Newly restructured IHETS Board of Directors is announced

Released: April 19, 2006
Contact: communications@ihets.org

INDIANAPOLIS—As part of a major organizational review during the third and fourth quarters of 2005, IHETS announces a newly restructured Board of Directors.

The 13-member board includes top administrators at public and private higher education institutions, state agencies, and nonprofit public sector organizations. They include:

• Dr. Lloyd W. Benjamin, chair
  President, Indiana State University
  
• James R. Bottom
  Vice President, Information Technology & CIO, Purdue University
  
• Gerry Weaver
  Chief Technology Officer, State of Indiana
  
• Dr. Ron Davis
  Provost, Vincennes University
  
• Dr. James Dworkin
  Chancellor, Purdue University North Central
  
• Dr. Hans Giesecke
  President, Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc.
  
• Dr. Ed Kinley
  Vice President, Information Technology & CIO, Indiana State University
  
• Dr. James Moseley
  President, Franklin College
  
• Michael Piper
  Executive Director, Indiana Cooperative Library Services
  
• Dr. Jeff Pittman
  Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College–Wabash Valley
  
• Dr. Suellen Reed
  State Superintendent of Public Instruction
  
• Mark Rozewski—
  V ice President for Business Affairs, University of Southern Indiana
  
• Dr. O’Neal Smitherman
  Vice President, Information Technology & CIO, Ball State University
  
• Dr. Bradley Wheeler
  Vice President, Information Technology, Indiana University
  
• Lloyd Wright
  President & General Manager, WFYI Channel 20

Responsible for IHETS stewardship, governance, and general oversight, these individuals will engage in priority-setting, strategic planning, and developing policies for services. In addition, they will oversee fiduciary matters and act as advocates on behalf of all consortium members. The IHETS Executive Committee, composed of the board chair and the chairs of each IHETS operating committee, will report directly to the board. The Executive Committee will determine how to move forward with and resolve policy and operational issues.

For more information, see http://www.ihets.org/about/gvn/board/index.html.

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