Meet the Top 10 Panel

About the Top 10 Panel

The EDUCAUSE Top 10 Panel includes individuals from EDUCAUSE member institutions to provide quick feedback to EDUCAUSE on current issues, problems, and proposals across higher education technology. Susan Grajek, EDUCAUSE Vice President, Partnerships, Communities and Research, coordinates the group's activities and reports. Panel members serve for one year with staggered terms.

Panel members are selected by EDUCAUSE to reflect the composition of its membership, and include CIOs, other senior technology and library leaders, and faculty. The group may occasionally include others with useful perspectives, such as leaders from other associations or non-technology higher education leaders. Membership is by invitation only; discussions are private except for the reports mentioned below, and individual members' contributions are kept confidential.

Panel Responsibilities and Process

Members of the Top 10 Panel have two principal responsibilities:

Once each quarter, the EDUCAUSE Vice President, Partnerships, Communities and Research, convenes the Top 10 Panel for approximately two hours. In advance of each quarterly session, EDUCAUSE asks panel members to identify the issues they believe are most important in higher-education IT practice at that point, emergent or otherwise significant. During the meeting, panel members and participating EDUCAUSE leaders discuss the issues members have listed, and agree on which seem most important. The resulting list then becomes the basis for developing the yearly Top IT list. Based on the quarterly discussions, EDUCAUSE may also commission papers or reports, organize online webinars, conduct case studies, undertake research, or solicit relevant sessions for EDUCAUSE conferences and events.

From time to time—no more frequently than monthly—EDUCAUSE asks panel members to respond to specific questions. Sometimes these questions are about topics that have arisen during events or in online discussions; the goal is a quick read on how widespread or important those topics are. Sometimes the questions are about actions EDUCAUSE might take or changes it might make to existing programs. Issues Panel members agree to respond to such questions quickly, generally within 48 hours.

Meet The Top 10 Panel

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2026 Panel

Photo of Karen Bates
Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer
London Business School
Photo of Shelly Belflower
Director - IT Software Licensing and Contract Management
Weber State University
Photo of Sean Brown
Dir Strategy and Operations- Campus Reimagined
Florida State University
Photo of Jennifer Burns
Associate VP Information Technology
The University of British Columbia
Photo of Didier Contis
Executive Director Academic Technologies, Innovation, and Research Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Photo of James Crooks
Chief Information Officer
Durham University
Photo of Penny Evans-Plants
Chief Information Officer
Berry College
Photo of Dan Ewart
VP for Information Technology and CIO
University of Idaho
Photo of Adam Finkelstein
Associate Director, Learning Environments
McGill University
Photo of Isabel Gallin
Vice President
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Photo of Dr. Justin Gatewood
Chief Information Security Officer
CCC Technology Center
Photo of Jenn Haas
CIO and Vice President for Information Technology Services
Macalester College
Photo of Mo Hossain
Director of Instructional Technology
Claflin University
Photo of Fred Kass
Associate CIO for IT Operations
Amherst College
Photo of Olivia Kew-Fickus
Chief Data Officer and Executive Director for Data & Strategic Analytics
Vanderbilt University
Photo of Diego Leal Fonseca
Executive Lead, Digital Educational Laboratory
Universidad de Los Andes Colombia
Photo of Hema Manickavinayaham
Associate VP - Planning & Digital Transformation
California State University, Sacramento
Photo of John McGuthry
Vice President and CIO
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Photo of David McMorries
CISO
Oregon State University
Photo of Jessie Minton
Vice Chancellor for Technology and CIO
Washington University in St. Louis
Photo of Helen Norris
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Chapman University
Photo of Jesus Ramirez
Director - Student Products
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Photo of Brandon Rich
Director of AI Enablement
University of Notre Dame
Photo of JT Singh
Senior Associate Vice President & CIO
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Photo of Eudora Struble
Director, Technology Accessibility
Wake Forest University

Staff Liaisons

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Susan Grajek
Retired
Photo of Catherine Yang
Vice President, Content Strategy and Communications
EDUCAUSE
Photo of Jamie Reeves
Director of Community, Product, and Portfolio Management
EDUCAUSE
Photo of Connie Ferger
Associate Director, Marketing
EDUCAUSE

2025 Panel

Photo of John Augeri
Director Center for Teaching & Learning / UNIF
CSIESR
Photo of Kyle Bowen
Deputy CIO
Arizona State University
Photo of Lois Brooks
CIO and Vice Provost for Information Technology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Photo of Michael Cato
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Bowdoin College
Photo of Andrea Childress
CIO and Assistant Vice President for Information T
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Photo of Deborah Dent
Deborah Dent
CIO
Jackson State University
Photo of Erin DeSilva
Associate Provost, Digital and Online Learning
Dartmouth College
Photo of David Escalante
Director of Computer Security
Boston College
Photo of Vito Forte
Vito Forte
Director & Chief Information Officer
Edith Cowan University
Photo of James Frazee
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
San Diego State University
Photo of Marc Hoit
Vice Chancellor & CIO
North Carolina State University
Photo of Jared Johnson
AVP, Academic Technology & Customer Experience
The George Washington University
Photo of Wes Johnson
Executive Director Campus IT Experience
University of California, Berkeley
Photo of Ed Kelty
CIO
Finger Lakes Community College
Photo of Kristina Lillemets
Chief Digital Officer
University of Tartu
Photo of Jackie Milhans
Director, Research Computing and Data
Northwestern University
Photo of Michele Norin
Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Brian Paige
Vice President for IT & CIO
Calvin University
Photo of Tracy Shinn
Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Information Officer
University of California, Berkeley
Photo of Carrie Shumaker
Vice Chancellor for IT and Chief Strategy Officer
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Photo of Lisa Trubitt
Assistant CIO for Strategic Communications
University at Albany, SUNY
Photo of Luke VanWingerden
Chief Information Officer
Tri-County Technical College
Photo of Don Welch
VP for IT and Global University CIO
New York University
Photo of Christa Winqvist
CIO
Aalto University
Photo of Tim Wrye
CIO
Highline College
Photo of Felix Zuniga
Campus Engagement Partner
California State University, Office of the Chancellor