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

Morgan Allen

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

Nichole Arbino

Staff Liaison
Senior Program Manager
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES

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

Founder & CEO
Decatur, GA, 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

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

Allan Chen

VP for IT
Valencia, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 2021-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

Kevin Crider

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

Jennifer Culver

Sr. Director College Accessibility
Mesquite, TX, 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

Frank Fan

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

Phil Fenstermacher

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

Mike Ferguson

Infrastructure Architect
Orange, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 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

Christina Frasson

Unified Communications Operations Administrator
Fairfax, VA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2025-Present

Lucas Friedrichsen

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

Chris Fruehwirth

IT Director
Notre Dame, IN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2024-Present

Eileen Galvin

Senior Director of Library & Information Technology
Columbus, OH, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2025-Present

Matt Gardzina

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

Chris Gregg

CISO
Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2023-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

Sean Hauze

Chief Operating Officer
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

Jay Hulslander

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

Chris Husser

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

Kelly Johnson

ITS Communications Manager
Chapel Hill, NC, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2025-Present

Brittney Johnson

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

Clay Johnson

Business Development Director
Gilbert, AZ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2025-Present

Ryan Johnston

Associate Director
Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2025-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

Kimberley Jones

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

Don Joshua

Chief Information Officer
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 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

Chris Kelly

Senior IT Support Specialist
Omaha, NE, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2025-Present

Emily Kendall

Staff Liaison
Product Manager, Connect Services
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES

Jennie Kennedy

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

Eric Kenny

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

Margaret Knox

Executive Director
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2019-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

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

Ron Loneker

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

Brian Luper

Director
New Brunswick, NJ, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2023-Present

Ian Lyons

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

Szymon Machajewski

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

Alexander Magid

vCISO
North Providence, RI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Apr 2024-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 Learning Environments and Media Production
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

Patrick Masson

Executive Director
Beaverton, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Sep 2024-Present

Keith Medlin

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

Jeremy Miller

Associate CIO
Versailles, KY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2024-Present

Jessie Minton

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

Maryam Mirza

Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Application & Integration
Stony Brook, NY, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jun 2022-Present

Heather Mitchell

Associate Director
Nashville, TN, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Oct 2024-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

Cyril Oberlander

Library Dean
Arcata, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2024-Present

Robin Pappas

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

Pegah Parsi

Chief Privacy Officer
La Jolla, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jul 2024-Present

Mitch Pautz

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

Terri Pecora

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

Nathan Phillips

Adjunct Professor
Portland, OR, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Nov 2019-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

Jamie Reeves

Staff Liaison
Director of Community, Product, and Portfolio Management
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES

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

Joe Sabado

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

Tamara Santiago

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

Kyle Shachmut

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

Amy Shaiman

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

Raffi Simonian

Executive Director
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2021-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

Sheri Thompson

Retiree
Baton Rouge, LA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Feb 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

Ken 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

Kait Wilcox

Deputy CIO
Grinnell, IA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Jan 2022-Present

Doug Willen

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

Scott Wood

Chief Information Officer
Flint, MI, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: Dec 2023-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

Sarem Yadegari

Manager of Communications and Training
Orange, CA, UNITED STATES
Committee Member: May 2025-Present

Keturah Young

Staff Liaison
Program Manager, Communities
Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES

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

Jim Zahniser

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