About PTAC

The President’s Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) is a presidentially appointed committee of faculty, students, and staff formed in 2012 as a recommendation within the University Strategic Plan.  Its charge is to advise the President on technology issues, provide input on the purchasing of digital systems, and to advise, foster, and enable academic technologies and libraries at UMW.

2016-17 PTAC Membership:

  • Rosemary Arneson, University Librarian
  • Hall Cheshire, CIO
  • Colin Coleman, Assistant Director, Residence Life
  • Leanna Giancarlo, Associate Professor
  • Steve Greenlaw, Professor
  • Mary Kayler, Director, Teaching Excellence and Innovation
  • Director of Digital Communications, Vacant
  • Jeffrey McClurken, Professor and Special Assistant to the Provost for Teaching, Technology, and Innovation
  • George Meadows, Professor
  • Jerry Slezak, Director of IT Support Services, PTAC Chair
  • Jesse Stommel, Executive Director, Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies
  • Zach Whalen, Assistant Professor
  • Student Representative, Vacant