Established in February 2025, the IT Restructure Advisory Council serves as a strategic advisory body to provide guidance, feedback, and recommendations on the restructuring of IT services, initiatives, and governance. The council helps ensure IT restructuring strategy aligns with institutional priorities, user needs, and emerging technology trends.
Scope & Responsibilities
• Provide strategic input on IT restructuring initiatives and priorities.
• Advocate for the technology needs of faculty, staff, students, and researchers.
• Ensure IT services remain aligned with institutional goals and user experience expectations throughout the restructure process.
• Facilitate collaboration between IT leadership and key stakeholders.
Members
The council is composed of representatives from key stakeholder groups across the university, including faculty, staff, administration, business, research, and students.
Faculty and academic representatives:
- Craig Aspinwall, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Zhao Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Joellen Russell, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor of Geosciences - Tyson Swetnam, Ph.D.
Director of Open Science, Institute for Computation and Data-enabled Insight and Research Associate Professor of Geoinformatics
Staff representative:
- Carlson Factory
Assistant Director, Information Technology, University Information Technology Services
Administrative and business representatives:
- David Borycz
Assistant Dean, Finance, College of Fine Arts - Arezu Corella, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management & Associate Dean, Undergraduate Admissions - Michael Hairgrove
Assistant Athletic Director, Broadcast Engineer, Athletics Department - Sabre Sarnataro
Executive Director, Digital Marketing, Marketing & Brand Management - Karl Timmerman
Assistant Director, HR Systems Administration, Division of Human Resources
Research representative:
- Sangita Judge, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research Operations, Research Innovation & Impact
Student representative:
- Jacob Fink
ASUA Senator, Eller College of Management