executive Director
University of Texas System
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2019-Present

Jason Kopp

Director for IT Operations and Solutions Architecture
Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis Campus
Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2022-Present

Satya P Kunta

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

Eric LaCroix

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

Leah Lang

Staff Liaison
Director of Corporate Engagement
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

Amy Lin

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

Alex lindstrom

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

Dr. Jenna Linskens

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

Danny Liu

Professor of Educational Technologies
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA
Committee Member: Apr 2023-Present

Karen Lokey

Associate Director, IT Innovation Services
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Aug 2023-Present

Ron Loneker

Director, IT Special Projects
Saint Elizabeth University
Morristown, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2024-Present

Brian Luper

Director
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2023-Present

Ian Lyons

Network Manager
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Szymon Machajewski

Director Learning Tech & Innovation
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2023-Present

Alexander Magid

VCISO
Compass IT Compliance
North Providence, RI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2024-Present

Jackie Malcolm Bailey

Vice Chancellor of Information Technology
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2023-Present

Joe Mancini

Chief Information Officer
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2019-Present

Courtney McHenry

Staff Liaison
Account Manager, Corporate Engagement
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

Keith Medlin

Director of Technology, Division of Academic & Student Affairs
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Mar 2022-Present

Jeremy Miller

Associate CIO
Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Versailles, KY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Jessie Minton

Vice Chancellor for Technology and CIO
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2020-Present

Maryam Mirza

Senior Director for IT, Client Experience and IT Strategy
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2022-Present

Krista Moats

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

Tony Moore

Chief Information Officer
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2021-Present

Erin Morgan

Committee Member: Jun 2022-Present

Mark Napier

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

Piet Niederhausen

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

Michele Norin

Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2020-Present

Robin Pappas

IT Governance Program Manager
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Pegah Parsi

Chief Privacy Officer
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2024-Present

Mitch Pautz

ITSM manager
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2021-Present

Terri Pecora

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

Nathan Phillips

CIO
American College of Healthcare Sciences
Portland, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2019-Present

Cynthia Proctor

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

Sheri Prupis

Director, Teaching & Learning Technologies
Virginia Community College System
Richmond, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2024-Present

Ed Puckett

Enterprise Senior IT Project Manager
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2023-Present

Brandon Reese

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

Kari Robertson

Chief Technology Officer
University of California, Office of the President
Oakland, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2021-Present

Rose Rocchio

Director of Mobile Web Research and Accessibility
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2016-Present

Randy Rode

Senior Consultant
Yale University
New Haven, CT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Joe Sabado

Deputy CIO
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2024-Present

Tamara Santiago

Associate Director
New York University
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Beth Schaefer

COO/DCIO
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2018-Present

Kyle Shachmut

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

Amy Shaiman

Director of Technology
Miami University
Oxford, OH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2023-Present

Jeannine Shantz

Director, Research, Evaluation & Assessment
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2024-Present

Jason Shuff

Manager/Tech Lead
Yale University
New Haven, CT, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2023-Present

Carrie Shumaker

Vice Chancellor for IT and Chief Strategy Officer
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2021-Present

Sayeed Sidiqyar

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

Cass Simmons

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

Raffi Simonian

Executive Director
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

Cliff Smith

Instructional Technologist/Designer
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2022-Present

Andy Smith

Information Technology Disaster Recovery Program Manager
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2024-Present

Candice Solomon-Strutz

Director of IT Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2024-Present

Scott Sorley

Executive Director ICT Services
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, QLD, AUSTRALIA
Committee Member: Jan 2018-Present

Jenn Stewart

Drone Operations Manager
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2021-Present

Eudora Struble

Director for Technology Accessibility
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2022-Present

Rooji Sugathan

Assistant Vice Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2020-Present

Mark Sullivan

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

Svetla Sytch

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

David Thomas

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

Sheri Thompson

Alumna
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2023-Present

Scott Tiner

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

Ryan Turner

Director of Networking
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Mar 2019-Present

Susan Van Alstyne

Library Director
Centenary University
Hackettstown, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-Present

John Virden

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

Lucy Walker

Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2022-Present

Carly Walker

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

Mark Wehrle

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

Andy Weisskopf

Chief Information Security Officer
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2023-Present

Michelle White

Operations Director
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Mar 2022-Present

Kait Wilcox

Director of Data Insights
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Doug Willen

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

Tim Winders

Assistant Vice President and Deputy CIO
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2024-Present

Scott Wood

Chief Information Officer
Baker College System
Flint, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2023-Present

Robyn Wood

Assistant Director, Office of Technology
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2023-Present

Wendy Woodward

Executive Consultant
Moran Technology Consulting
Naperville, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Keturah Young

Staff Liaison
Program Manager of Communities
EDUCAUSE
Washington, DC, UNITED STATES

Mahmoud Youssef

Director, Integration and Development
The George Washington University
Ashburn, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2022-Present

Ellen Yu

Chief Information Officer
Union College
Schenectady, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2022-Present

Jim Zahniser

University of Maryland
College Park, MD, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2021-Present