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.
Current Membership
- Mehrnaz Ahmadi Joobaneh (she/her/hers), Business Intelligence Developer, Office of Data Management & Analytics Services
- Alex André (he/him/his), Multimedia Designer, School of Nursing
- Abrianna Barca (she/her/hers), Assistant Director, Identity and Access Management (IAM), DoIT
- Laurel Belman, Event Planner, DoIT Communications
- Dadao Hou (he/him/his), Institutional Policy Analyst III & Affirmative Action Officer, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement (DDEEA)
- Theo Howard (he/him/his), Digital Learning Consultant, Wisconsin School of Business (WSB); committee co-chair
- Conor Klecker (he/him), IT Professional III, Biochemistry
- Leah Meicher (she/her/hers), Student Enterprise Application Manager, Registrar’s Office, committee co-chair
- Jay Ray (he/him/his), Technology Operations Manager, UW-Madison Libraries
- Nicole Senter (she/her/hers), Department Administrator, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+
- Todd Shechter (he/him/his), Chief Technology Officer, Division of Information Technology (DoIT); executive sponsor
- Scott Winger, Help Desk Analyst, AIMS
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