Council Member Bio-Sketches
John Balling, Vice President for Integrated Technology Services, joined Willamette University in September 1999. He is responsible for technology planning, network services, academic computing and instructional design, user services, administrative computing, media services, and telecommunications. Prior to coming to Willamette, John served in a similar position for 10 years at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Other information technology positions he has held include terms as head of academic computing at Bowdoin College and as director of the information resource center at the Smithsonian Institution where he implemented the Institution’s first user services program. John has also served as a research psychologist for the Smithsonian Institution and the Harvard Institute for International Development. In his first real job, he was a member of the faculty in psychology at the University of Wisconsin — Madison.
John earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northwestern University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Massachusetts. It was in graduate school that he became involved with computing when he constructed his own equipment and developed software for capturing and analyzing human infants’ physiological responses to auditory stimuli. With respect to information technology, John has led the planning and implementation of the computing infrastructure at several of the Smithsonian’s sites, assisted with the development of medical information systems in several Latin American countries, and has planned and implemented major infrastructure upgrades at both Dickinson and Willamette.
John joined the NWACC Council in June 2001 as the member representative from Willamette.
Bridget Barnes, MBA, MSEM, is Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. Bridget has worked in OHSU's Information Technology Department since 1999 and has had a key role in implementing and managing their business, student, research, and clinical information systems during that time. Bridget's team of technical professionals is responsible for supporting all missions of OHSU (academic, clinical, research and outreach functions), as well as the multiple business entities that support OHSU. She has published and presented to professional organizations on application implementation and selection strategies.
Bridget has served on national and regional information system Boards including the Oracle Higher Education User Group (HEUG), the NorthWest Oracle User Group (NWOUG), the NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Oregon Health Network and Oregon's Health Information Technology Oversight Committee.
Sharon Blanton - Vice Chair of the Board
Sharon Blanton is Chief Information Officer for Portland State University. Sharon has extensive experience directing and managing all aspects of IT service delivery and operations support within highly complex environments, including:
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Overseeing multi-million dollar capital and operating budgets earmarked for enhancement of technology services and infrastructure serving more than 60,000 individuals.
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Serving on key committees, including Strategic Planning, Academic Information Technologies, Budgeting, Emergency Communications, and Campus Public Safety and Security.
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Orchestrating key activities of online instructional learning, college-wide infrastructures, and regulatory compliance for institutions such as Portland State University, Pima Community College District, and Scottsdale Community College.
Sharon is active professionally in EDUCAUSE and is a 2005 graduate of the EDUCAUSE Frye Leadership Institute. She has served on several EDUCAUSE conference committees and project teams and held leadership positions for the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), the Arizona Educational Media Association, the Center for Technology Leadership at Excelsior College, and the Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum (OETC).
She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Capella University, a M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from the University of Virginia, and a B.A. in Mass Communication and Instructional Technology from Towson State University.
Lois Brooks, Oregon State University's Vice Provost for Information Services, leads IT for the University. She provides vision, leadership, and advocacy for the effective application of information technologies to the instructional, research and service missions of the university, and in partnership with executive and academic leadership, develops and executes IT strategy for Oregon State University.
Brooks joined OSU in 2010 after working at Stanford University for many years, serving most recently as Director of Academic Computing. During her tenure at Stanford she co-founded the Sakai Foundation, serving on the Board of Directors and later as Executive Director. She has served on governance committees for EDUCAUSE and InCommon. Brooks holds an MBA from Columbia University, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS from the University of San Francisco.
Marianne Colgrove is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer and the Director of Web Support Services at Reed College. Marianne joined Reed as the Associate Director of Computing & Information Services in 1989. She oversees college web systems, unix system administration, instructional computing, and deployment of computing resources through the college. Prior to her current position she managed Reed's 5-year Technology Plan to integrate computing into all aspects of the academic environment. Marianne has a B.A in Psychology from Reed College.
Marianne has served on the board of the Consortium of Liberal Art Colleges and as a member of the Educause Nominating Committee. Marianne joined the NWACC Member Council in 2002.
Chris Ferguson has been Associate Provost for Information & Technology Services at Pacific Lutheran University since May 2001. I&TS at PLU includes network and related systems, help desks, telecommunications, administrative computing, multimedia services (including audio and TV services), and the full range of library services and resources. Ferguson holds a dual faculty and administrative appointment.
Chris' career has largely been in libraries. It took a strong turn for the technological when he became the inaugural director of USC's Leavey Library, which designed and deployed the nation's first information commons. He spent the next several years in other leadership roles as USC set about integrating libraries and computing. He has written and spoken extensively on the integration of information and IT services as well as issues related to leadership in these arenas. Prior to PLU and USC, Chris held library positions at the University of California Irvine and San Diego campuses.
Chris Gill was appointed as Gonzaga University's Chief Information Officer in March, 2007. He has been a member of the Gonzaga University information technology team for more than 20 years. Beginning in 1990 as a video producer for the University's distance education program, he has held a variety of positions in Media Services and Information Technology Services, including Video Producer/Director, Video Operations Manager, Director of Desktop Support Services, and Director of IT Project Management and Planning.
As an IT manager for more than 13 years at the University, Chris has overseen desktop computer support, the operation of the University's web site and its course management system (Blackboard), and the University's first information technology project management system. In collaboration with the University information technology team, he has managed a range of major technology-related projects including installation of the campus-wide residence hall data network, implementation of Blackboard as the enterprise course management system, installation of the campus's first enterprise web content management system, the complete replacement of the campus wired data network, and the implementation of a campus-wide wireless network.Chris is active professionally in EDUCAUSE and is a 2005 graduate of the EDUCAUSE Frye Leadership Institute. He is also a member of the Project Management Institute and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Conference on Information Technology Management (AJCU-CITM). He currently serves as Treasurer for the AJCU-CITM. He holds a Bachelors degree from Gonzaga University and a Masters Degree in Technology Management from Washington State University.
Terry Gray is Associate Vice President for Technology Strategy and Chief Technology Architect in the UW Technology organization at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. As such, he serves as advisor, technology actuary, and occasional Agent Provocateur. He is also an Affiliate Professor in the UW Computer Science & Engineering Department. Earlier, Terry was UW's Associate VP for IT Infrastructure, and for fifteen years, Director of Networks and Distributed Computing.
Prior to joining UW in 1988, he was Vice President of Engineering for the Bridge Communications Division of 3Com Corporation. Earlier professional experience includes work at Bell Laboratories, Ampex Corporation, and many years in the UCLA Computer Science Department, first as a graduate student, and later in both faculty and staff roles. His education includes a BS in Electronic Engineering from Northrop Institute of Technology in 1967 and a PhD in Computer Science from UCLA in 1978.
For over 30 years his principal technical focus has been on distributed system architecture, but he has also published work in computer security, software engineering, distributed operating system design, network job control, and electronic messaging systems. In the 1990s, he chaired the IETF working group to standardize the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), and was instrumental in bringing advanced Internet connectivity to the Pacific NorthWest, first by overseeing the design and operation of NorthWestNet (the original Internet service provider in the region), and later by leading the engineering team responsible for creating the Pacific/NorthWest Gigapop. Terry also participated in the creation of Internet-2 in 1996, and later served on the Internet-2 Quality of Service, End-to-End Performance, and Security-At-Line-Speed (SALSA) working groups.
During 1999 he became one of the prime movers behind UW's ground-breaking "Internet HDTV" experiments, culminating in systems to send uncompressed 1.5Gbps HD video streams over the Internet. In the following decade, network security became a major focus. Contributions in this area include UW's "Network Security Credo", and overseeing development of logical (topology independent) firewalls. Since 2007, his primary mission has been to help UW prepare for the mobility and cloud computing revolutions.
In a previous life as a young electronics officer, Terry was perhaps best known for commuting to Naval Station San Diego in his dune buggy with the "flower power" paint job.
Don Harris is the Vice Provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the University of Oregon. He oversees the strategic use of information technology at the university. Prior to joining the UO in August 2005, Don served as Vice Provost for Information Technology and CIO at Emory University. Earlier in his career, Don was Associate Vice President for Information Systems at the University of Memphis and held academic and administrative positions at Messiah College, the University of Maryland, and Pepperdine University.
At Emory, Don managed the implementation and upgrade of ERP systems, introduced course management software and collaborative labs to the academic community, and explored new approaches in teaching, such as the use of wireless labs and classrooms. Under his leadership, the IT Division at Emory was recognized for its outstanding work in faculty development and support by the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, and it also served as a case study for the Frye Leadership Institute on how to build collaborative partnerships between IT units, libraries, faculty, administrative groups, and other institutions.
Don’s extensive experience as a teacher has served him well when evaluating and implementing IT needs in the classroom. As associate professor of information systems at Messiah College, he created an information systems major and designed and taught courses that bridged the gap between the computer science and business departments of the college. In addition to being a senior administrator at Emory, he was a faculty member for the Goizueta Business School. He also held faculty appointments at the University of Memphis, University of Maryland, and Pepperdine University.
Don holds a doctorate from the Claremont Graduate University (1983), where his research focused on the use of computer-based financial models and decision support systems, and bachelor's and master's degrees from Biola University. Don was a member of the Frye Leadership Institute Program Committee and Faculty from 2000 to 2005. He served on the EDUCAUSE Professional Development Committee (1997-2000), the Seminars in Academic Computing Committee (1998-2000), and the Southeast Regional Conference Committee (2000-2003), acting as chair for the latter in 2001-2002. In addition, he was a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents Computer Center Directors from 1995-1999, serving as chair in 1998-1999. He joined the NWACC Council in 2005.
Dr. Gwen Jacobs is a Professor of Neuroscience and the Assistant CIO and Director of Academic Computing at Montana State University. Her research spans several fields of Neuroscience, as well as the emerging field of informatics and databases for the scientific community. She served as the founding Head of the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience (2000-2006).
Gwen received her undergraduate training in Human Anatomy and Physiology from UC Berkeley, a Masters Degree in Physiology from UC Davis and her PhD in Neuroscience from SUNY Albany. She was a faculty member at UC Berkeley for 15 years prior to taking her current position at Montana State University where she served as the founding Department Head of Cell Biology and Neuroscience (2000-2006). She directs the Howard Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program; an effort to infuse mathematics and quantitative reasoning into the introductory biology sequence in her department. At the national level she was a member of the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences Advisory Committee for 6 years (1996-2002), and served as chair of that Committee (1999-2000), a member of the National Advisory Research Resources Council (2001-2005), a member of the Society for Neuroscience Committee on Informatics (2004-2008) and currently a member of the Pacific Northwest Gigapop Advisory Board.
Gwen maintains an active research program funded through NSF and NIH in three distinct but overlapping areas of research: probabilistic and compartmental modeling of neural systems, Neuroinformatics, specifically the development of semi-structured databases and computational tools for use by the scientific community and most recently was the PI of the Lariat Networking project; an effort to upgrade the physical network infrastructure in 6 rural state institutions thereby improving the research competitiveness and collaborative activities of biomedical researchers at those institutions. In her new role as Assistant CIO and Director of Academic Computing, she is working on state and regional networking initiatives and developing a focus on scientific computing at Montana State University.
Jerry Johnson is the Chief Information Officer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Jerry joined PNNL in 1978 after graduating from the University of Washington with an MBA and B.S. Electrical Engineering.
PNNL, operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy, is a multi-program laboratory conducting basic and applied research to deliver energy, environmental, and national security for our Nation. As CIO, Jerry is accountable to the Laboratory Director to continuously improve the deployment, use, management and protection of information resources to increase research productivity and operational effectiveness of PNNL. His responsibilities include: serving as the principal advisor to the Laboratory's senior management on Information Technology (IT); maintaining a strategic plan that links IT planning and investment decisions to DOE-wide and PNNL-specific missions and goals; determining PNNL IT investment strategies and priorities; monitoring effective control of the cost, schedule, and performance of IT investments and corresponding projects; and representing PNNL interests concerning information technology to the Department of Energy and to other federal and state agencies.
Jerry is a member and past Chair of the DOE National Laboratories CIO Council, and serves on the Washington State Information Services Board (Appointed by Governor Gregoire in 2009), the University of Washington Technology Advisory Committee, and the InformationWeek Magazine Editorial Advisory Board. Jerry represented PNNL to NWACC from 1989 to 1996 and served on the NWACC Executive Committee of the Board from 1990 to 1996. He rejoined the NWACC Council in 2004.
David Lassner is the founding Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the University of Hawaii, Hawaii's statewide public higher education system, comprised of 10 campuses and 7 education centers serving more than 58,000 students on 6 islands. David is also a member of the University's Graduate Faculty and has taught both online and in-person in Computer Science, Communications, Business, and Education.
David has played an active leadership role in a variety of local, national and international ICT organizations. He chaired Hawaii's Broadband Task Force and served on the Boards of Hawaii's High Technology Development Corporation and the Hawaii Public Broadcasting Authority, Hawaii's PBS affiliate. He has served on or chaired the Boards of the Pacific Telecommunications Council, Internet2, WCET and Educause.
David is Principal Investigator for the Maui High Performance Computing Center, co-PI for the Pacific Disaster Center, and has served as PI for several additional NSF and DoD projects in networking, cyberinfrastructure and educational technology. David holds AB and MS degrees from the University of Illinois in economics and computer science respectively, and a Ph.D in communication & information sciences from the University of Hawaii.
John Lawson is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Western Washington University. His responsibilities run the usual CIO gamut of network services, academic computing and instructional design, user services, administrative computing, media services, and telecommunications.
Prior to joining WWU in August 2006, John served as Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at Tulane University. Preceding Tulane, John served as CIO at Pepperdine University. Earlier in his career, John held academic and administrative positions at the University of Oregon, Lewis-Clark State College, and Towson University.
At Tulane, John managed the implementation and upgrade of ERP systems, completed an institutional wide wireless network, renewed collaborative labs and technology, and reorganized the academic and user support groups into one organization. John served as Tulane's representative and vice-chair of the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) to bring high speed networking, high performance computing, and grid architecture to Louisiana's research institutions. He was CIO for Tulane during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He considers himself an expert at evacuating with higher education executives from hurricanes.In addition to holding the senior administrator position of CIO at three institutions, he also held faculty appointments in computer science at Lewis-Clark State College and Towson University. At the University of Oregon he held adjunct faculty and research appointments in education and computer science.
John holds a doctorate from the University of Oregon (1985), where his research focused on the determinants of success in the introduction to computer science course utilizing a variety programming languages. He also holds a bachelor's (geography, 1982) and two master's (geography, 1983 and computer science, 1983) degrees from the University of Oregon. John has served on a number of program committees including Educause 2005 and various National Educational Computing Conferences. He served as President and Executive Director of the National Educational Computing Association.
John Lehman - Vice President
John Lehman is Director of International Programs and professor of information systems and international business at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he is also an affiliate professor of far Eastern philosophy. His former positions have included Executive Director for Information Technology for the University of Alaska Statewide System, Technical Director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Region Supercomputer Center, and acting Dean of the School of Management. He is also the University of Alaska representative (and head of the international collaboration subcommittee) for the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium.
John's academic background (all at the University of Michigan) includes a BA, MA, and ABD in Chinese studies, MBA in Accounting, and PhD in Information Systems. His research focus is on computerization of classical Chinese texts.
John served on the NWACC Board and Executive Committee from 1995 to 1998. In 1996 he was elected NWACC Secretary/Treasurer and continues to serve as an ex officio member of the Council. He chairs the Finance Committee and Investment Sub-Committee and has served on the Fee Task Force.
William Morse joined University of Puget Sound as Chief Technology Officer on February 1, 2010. He came to UPS from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia.
In his four years at Oglethorpe, William modernized and managed the university's technology infrastructure, resulting in improved service and considerable savings, introduced automated tools to improve desktop computer maintenance, replaced the switch-based telecom system with Voice-Over-Internet Protocol, and turned a challenging enterprise resource planning system implementation into a functional asset. He achieved ambitious goals with relatively few resources, while focusing on implementing the best systems to serve the needs of faculty, students, and staff.
Prior to this, William was Chief Information Officer at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. Earlier roles included interim director of information services at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory, and director of information technology services at the School of Law at Emory. William earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science and a Juris Doctorate degree in law with honors from Emory University.
William is active in his profession and has written or contributed to numerous articles on information technology in higher education. While at Emory he helped develop a groundbreaking bio-informatics program and has taught in that program since its inception
Keiko Pitter is the Interim Chief Technology Officer at Lewis & Clark College. Previously, Keiko was the Chief Technology Officer for Whitman College from 1998 through 2011. She held a similar position for six years prior at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.
Keiko holds a bachelor's degree (1970) in mathematics from UCLA and a master of arts in computer education (1990) from the University of Nevada, Reno. Previously, she was a member of the navigation team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, a programmer/analyst at Tektronix, in Beaverton, Oregon, and an instructor/department chair in the CIS department and later the Director of Information Services at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada.
Keiko is involved in various technology related organizations both locally and nationally and has published more than 30 books (Random House and McGraw Hill) on computer applications, programming logic, Web development and the Internet. Her books have been translated into German, Hebrew, Hungarian and Turkish.
Keiko began her involvement with NWACC in 1992, when she became an institutional representative for Willamette University. In 1994, she chaired the User Services Committee for NWACC/NW-Net. She has been a member of the NWACC Council since 1997 and served on various committes.
Aaron Powell was appointed Director of Computing and Communication at The Evergreen State College in January 2006. His responsibilities include academic and administrative computing, network services and telecommunications for the Evergreen campus.
Prior to his position at Evergreen, Aaron served as Chief of Information Technology for Washington's child support program. As the IT Chief, Aaron was responsible for management of software development, mainframe/server databases, network services, and desktop support for 1500 users distributed statewide at over 40 service centers. His team also provided project management and extensive user training in support of major upgrade projects. He was instrumental in the development and implementation of integrated performance measurement systems and in the design and implementation of significant automation within the financial management systems.
Aaron earned his undergraduate and Masters from The Evergreen State College and joined the NWACC Council as Evergreen's representative in January 2006.
As Chief Information Officer for Eastern Washington University, Gary Pratt holds the following responsibilities: Lead university information technology support functions: computing, telecommunications, distance learning, technology-based faculty and staff training and development; academic technology; local and wide area networks; administrative applications; database and application development; technology hardware and software recommendation, purchase, installation, support, and troubleshooting; audio/visual support; technology-based course development and offerings.
Prior to joining EWU in 2007, Gary was the Associate Provost for Information Technology/CIO at Northern Kentucky University (1999-2006). In the course of his career, Gary has achieved the following accomplishments:
- Developed, implemented, and led significant re-organization of IT support divisions at 3 institutions
- Implemented ERP systems at 2 institutions; digital telecommunications systems at 3 institutions; high-bandwidth networks at 3 institutions; Web site redesigns at 3 institutions
- Led multiple statewide initiatives, including: annual state-wide education technology conferences for 5 years (first ever in Kentucky); state-wide negotiation for Learning Management System for all public and private education (Kentucky); chaired state-wide E-learning group (Kentucky); and developed and chaired inaugural Washington Higher Education Technology Consortium
Gary holds a Bachelor of Science, Mathematical Engineering; Master of Arts, Computer Information Systems; and Doctorate, Management and Organizational Leadership. He is a Frye Leadership Institute Fellow. Gary joined the NWACC Member Council in 2007.
Carmen is Assistant Vice President for Information Technology (ITS) at Central Washington University (CWU) in Ellensburg, WA, where he has been since September of 2003. Prior to CWU, Carmen was the CTO and Director of Information Technology at Lewis-Clark State College for 2 years, where he also served as an adjunct faculty for Information Systems Management curriculum. From 1996 to 2001, Carmen was the Director of Computer Services and Technology at the Immunex Corporation in Seattle, and for fourteen years prior to that he held various engineering and IT management positions at the Naval Engineering Center in Keyport, WA. Since arriving at CWU, Carmen has overseen numerous advancements in technology at the University, and the consolidation of the Web Development Office and the Enterprise Information Systems Department with the ITS Department.
Carmen received his BS in Electronics Engineering from South Dakota State University in 1981, his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Engineering Technology in 1988 from City University and a Certificate in Public Administration from Indiana University/Purdue University in 1995. Carmen joined the NWACC Council in June 2004.
Leslie Riester is Associate Vice President for Information Technology at Portland Community College. College Information Technology Services provides technology planning, consulting and project management services, telecommunications and network services, user support services, server administration, classroom and lab support, help desk and training, and media services, which includes distance learning operations.
Leslie earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of Michigan, her M.A. in journalism from the University of Colorado, her M.I.L.S. from the University of Michigan, and is A.B.D. in information studies at University of Michigan. She taught journalism at Northern Arizona University and information technology courses at University of Michigan. She served on the Editorial Committee for CAUSE (pre-EDUCAUSE days), and remains active in EDUCAUSE. She is a member of ACM and a former member of SIG-CHI and ALA. Leslie has been a member of the NWACC Council since June 2004.
Marty Ringle is the Chief Technology Officer at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Prior to coming to Reed in 1989, he chaired the computer science department at Vassar College. He holds a Ph.D. from SUNY Binghamton, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the T.J. Watson School of Engineering. Marty is a trustee of Marylhurst University (Portland) and has served on boards, advisory groups, or steering committees for EDUCAUSE, the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC), the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), the Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC), the Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL), the Center for Higher Education Chief Information Officer Studies, Apple Inc., SCT Corporation, Addison-Wesley, Inc., the Fielding Graduate Institute, and many other organizations. During the past twenty-five years he has consulted on technology issues for more than a hundred and fifty colleges, universities, corporations, foundations, and government agencies.
Marty was elected to the NWACC Board in 1990. He became Vice President of NWACC in 1994, Chair of the Board in 1996, and President in 1999. He serves ex officio on all NWACC committees.
Phil Sheehan is the Director of Computing Services at Clark College. Mr. Sheehan oversees academic and administrative computing, and telecommunications at Clark. Prior to assuming his administrative post, Phil taught for seventeen years at Clark College in electronics, telecommunications, and computing. Mr. Sheehan serves on the IT Commission for the Community and Technical College system in Washington State. Phil is also a member of the Microsoft Higher education Advisory Group. Phil earned a BA degree from the University of Washington and an MBA from Marylhurst University. For relaxation, Phil enjoys flying and hiking. Phil joined the NWACC Council in 2001.
Greg Smith is the Chief Information Officer at George Fox University, with responsibility for administrative and central computing services, networking telecommunications, user services, classroom/multimedia support, institutional research and hybrid learning technology. He came to the Northwest in 2004 from the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he served as the Director of IT for eight years. While at GFU, Greg has migrated the LMS to Moodle, overseen the implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft ERP solution, launched numerous hybrid learning programs and placed GFU at the forefront of the EdTech community.
Prior to the IT career in Academia, Smith was a Systems Consultant with Hewlett-Packard, primarily with the Analytical Group working out of San Francisco, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Other jobs included IT activity in the oil shale and coal mining industries of Colorado along with owning a computer store in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Prior to the IT careers, Greg was a chemist for various electric power generating companies.
Greg earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Indiana University, IU, in 1978 and completed an M.S. in Bioinformatics from IU in 2003. Greg's thesis was titled "Security of Our Personal Genome" which investigated the protection required for our ultimate personal identity. Greg is active with Educause, CCCU Tech committees. Greg is the Vice President of Newberg's LoveINC and is Chairman of the Board for GeoAid. Greg joined the NWACC Council in 2004.
Dan is the Chief Information Officer at Whitman College. Prior to joining Whitman, Dan held positions as CTO at Lewis & Clark College, CTO for Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho, the Director of Information Technology for the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Ohio, and Manager of Academic Computing at Augsburg College in Minnesota.
Dan holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Augsburg College and completed graduate work (ABD) towards a doctorate in Educational Policy and Administration in Higher Education from the University of Minnesota. Dan has made presentations at a variety of conferences including EDUCAUSE and the Society for College and University Planning.
From 2001 to 2005, Dan served on the National Datatel Users Group Board of Directors. Dan has served in various capacities within EDUCAUSE, including the Administrative Award Committee, regional conference program committee and the SAC program committee.
Dan has been active in NWACC since joining the council in 2001 and served as the Vice Chair of the Board from 2005 to 2006 and Chair of the Board from 2006 to 2008.
Dave Tindall - Chair of the Board
Dave Tindall is the Assistant Vice President for Technology Services at Seattle Pacific University, a position he has held since 1981. He serves as the chief information officer with oversight of administrative computing, central computing services and networks, telecommunications, microcomputing, user services and classroom/multimedia support. During his tenure at SPU he has been an adjunct faculty member in Computer Science and Business and Economics; has overseen the creation of a robust campus network; upgraded the campus administrative software systems to SCT Banner for most administrative functions; created a centralized HelpDesk and User Services division; brought numerous services online via the web (registration, computer account management, classified ads, directory services, library databases, event calendaring, financial transactions and reporting, etc..); and implemented microcomputer hardware and software standards across employee desktops, academic labs and classrooms.
Dave has a Bachelors degree in Business and Economics (SPU, 1975) and Master's degree in Information Systems (SPU, 1989). He has served on many regional and national committees and boards in the areas of information technology and business administration.
Dave has been the NWACC member representative from Seattle Pacific University since 1991. He served as Vice Chair of the Board from 2008 to 2010 and will serve as Chair of the Board from 2010 to 2012.
Irv Wiswall is Interim Chief Technology Officer at Linfield College, a position he assumed in July 2001 as part of a college-wide consolidation of information technology services. Prior to that he was Director of College Computing at Linfield for 9 years, Director of Academic Computing at the University of North Carolina-Asheville for 4 years, Manager of User Support at Cornell University for 2 years, and provided technical and statistical support for the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research for 2 years. He has a BS (1980) and a MS (1982) in Development Sociology, both from Cornell University. Prior to that he had a career providing social services to adolescents where he learned skills that he still draws on when communicating with systems programmers.
Irv has been the NWACC member representative from Linfield since 1992.