The Information & Technology Leadership Conference aims to advance leadership on campus by bringing together professionals to learn, listen, and collaborate on leadership topics impacting UW–Madison and the higher education community.
Member Responsibilities
- Contributes to overall conference planning objectives and specific committee deliverables.
- Participates in all committee and conference activities.
- Represents functional group area in which they work (Division, School, College, Department, Unit, etc).
- Provides feedback based on functional group’s perspective and interests (Division, School, College, Department, Unit, etc).
- Communicates conference updates and information back to functional group in which they work on a monthly basis.
- Escalates issues to committee co-chair for decision making or referral to sponsor
Current Membership

Mehrnaz Ahmadi Joobaneh
Credentials: she/her/hers
Position title: Business Intelligence Developer, Office of Data Management and Analytics Services
Email:
ahmadijooban
I am part of this conference to help improve collaboration, communication and healthy team work across campus. This is also a great opportunity to learn about different initiatives and teams across campus and beyond

Laurel Belman
Credentials: she/her/hers
Position title: Event Planner, Division of Information Technology
Email:
laurel.belman
You are a leader. You might lead in a big way, like leading your division, or in a small way, like being your team’s expert on a topic. This conference is your opportunity to find and foster ways you can lead in big and little ways.

Nick Heynen
Position title: Communications Specialist, Division of Information Technology
Email:
nick.heynen

Theo Howard
Credentials: he/him/his
Position title: Teaching and Learning Support, Wisconsin School of Business
Email:
theo.howard
Co-chair for the Planning Committee for the 9th Information and Technology Leadership Conference

Conor Klecker
Credentials: he/him
Position title: IT Professional III, Biochemistry Department
Email:
cpklecker
This conference is a great platform to show the many ways we lead each other in our ever shifting environment.

Leah Meicher
Credentials: she/her/hers
Position title: Student Enterprise Applications Administrator Office of the Registrar, Applications Development & Technology Services
Email:
leah.meicher
Co-chair for the Planning Committee for the 9th Information and Technology Leadership Conference

Nicole Senter
Credentials: she/her/hers
Position title: Department Administrator, Medical History & Bioethics
Email:
nicole.senter

Todd Shechter
Credentials: he/him/his
Position title: Chief Technology Officer, Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
Email:
todd.shechter
Executive Sponsor of the Information and Technology Leadership Conference