Three cross-unit functional teams have been officially charged to:
- Promote solutions according to the priorities that arise from Business IT events and the Annual Symposium
- Engage the broader campus community around the priorities
- Propose recommendations and resource allocation strategies to advance the solutions proposed
- Communicate with the other teams to move the priorities forward. The team chairs and membership is listed below.
We encourage you to reach out to the chairs with ideas or suggestions that you believe are relevant to efforts in their functional areas.
Steering
- Gabe Gibson, Technology Services
- Barb Geissler, Office of the Provost
- Deb Stone, Illinois Human Resources
- Scott Genung, Technology Services
- Vicky Gress, Office of the Provost
Human Resources

- Gabe Gibson, Technology Services, Chair
- Deb Stone, Illinois Human Resources
- Joe Bohn, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
- Lori Willoughby, College of Engineering
- Skye Arseneau, University Library
- Stephanie Haas, College of Education
- Sue Key, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Finance
- Mike Wellens, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Chair
- Adam VanDuyne, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity
- Catherine Ocen, Graduate College
- Evan Simpson, Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation
- Jason Butler, Illinois Cancer Center
- Kris Williams, Grainger College of Engineering
- Nick Unser, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
- Suzanne Rinehart, Applied Health Studies
Data
- Michelle Rome, Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences, Chair
- Amy Edwards, Division of Management Information
- Kim Nystrom, Enrollment Management
- Travis Ashmore, Grainger College of Engineering
- Xiaobei Chen, Office of the Provost, Budget & Resources