Professional Organization: EDUCAUSE

Michael Roy
Michael Roy works at Middlebury College where he is Dean of Library and Information Services. He is one of the founding editors of Academic Commons.
Janet Simons
Janet Simons is an instructional technologist at Hamilton College supporting the scholarship of teaching and faculty development programs. Janet specializes in tailored course designs that integrate technology and learning theory to achive specific learning goals.
Gail Matthews-DeNatale
GAIL MATTHEWS-DENATALE works with faculty and administrators on strategic plans for teaching and learning with technology across the curriculum. She has a Ph.D. from Indiana University and over ten years of experience developing, implementing, and assessing online educational projects. Previously, she was a faculty member with George Mason University's Institute for Educational Transformation, Projects Manager for Northeastern University's EdTech Center, and Learning and Technology Specialist for an NSF-funded online Masters in Science Education degree program developed in collaboration by TERC and Lesley University. Her interests include: culturally-responsive teaching, intercultural learning, qualitative research, formative assessment, and fostering learning communities online.
Leslie Hitch
Leslie Hitch is the Director of Academic Technology Services at Northeastern University. In this position, she serves as the translator, catalyst and sometimes arbiter between information technology and the academic community. Prior to joining Northeastern, she was a Vice President at Harcourt, Inc. during the launch of their online college. Her higher education experience includes developing executive education at Babson College, directing a masters program at Simmons College, and involvement in strategic planning for several colleges. She has been consultant to IBM's Global Education business unit. At Educause and NERCOMP, she has spoken on the topic of Demand Management and its complexity in higher education. Her professional development program, Higher Ed 101- A Short Course for Technology Professionals will be highlighted at the 2006 Campus Technology Conference. She holds a B.A. and MBA from Simmons College and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Britt Watwood
Britt Watwood is an online learning specialist with the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence, working with faculty to improve teaching and learning through online education.
Roger Schonfeld
Roger Schonfeld Roger Schonfeld leads the research group at Ithaka, where he studies how new technologies are affecting academia and how the changes they bring can best be managed. His recent work focuses on the transition to an electronic-only journals environment, faculty attitudes towards new technologies, and the history and future of texts' survivability. Roger is the author of JSTOR: A History (Princeton, 2003), which examines the sustainability of scholarly resources by focusing on JSTOR's development. He has also published The Nonsubscription Side of Periodicals (CLIR, 2004) and the most comprehensive examination of the systemwide print book collection, 'Books without Boundaries,' Journal of Electronic Publishing, 2006. Previously, Roger was a research associate at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Jon Shannon
Jon Shannon is Chief Information Officer at the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. He has leveraged technology to acheive organizational goals in education and administration at higher and secondary education institutions for more than 20 years.
Anne Agee
Anne Scrivener Agee is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Laura Blankenship
Laura is Senior Instructional Technologist in Information Services at Bryn Mawr College. She is completing her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition with a focus on using technology in writing instruction this May.