Rising Star Award Recipients

2023 Recipients

• Wes Johnson
  Executive Director for IT Experience, UC Berkeley
• Jackie Milhans
  Director of Research Computing and Data, Northwestern University

2022 Recipient

• Joseph Licata
  Product Management Consultant, and Former Associate Chief Information Officer, Maricopa County Community Colleges District

2021 Recipients

• Tonya Bennett
  Director of Educational Technology
  University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
• Kyle Shachmut
  Assistant Director of Digital Accessibility Services
  Harvard University

2020 Recipient

• Shannon Dunn
  Assistant Director
  University of Florida Information Technology Center for Instructional Technology and Training

2019 Recipient

• Tina Pappas
  Associate Director, Innovation and Technology
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

2018 Recipient

• Damian M. Doyle
  Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure Services
  University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2017 Recipient

• Liv Gjestvang
  Associate Vice President, Learning Technology, Office of Distance Education and eLearning
  The Ohio State University

2016 Recipient

• Emily Lynema
  Associate Head, IT, and Director of Academic Technology, NCSU Libraries
  NC State University

2015 Recipient

• Brandon Bernier
  Director of User Services
  University of Wisconsin–Madison

2014 Recipient

• Katie Vale
  Director of Digital Learning
  Harvard School of Public Health

2013 Recipients

• Barron Koralesky
  Associate Director of Information Technology Services
  Macalester College
• Jennifer Sparrow
  Senior Director of Networked Knowledge Ventures and Emerging Technologies Virginia Tech

2012 Recipient

• Melissa Woo
  Vice Provost for Information Services and CIO
  University of Oregon

2011 Recipient

• Keith W. McIntosh
  Acting Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
  Pima Community College