text:
John Balling, Vice President for Integrated Technology Services, joined Willamette University in September 1999. He is responsible for technology planning, network services, academic computing and instructional design, user services, administrative computing, media services, and telecommunications. Prior to coming to Willamette, John served in a similar position for 10 years at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Other information technology positions he has held include terms as head of academic computing at Bowdoin College and as director of the information resource center at the Smithsonian Institution where he implemented the Institutions first user services program. John has also served as a research psychologist for the Smithsonian Institution and the Harvard Institute for International Development. In his first real job, he was a member of the faculty in psychology at the University of Wisconsin  Madison.
John earned his bachelors degree in psychology from Northwestern University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Massachusetts. It was in graduate school that he became involved with computing when he constructed his own equipment and developed software for capturing and analyzing human infants physiological responses to auditory stimuli. With respect to information technology, John has led the planning and implementation of the computing infrastructure at several of the Smithsonians sites, assisted with the development of medical information systems in several Latin American countries, and has planned and implemented major infrastructure upgrades at both Dickinson and Willamette.
John joined the NWACC Council in June 2001 as the member representative from Willamette.
Bridget Barnes, MBA, MSEM, is Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. Bridget has worked in OHSU's Information Technology Department since 1999 and has had a key role in implementing and managing their business, student, research, and clinical information systems during that time. Bridget's team of technical professionals is responsible for supporting all missions of OHSU (academic, clinical, research and outreach functions), as well as the multiple business entities that support OHSU. She has published and presented to professional organizations on application implementation and selection strategies.
Bridget has served on national and regional information system Boards including the Oracle Higher Education User Group (HEUG), the NorthWest Oracle User Group (NWOUG), the NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC), Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Oregon Health Network and Oregon's Health Information Technology Oversight Committee.
Jackie Barretta serves as the Interim CIO at Portland Community College, where she has consulted since 2014. Previously, she was the Interim CIO at College of Marin and the CIO of Con-way Inc. She has over 30 years of senior and executive leadership, primarily in Higher Education and Fortune 500 companies.
Jackie is a prolific author on boosting innovation in organizations. She has had articles published in Fast Company, InformationWeek and CIO magazine, and a book, Primal Teams, published by the American Management Association. Jackie has served on advisory boards of some of the largest IT service providers, including Hewlett Packard and Teradata.
Jackie holds an MA in Organizational Communication from Marylhurst University and a BS in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Lois Brooks, Oregon State University's Vice Provost for Information Services, leads IT for the University. She provides vision, leadership, and advocacy for the effective application of information technologies to the instructional, research and service missions of the university, and in partnership with executive and academic leadership, develops and executes IT strategy for Oregon State University.
Brooks joined OSU in 2010 after working at Stanford University for many years, serving most recently as Director of Academic Computing. During her tenure at Stanford she co-founded the Sakai Foundation, serving on the Board of Directors and later as Executive Director. She has served on governance committees for EDUCAUSE and InCommon. Brooks holds an MBA from Columbia University, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS from the University of San Francisco.
Adam oversees the Information Technology department at Lewis & Clark College, and serves as the liaison between IT and the college administrative staff. Buchwald, a Whitman College graduate and former IT officer at Pacific University, has worked in several capacities at MassArt, including as director of information technology, acting associate vice president for technology and chief information officer, and deputy chief information officer. Prior to joining MassArt, Buchwald worked in IT positions at Simmons College and Roscommon Associates, both in Boston, as well as at Pacific, where he served from 1997 to 2000.
Buchwald’s other professional activities include membership on the board of directors of the conservation group Greater Boston Trout Unlimited, which he has also served as IT consultant since 2006. In addition, he attended the 2010 summer leadership institute of EDUCAUSE, an organization that works to advance the higher education sector through intelligent use of technology.
Brad Christ is the Chief Information Officer for Southern Oregon University. Information Technology at SOU provides telecommunications, media services, information services, networking services, and user services for two campuses in Ashland and Medford.
Brad has worked extensively on higher education technology collaboration efforts both at SOU and at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Minnesota, these efforts included partnering with other private colleges to join Internet2 with sponsorship from the University of Minnesota and forming a buying consortium with other private colleges and a K-12 education technology collaborative. In Oregon, he is active in collaboration efforts with the other public universities, the NWACC Network and Information Security program, and the information technology operations for the new Oregon Public University Shared Services Enterprise.
Brad has worked in higher education information technology for 18 years. Before coming to Southern Oregon, he oversaw departmental operations, telecommunications, networking, system administration, and information systems at Augsburg. He received his Master’s degree in Public Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. Brad joined the NWACC Council in 2011.
Marianne Colgrove is the Deputy Chief Information Officer and the Director of Web Support Services at Reed College. She oversees campus technology deployment, CIS financial management, college web systems, web application development, and digital media services. She frequently collaborates with the library on projects involving undergraduate teaching and learning and access to digital materials. Marianne joined Reed as the Associate Director of Computing & Information Services in 1989. Prior to her current position she managed Reed's 5-year Technology Plan to integrate computing into all aspects of the academic environment. Marianne has a B.A in Psychology from Reed College and a Masters of Library & Information Science at University of Washington.
In addition to the NWACC board, Marianne has previously served as the Treasurer of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges, as a member of the EDUCAUSE Connect program committee, and as chair of the EDUCAUSE Nominating Committee. Marianne joined the NWACC Member Council in 2002.
Dan Ewart joined the University of Idaho as the Chief Information Officer and Executive Director of ITS in February 2012. In this role he leads a team of professionals serving the technology needs of the main Moscow campus, centers across the state and of students around the world. Prior to joining UI, Dan served as the Director of Information Services at the University of Wyoming and as Director of Information Technology at Dubai Aerospace Engineering University in Dubai, UAE. Before supporting higher education computing, Dan worked as a technology leader in the private sector for companies such as Interlink Group and Accenture.
Dan earned his B.S. in MIS (1993) and his MPA (2010) from the University of Wyoming. He is highly engaged in community activities including non-profit board membership and youth sports.
Jim Fleming was appointed Chief Information Officer at Pacific University in March 2011. Jim has 28 years of experience in higher education administration. Since his arrival at Pacific, University Information Services has led a successful transition to Moodle from its former LMS, implemented Ellucian CRM EMS Events and Calendar system, and OCHIN Epic Electronic Health Record system in university health clinics located in Forest Grove, Hillsboro and Portland. He is serving as Chair of the University HIPAA taskforce responsible for developing a common set of policies and procedures across all clinical environments.
Prior to joining Pacific University, Jim served as the Director for Administrative Computing at George Fox University with responsibility for networking, telephony, systems, and institutional research. While at George Fox, he successfully led two ERP implementations, both of which were completed on time and within budget and scope. As the project manager, Jim focused on developing integration between systems to extend technology services and advance the mission of the university. Jim developed highly successful teams inside and outside of his department to select and promote the effective use of technology.
In addition to IT administration, Jim held the position of Registrar for six years in which he contributed to an innovative enrollment services team and learned first-hand the significant impact of technology. Prior to this position, he had a variety of responsibilities as Associate Dean of Students, focused on developing student leaders and establishing a leadership minor at the university. He has also served at Trine University in Indiana and Oklahoma Weslyan University.
Jim is a certified project manager (PMP) with a M.A. in Counseling from George Fox Seminary and a bachelors degree from Seattle Pacific University. He has served on several professional and non-profit boards.
Tim serves as the Executive Director of Institutional Technology at George Fox University. His somewhat roundabout path towards IT started with undergraduate and graduate degrees in theology coupled with 10 years as an outdoor and experiential educator. Whether on a river, in the backcountry or in a classroom with a group of MBA students, he learned that many of the key decisions in life boil down to the two questions, "Where are we now?" and "Where do we need to be?"
Tim landed in administration at George Fox in 2005 and has worked in both the Student Life Office and IT. He quickly found that business processes and education are subject to the same to questions he'd come back to as an educator - "What are we doing now?" and "What should we be doing?" This perspective means that Tim is excited about improving services, processes and learning for end-users across the university. Others have caught onto this excitement as well; along with co-worker Brian McLaughlin, Tim was the co-recipient of the 2012 NWACC Hugi Exemplary Practice Award for their work on the iGFU mobile portal. He has also put his background as an educator to use as an active presenter and contributor with the Higher Education Users Group.
These varied experiences have given him a broad platform from which to lead IT at George Fox. He is constantly on the lookout for ways that technology can contribute to the educational mission of George Fox.
In June of 2013, Chato Hazelbaker was appointed the Chief Communication Officer at Clark College, where he is responsible for public relations, marketing communication, and legislative affairs. In 2014 the Information Technology Services division came under his leadership and he became the Chief Information and Communication Officer. Most recently he served as the Director of Communications at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minnesota. Before that, he served as the Director of Marketing at Montana State University-Billings and News Bureau Manager at Dickinson State University. Hazelbaker has also served as an adjunct faculty member at several institutions including Warner Pacific College and Bethel University, where he taught courses in Organizational Leadership, including Leadership and Technology.
Over his career, Hazelbaker has been heavily involved in the web and application development. At Eddie Bauer Inc., he was part of a team that developed the first online payroll forecasting tool used by over 500 retail stores and developed the first intranet used in the company. Hazelbaker earned his doctorate in Organizational Development in 2014 from the University of St. Thomas (MN).
Kirk Kelly serves as the Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Portland State University (PSU).
Before his current position at PSU, Kirk was the Associate Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. Prior to joining PSU, Kirk served as Vice Chancellor (CIO) for Information Technology at Pima Community College after working as Networking Director at the institution. Prior to Pima, he spent 15 years at University of Idaho in various technology positions.
Kirk earned a BS in Management Information Systems from Washington State University and a MS in Information Systems from University of Phoenix. He remains active in Educause and has served on regional and national committees during his career.
Karl Kowalski was appointed Chief Information Technology Officer for the University of Alaska System in November 2011. He previously served as Executive Director of User Services for the Statewide Office of Information Technology since 2007. He came to the University with 20 years’ experience in public education and technology integration in Rural Alaskan schools. Karl is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, holding degrees in Education and Biology. He earned his Master’s degree in Educational Technology Leadership from George Washington University in 1999. As a certified teacher and principal, he served as Director of Technology and Information Services for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District for 15 years.
Karl also served as adjunct professor for Chukchi College, designing and implementing technology courses for K-12 educators, and as consultant to the State of Alaska Department of Education, reviewing statewide technology plans. He teamed with state and local agencies and the Governor’s office to design and help pass the Alaska Waiver of the Federal E-Rate Program. He was appointed member of the Alaska Information Infrastructure Policy Task Force, State of Alaska UNITY project and is a founding member of the Alaska Distance Learning Partnership. Karl currently serves on the State of Alaska Broadband Taskforce.
In his role as CITO, Karl is responsible for strategic planning, security and IT policy for the University of Alaska system, statewide network infrastructure and ERP, videoconferencing and campus integration for a 17 campus system.
Outside of work, Karl and his wife, Sandy, enjoy spending time in the outdoors. They have four children and two grandchildren. Soccer, skiing, camping, gardening and enjoying all that Alaska has to offer keeps them more than busy.
John Lawson is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Western Washington University. His responsibilities run the usual CIO gamut of network services, academic computing and instructional design, user services, administrative computing, media services, and telecommunications.
Prior to joining WWU in August 2006, John served as Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at Tulane University. Preceding Tulane, John served as CIO at Pepperdine University. Earlier in his career, John held academic and administrative positions at the University of Oregon, Lewis-Clark State College, and Towson University.
At Tulane, John managed the implementation and upgrade of ERP systems, completed an institutional wide wireless network, renewed collaborative labs and technology, and reorganized the academic and user support groups into one organization. John served as Tulane's representative and vice-chair of the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) to bring high speed networking, high performance computing, and grid architecture to Louisiana's research institutions. He was CIO for Tulane during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He considers himself an expert at evacuating with higher education executives from hurricanes.
In addition to holding the senior administrator position of CIO at three institutions, he also held faculty appointments in computer science at Lewis-Clark State College and Towson University. At the University of Oregon he held adjunct faculty and research appointments in education and computer science.
John holds a doctorate from the University of Oregon (1985), where his research focused on the determinants of success in the introduction to computer science course utilizing a variety programming languages. He also holds a bachelor's (geography, 1982) and two master's (geography, 1983 and computer science, 1983) degrees from the University of Oregon. John is active in professional organizations, serving on a number of state, NWACC, and EDUCAUSE committees. He is married with three grown children and enjoys family time camping in northern Idaho each summer.
John Lehman is emeritus professor in management at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, guest professor at Tongji University College of Economics and Management (Shanghai, China) and Courtesy professor in the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Oregon. He was formerly Director of International Programs and professor of information systems and international business at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he was also an affiliate professor of far Eastern philosophy. His previous positions have included Executive Director for Information Technology for the University of Alaska Statewide System, Technical Director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Region Supercomputer Center, and acting Dean of the School of Management. He is also a steering committee member of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium.
John's academic background (all at the University of Michigan) includes a BA, MA, and ABD in Chinese studies, MBA in Accounting, and PhD in Information Systems.
John served on the NWACC Board and Executive Committee from 1995 to 1998. In 1996 he was elected NWACC Secretary/Treasurer and continues to serve as an ex officio member of the Council. He chairs the Finance Committee and Investment Sub-Committee and has served on the Fee Task Force.
Dr. Frank Moore joined the Pacific Lutheran University community on February 1, 2013 as the Associate Provost for Information and Technology Services.
The Associate Provost for I&TS is the chief information officer for the university, leading I&TS in the provision and implementation of information and communication services, technologies, and related resources. The Associate Provost advises the provost and other executive leaders on these areas of responsibility while working with all campus constituencies to insure alignment of I&TS services with constituent needs.
Frank Moore previously was at Longwood University in Farmville, Virgina where he served for 18 years in related capacities, most recently as Vice President for Information and Instructional Technology and Chief Information Officer. As Vice President and CIO, he moved the development of information technology at Longwood through several structural changes and oversaw an organization comprised of User Support Services, Communications and Technology Services, Applications and Engineering Services, Instructional Technology Services, and Information Technology Security Services. At PLU, I&TS is comprised of three operational areas – Enterprise Services (voice & data communications, central servers, administrative applications), Library Services, and User Services( Help Desk, learning technologies, digital media labs, classroom technology, multimedia support).
Dr. Moore holds a Ph.D. in French from The Pennsylvania State University, a Master of French from Hofstra University, and a B.A. in French from the University of Vermont. He was an Associate Professor of French at Longwood University with a specialization in medieval French theater. At PLU, Dr. Moore is an administrator with faculty status, thereby providing him with both voice and vote in the Faculty Assembly.
William Morse joined the University of Puget Sound as Chief Information Officer on February 1, 2010. During his nearly five years at Puget Sound, William has completely and comprehensively rebuilt the university’s infrastructure and service delivery operations. Some examples include replacing the legacy, home-grown ERP with a modern, vendor provided solution, re-architecting the entire server infrastructure to reduce costs and improve reliability, combining the service desk, multimedia and educational technology units to provide seamless support to the community, deploying a comprehensive virtual desktop infrastructure, replacing the aging switch-based phone system with a modern Voice over IP (VoIP) solution and reorganizing the entire department to best meet university needs among many other initiatives.
Prior to Puget Sound, William was CIO for Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA. In his four years at Oglethorpe, William modernized and managed the university's technology infrastructure, resulting in improved service and considerable savings, introduced automated tools to improve desktop computer maintenance, replaced the switch-based telecom system with VoIP, and turned a challenging enterprise resource planning system implementation into a functional asset. He achieved ambitious goals with relatively few resources, while focusing on implementing the best systems to serve the needs of faculty, students, and staff.
Prior to this, William was Chief Information Officer at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta for nearly ten years. Earlier roles included interim director of information services at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory, and director of information technology services at the School of Law at Emory.
William earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science and a Juris Doctorate degree in law with honors from Emory University.
William is active in his profession and has written or contributed to numerous articles on information technology in higher education. At NWACC, he chaired the committee that created a new, ground-breaking program to develop the next generation of higher education IT leaders. While at Emory University, he helped create a groundbreaking bio-informatics program and taught the core of that program until he arrived at Puget Sound.
William loves what he does within an environment whose mission is to train the next generation.
As Chief Information Officer for University of Portland, Curt leads the information services division in support of an integrated, open, collaborative environment. This vision is pursued by creating a technological environment that supports the access, analysis, and management of information benefiting the University.
Before joining the University of Portland in 2013, Curt served most recently as Oregon State University’s (OSU) Open Source Lab director. Prior to that he was OSU’s CIO as well as the Oregon University System CIO, and Oregon’s first state Chief Information Officer. Before coming to Oregon he was CIO for Washington State Department of Labor and Industries and Snohomish County PUD, supporting the theory that he has a CIO gene.
Charles Porter has served as the CIO at Seattle University since October 2011. He is also a member of Seattle University’s Infrastructure Committee of the Board of Trustees, a member of the President’s Advisory Council, a member of the Campus Safety and Security Advisory Council, and a member of the Strategic Planning Council. He has previously taught Entrepreneurial Finance, New Venture Creation, and New Venture Consulting at Seattle University’s Albers Graduate School of Business and Economics and Gonzaga University in Florence. On behalf of Seattle University, he is active in EDUCAUSE, Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC) and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU).
Chuck earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Gonzaga University and his MBA in Finance and Computer Simulation from the University of Michigan. He completed a 30-year career at Accenture and served as Accenture’s Managing Partner CIO and CTO of its outsourcing practice. He is active in the Pacific Northwest Angel Community serving as a board member or advisor to dozens of early stage technology companies. He serves on the screening committee and strategy committee of a local Angel Investor Group. He has held Board positions with various corporate and not-for-profit organizations.
Chuck and Nancy, his wife of 40 years, have two children – an attorney and an executive in a computer gaming company. Recreationally, he is a pilot, a scuba diver, a photographer and a motorcyclist. And he and his wife enjoy international travel.
As Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for Eastern Washington University, Gary Pratt holds the following responsibilities: Lead university information technology support functions: computing, telecommunications, distance learning, technology-based faculty and staff training and development; academic technology; local and wide area networks; administrative applications; database and application development; technology hardware and software recommendation, purchase, installation, support, and troubleshooting; audio/visual support; technology-based course development and offerings; Lead institutional strategic planning; Lead campus special projects.
Prior to joining EWU in 2007, Gary was the Associate Provost for Information Technology/CIO at Northern Kentucky University (1999-2006). In the course of his career, Gary has achieved the following accomplishments: developed, implemented, and led significant reorganization of IT support divisions; implemented ERP systems, digital telecommunications systems, high-bandwidth networks, and Web site redesigns; and led multiple statewide initiatives, including annual state-wide education technology conferences for 5 years (first ever in Kentucky), state-wide negotiation for Learning Management System for all public and private education (Kentucky), chaired state-wide E-learning group (Kentucky), and developed and chaired inaugural Washington Higher Education Technology Consortium.
Gary holds a Bachelor of Science, Mathematical Engineering; Master of Arts, Computer Information Systems; and Doctorate, Management and Organizational Leadership. He is a Frye Leadership Institute Fellow. Gary joined the NWACC Member Council in 2007.
Matt Riley is the Chief Information Officer for the University of Montana. Matt leads the central IT organization for the UM, providing IT-related services, communications services, instructional technology resources and research-related technology support. Working with university and state leaders, Matt provides vision, strategic direction and IT advocacy at the UM in Missoula, as well as throughout the UM network in Montana.
Matt began at the UM in 2013 after six years at Stanford University. At Stanford, Matt led IT in the Dean’s Office for the School of Humanities and Sciences. Matt helped bring IT strategy and an innovative services approach to Stanford’s largest school. He also worked to bridge gaps between distributed IT units at Stanford and central organizations. Previous to Stanford, Matt spent 16 years at the University of Redlands in Southern California. At Redlands, Matt worked closely with the CIO to manage and lead all aspects of the IT operation for the institution. Major projects at Redlands included designing and leading the implementation of the campus network, technical responsibility for a major ERP conversion, leading a phone switch replacement from traditional to VoIP and efforts leading to the unification of administrative and academic computing.
Matt has been active in Educause for more than 15 years, and has recently been involved with leadership programs at Stanford and MORAssociates. Matt holds MBA and BS in Business degrees, both from the University of Redlands.
Marty Ringle is the Chief Information Officer at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Prior to coming to Reed in 1989, he chaired the computer science department at Vassar College. He holds a Ph.D. from SUNY Binghamton, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the T.J. Watson School of Engineering. Marty is a trustee of Marylhurst University (Portland) and has served on boards, advisory groups, or steering committees for EDUCAUSE, the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC), the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), the Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC), the Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL), the Center for Higher Education Chief Information Officer Studies, Apple Inc., SCT Corporation, Addison-Wesley, Inc., the Fielding Graduate Institute, and many other organizations. During the past thirty-five years he has consulted on technology issues for more than one hundred and fifty colleges, universities, corporations, foundations, and government agencies.
Marty was elected to the NWACC Board in 1990. He became Vice President of NWACC in 1994, Chair of the Board in 1996, and President in 1999. He serves ex officio on all NWACC committees.
Dan is the Chief Information Officer at Whitman College. Prior to joining Whitman, Dan held positions as CTO at Lewis & Clark College, CTO for Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho, the Director of Information Technology for the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Ohio, and Manager of Academic Computing at Augsburg College in Minnesota.
Dan holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Augsburg College and completed graduate work (ABD) towards a doctorate in Educational Policy and Administration in Higher Education from the University of Minnesota. Dan has made presentations at a variety of conferences including EDUCAUSE and the Society for College and University Planning.
From 2001 to 2005, Dan served on the National Datatel Users Group Board of Directors. Dan has served in various capacities within EDUCAUSE, including the Administrative Award Committee, regional conference program committee and the SAC program committee.
Dan has been active in NWACC since joining the council in 2001 and served as the Vice Chair of the Board from 2005 to 2006 and Chair of the Board from 2006 to 2008.
Dave Tindall is the Assistant Vice President for Technology Services at Seattle Pacific University, a position he has held since 1981. He serves as the chief information officer with oversight of administrative computing, central computing services and networks, telecommunications, microcomputing, user services and classroom/multimedia support. During his tenure at SPU he has been an adjunct faculty member in Computer Science and Business and Economics; has overseen the creation of a robust campus network; upgraded the campus administrative software systems to SCT Banner for most administrative functions; created a centralized HelpDesk and User Services division; brought numerous services online via the web (registration, computer account management, classified ads, directory services, library databases, event calendaring, financial transactions and reporting, etc..); and implemented microcomputer hardware and software standards across employee desktops, academic labs and classrooms.
Dave has a Bachelors degree in Business and Economics (SPU, 1975) and Master's degree in Information Systems (SPU, 1989). He has served on many regional and national committees and boards in the areas of information technology and business administration.
Dave has been the NWACC member representative from Seattle Pacific University since 1991. He served as Vice Chair of the Board from 2008 to 2010 and will serve as Chair of the Board from 2010 to 2012.
Kelli Trosvig served in various leadership posts at the University of Washington (UW). She spent eight years as the Director for Health Sciences Administration, and seven years with the School of Medicine. Past work includes opening a new research campus for UW Medicine in downtown Seattle and expanding the UW School of Medicine’s teaching programs across the state to Spokane. Kelli received both her B.A. in Economics and a Masters in Health Administration at the University of Washington.
Kelli, in her role as Vice President and CIO, is responsible for strategic oversight, planning and direction of the University’s information technology infrastructure, as well as resources and services. Under Kelli’s leadership, UW-IT launched key strategic initiatives to meet the growing technology needs of UW students, faculty and staff, while positioning the University for the future.
Kelli represents the UW regionally and nationally, serving as 2011-12 chair of the Washington Higher Education Technology Consortium, as a member of the Research University CIO Conclave, as well as on higher education advisory boards for Microsoft, Amazon, and AT&T. She is also on the steering committee of Gig.U, a national coalition of more than 30 research universities working to provide ultra-high-speed networking to local communities.
Melissa Woo serves as the Vice Provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at the University of Oregon.
She previously worked for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) providing general leadership and oversight for the central IT department responsible for campus enterprise and infrastructure services. Prior to UWM, she worked for the central IT organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, overseeing systems and operations.
Melissa is a Frye Leadership Institute Fellow, currently serves on the EDUCAUSE 2012 Conference Program Committee, chairs the EDUCAUSE Advisory Group on Enterprise Information Systems and Services (AEGISS), and served on the EDUCAUSE Professional Development Advisory Committee, including a year as committee chair. She completed her PhD in Biophysics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her Bachelor's degree in Biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley.
As the University of Hawai'i's Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (VPIT/CIO), Garret Yoshimi is responsible for UH systemwide information technology systems and services. Garret provides executive leadership in collaboratively setting forth the overall vision, goals, strategies and plans for the effective and appropriate use of information technologies to advance the UH System.
Garret joined UH in January 2015. Prior to serving as UH VPIT/CIO, he was vice president and chief operating officer for eWorld Enterprise Solutions. He has more than 35 years of experience in information technology in both the public and private sectors in Hawai'i. He has served as the first CIO for the Hawai'i Judiciary, senior technology executive for the East-West Center and CIO for DTRIC Insurance.
Garret also previously served as telecommunications manager before being promoted to director of technology infrastructure for the University of Hawai'i. He actively represented the University of Hawai'i in state and national venues as a member of EDUCAUSE, Internet2 and the Association for College and University Technology Advancement, which awarded him the Bill D. Morris award for individual leadership.
A native of Honolulu, Garret earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a graduate certificate in telecommunications and information resource management from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Please direct comments and questions about this web site to the NWACC Webmaster.

lowercased:
john balling, vice president for integrated technology services, joined willamette university in september 1999. he is responsible for technology planning, network services, academic computing and instructional design, user services, administrative computing, media services, and telecommunications. prior to coming to willamette, john served in a similar position for 10 years at dickinson college in carlisle, pennsylvania. other information technology positions he has held include terms as head of academic computing at bowdoin college and as director of the information resource center at the smithsonian institution where he implemented the institutions first user services program. john has also served as a research psychologist for the smithsonian institution and the harvard institute for international development. in his first real job, he was a member of the faculty in psychology at the university of wisconsin  madison.
john earned his bachelors degree in psychology from northwestern university and his m.a. and ph.d. degrees in psychology from the university of massachusetts. it was in graduate school that he became involved with computing when he constructed his own equipment and developed software for capturing and analyzing human infants physiological responses to auditory stimuli. with respect to information technology, john has led the planning and implementation of the computing infrastructure at several of the smithsonians sites, assisted with the development of medical information systems in several latin american countries, and has planned and implemented major infrastructure upgrades at both dickinson and willamette.
john joined the nwacc council in june 2001 as the member representative from willamette.
bridget barnes, mba, msem, is vice president and chief information officer at oregon health & science university (ohsu) in portland, oregon. bridget has worked in ohsu's information technology department since 1999 and has had a key role in implementing and managing their business, student, research, and clinical information systems during that time. bridget's team of technical professionals is responsible for supporting all missions of ohsu (academic, clinical, research and outreach functions), as well as the multiple business entities that support ohsu. she has published and presented to professional organizations on application implementation and selection strategies.
bridget has served on national and regional information system boards including the oracle higher education user group (heug), the northwest oracle user group (nwoug), the northwest academic computing consortium (nwacc), health information management systems society (himss), the oregon health network and oregon's health information technology oversight committee.
jackie barretta serves as the interim cio at portland community college, where she has consulted since 2014. previously, she was the interim cio at college of marin and the cio of con-way inc. she has over 30 years of senior and executive leadership, primarily in higher education and fortune 500 companies.
jackie is a prolific author on boosting innovation in organizations. she has had articles published in fast company, informationweek and cio magazine, and a book, primal teams, published by the american management association. jackie has served on advisory boards of some of the largest it service providers, including hewlett packard and teradata.
jackie holds an ma in organizational communication from marylhurst university and a bs in computer science from the university of north carolina at charlotte.
lois brooks, oregon state university's vice provost for information services, leads it for the university. she provides vision, leadership, and advocacy for the effective application of information technologies to the instructional, research and service missions of the university, and in partnership with executive and academic leadership, develops and executes it strategy for oregon state university.
brooks joined osu in 2010 after working at stanford university for many years, serving most recently as director of academic computing. during her tenure at stanford she co-founded the sakai foundation, serving on the board of directors and later as executive director. she has served on governance committees for educause and incommon. brooks holds an mba from columbia university, an mba from the university of california, berkeley, and a bs from the university of san francisco.
adam oversees the information technology department at lewis & clark college, and serves as the liaison between it and the college administrative staff. buchwald, a whitman college graduate and former it officer at pacific university, has worked in several capacities at massart, including as director of information technology, acting associate vice president for technology and chief information officer, and deputy chief information officer. prior to joining massart, buchwald worked in it positions at simmons college and roscommon associates, both in boston, as well as at pacific, where he served from 1997 to 2000.
buchwald’s other professional activities include membership on the board of directors of the conservation group greater boston trout unlimited, which he has also served as it consultant since 2006. in addition, he attended the 2010 summer leadership institute of educause, an organization that works to advance the higher education sector through intelligent use of technology.
brad christ is the chief information officer for southern oregon university. information technology at sou provides telecommunications, media services, information services, networking services, and user services for two campuses in ashland and medford.
brad has worked extensively on higher education technology collaboration efforts both at sou and at augsburg college in minneapolis, minnesota. in minnesota, these efforts included partnering with other private colleges to join internet2 with sponsorship from the university of minnesota and forming a buying consortium with other private colleges and a k-12 education technology collaborative. in oregon, he is active in collaboration efforts with the other public universities, the nwacc network and information security program, and the information technology operations for the new oregon public university shared services enterprise.
brad has worked in higher education information technology for 18 years. before coming to southern oregon, he oversaw departmental operations, telecommunications, networking, system administration, and information systems at augsburg. he received his master’s degree in public administration and bachelor’s degree in political science from the university of minnesota. brad joined the nwacc council in 2011.
marianne colgrove is the deputy chief information officer and the director of web support services at reed college. she oversees campus technology deployment, cis financial management, college web systems, web application development, and digital media services. she frequently collaborates with the library on projects involving undergraduate teaching and learning and access to digital materials. marianne joined reed as the associate director of computing & information services in 1989. prior to her current position she managed reed's 5-year technology plan to integrate computing into all aspects of the academic environment. marianne has a b.a in psychology from reed college and a masters of library & information science at university of washington.
in addition to the nwacc board, marianne has previously served as the treasurer of the consortium of liberal arts colleges, as a member of the educause connect program committee, and as chair of the educause nominating committee. marianne joined the nwacc member council in 2002.
dan ewart joined the university of idaho as the chief information officer and executive director of its in february 2012. in this role he leads a team of professionals serving the technology needs of the main moscow campus, centers across the state and of students around the world. prior to joining ui, dan served as the director of information services at the university of wyoming and as director of information technology at dubai aerospace engineering university in dubai, uae. before supporting higher education computing, dan worked as a technology leader in the private sector for companies such as interlink group and accenture.
dan earned his b.s. in mis (1993) and his mpa (2010) from the university of wyoming. he is highly engaged in community activities including non-profit board membership and youth sports.
jim fleming was appointed chief information officer at pacific university in march 2011. jim has 28 years of experience in higher education administration. since his arrival at pacific, university information services has led a successful transition to moodle from its former lms, implemented ellucian crm ems events and calendar system, and ochin epic electronic health record system in university health clinics located in forest grove, hillsboro and portland. he is serving as chair of the university hipaa taskforce responsible for developing a common set of policies and procedures across all clinical environments.
prior to joining pacific university, jim served as the director for administrative computing at george fox university with responsibility for networking, telephony, systems, and institutional research. while at george fox, he successfully led two erp implementations, both of which were completed on time and within budget and scope. as the project manager, jim focused on developing integration between systems to extend technology services and advance the mission of the university. jim developed highly successful teams inside and outside of his department to select and promote the effective use of technology.
in addition to it administration, jim held the position of registrar for six years in which he contributed to an innovative enrollment services team and learned first-hand the significant impact of technology. prior to this position, he had a variety of responsibilities as associate dean of students, focused on developing student leaders and establishing a leadership minor at the university. he has also served at trine university in indiana and oklahoma weslyan university.
jim is a certified project manager (pmp) with a m.a. in counseling from george fox seminary and a bachelors degree from seattle pacific university. he has served on several professional and non-profit boards.
tim serves as the executive director of institutional technology at george fox university. his somewhat roundabout path towards it started with undergraduate and graduate degrees in theology coupled with 10 years as an outdoor and experiential educator. whether on a river, in the backcountry or in a classroom with a group of mba students, he learned that many of the key decisions in life boil down to the two questions, "where are we now?" and "where do we need to be?"
tim landed in administration at george fox in 2005 and has worked in both the student life office and it. he quickly found that business processes and education are subject to the same to questions he'd come back to as an educator - "what are we doing now?" and "what should we be doing?" this perspective means that tim is excited about improving services, processes and learning for end-users across the university. others have caught onto this excitement as well; along with co-worker brian mclaughlin, tim was the co-recipient of the 2012 nwacc hugi exemplary practice award for their work on the igfu mobile portal. he has also put his background as an educator to use as an active presenter and contributor with the higher education users group.
these varied experiences have given him a broad platform from which to lead it at george fox. he is constantly on the lookout for ways that technology can contribute to the educational mission of george fox.
in june of 2013, chato hazelbaker was appointed the chief communication officer at clark college, where he is responsible for public relations, marketing communication, and legislative affairs. in 2014 the information technology services division came under his leadership and he became the chief information and communication officer. most recently he served as the director of communications at the university of st. thomas school of law in minnesota. before that, he served as the director of marketing at montana state university-billings and news bureau manager at dickinson state university. hazelbaker has also served as an adjunct faculty member at several institutions including warner pacific college and bethel university, where he taught courses in organizational leadership, including leadership and technology.
over his career, hazelbaker has been heavily involved in the web and application development. at eddie bauer inc., he was part of a team that developed the first online payroll forecasting tool used by over 500 retail stores and developed the first intranet used in the company. hazelbaker earned his doctorate in organizational development in 2014 from the university of st. thomas (mn).
kirk kelly serves as the associate vice president and chief information officer at portland state university (psu).
before his current position at psu, kirk was the associate chief information officer and chief information security officer. prior to joining psu, kirk served as vice chancellor (cio) for information technology at pima community college after working as networking director at the institution. prior to pima, he spent 15 years at university of idaho in various technology positions.
kirk earned a bs in management information systems from washington state university and a ms in information systems from university of phoenix. he remains active in educause and has served on regional and national committees during his career.
karl kowalski was appointed chief information technology officer for the university of alaska system in november 2011. he previously served as executive director of user services for the statewide office of information technology since 2007. he came to the university with 20 years’ experience in public education and technology integration in rural alaskan schools. karl is a graduate of the university of alaska fairbanks, holding degrees in education and biology. he earned his master’s degree in educational technology leadership from george washington university in 1999. as a certified teacher and principal, he served as director of technology and information services for the northwest arctic borough school district for 15 years.
karl also served as adjunct professor for chukchi college, designing and implementing technology courses for k-12 educators, and as consultant to the state of alaska department of education, reviewing statewide technology plans. he teamed with state and local agencies and the governor’s office to design and help pass the alaska waiver of the federal e-rate program. he was appointed member of the alaska information infrastructure policy task force, state of alaska unity project and is a founding member of the alaska distance learning partnership. karl currently serves on the state of alaska broadband taskforce.
in his role as cito, karl is responsible for strategic planning, security and it policy for the university of alaska system, statewide network infrastructure and erp, videoconferencing and campus integration for a 17 campus system.
outside of work, karl and his wife, sandy, enjoy spending time in the outdoors. they have four children and two grandchildren. soccer, skiing, camping, gardening and enjoying all that alaska has to offer keeps them more than busy.
john lawson is the vice provost for information technology and chief information officer (cio) at western washington university. his responsibilities run the usual cio gamut of network services, academic computing and instructional design, user services, administrative computing, media services, and telecommunications.
prior to joining wwu in august 2006, john served as vice president for information technology and cio at tulane university. preceding tulane, john served as cio at pepperdine university. earlier in his career, john held academic and administrative positions at the university of oregon, lewis-clark state college, and towson university.
at tulane, john managed the implementation and upgrade of erp systems, completed an institutional wide wireless network, renewed collaborative labs and technology, and reorganized the academic and user support groups into one organization. john served as tulane's representative and vice-chair of the louisiana optical network initiative (loni) to bring high speed networking, high performance computing, and grid architecture to louisiana's research institutions. he was cio for tulane during hurricanes katrina and rita. he considers himself an expert at evacuating with higher education executives from hurricanes.
in addition to holding the senior administrator position of cio at three institutions, he also held faculty appointments in computer science at lewis-clark state college and towson university. at the university of oregon he held adjunct faculty and research appointments in education and computer science.
john holds a doctorate from the university of oregon (1985), where his research focused on the determinants of success in the introduction to computer science course utilizing a variety programming languages. he also holds a bachelor's (geography, 1982) and two master's (geography, 1983 and computer science, 1983) degrees from the university of oregon. john is active in professional organizations, serving on a number of state, nwacc, and educause committees. he is married with three grown children and enjoys family time camping in northern idaho each summer.
john lehman is emeritus professor in management at the university of alaska fairbanks, guest professor at tongji university college of economics and management (shanghai, china) and courtesy professor in the center for asian and pacific studies at the university of oregon. he was formerly director of international programs and professor of information systems and international business at the university of alaska fairbanks, where he was also an affiliate professor of far eastern philosophy. his previous positions have included executive director for information technology for the university of alaska statewide system, technical director of the university of alaska fairbanks arctic region supercomputer center, and acting dean of the school of management. he is also a steering committee member of the pacific neighborhood consortium.
john's academic background (all at the university of michigan) includes a ba, ma, and abd in chinese studies, mba in accounting, and phd in information systems.
john served on the nwacc board and executive committee from 1995 to 1998. in 1996 he was elected nwacc secretary/treasurer and continues to serve as an ex officio member of the council. he chairs the finance committee and investment sub-committee and has served on the fee task force.
dr. frank moore joined the pacific lutheran university community on february 1, 2013 as the associate provost for information and technology services.
the associate provost for i&ts is the chief information officer for the university, leading i&ts in the provision and implementation of information and communication services, technologies, and related resources. the associate provost advises the provost and other executive leaders on these areas of responsibility while working with all campus constituencies to insure alignment of i&ts services with constituent needs.
frank moore previously was at longwood university in farmville, virgina where he served for 18 years in related capacities, most recently as vice president for information and instructional technology and chief information officer. as vice president and cio, he moved the development of information technology at longwood through several structural changes and oversaw an organization comprised of user support services, communications and technology services, applications and engineering services, instructional technology services, and information technology security services. at plu, i&ts is comprised of three operational areas – enterprise services (voice & data communications, central servers, administrative applications), library services, and user services( help desk, learning technologies, digital media labs, classroom technology, multimedia support).
dr. moore holds a ph.d. in french from the pennsylvania state university, a master of french from hofstra university, and a b.a. in french from the university of vermont. he was an associate professor of french at longwood university with a specialization in medieval french theater. at plu, dr. moore is an administrator with faculty status, thereby providing him with both voice and vote in the faculty assembly.
william morse joined the university of puget sound as chief information officer on february 1, 2010. during his nearly five years at puget sound, william has completely and comprehensively rebuilt the university’s infrastructure and service delivery operations. some examples include replacing the legacy, home-grown erp with a modern, vendor provided solution, re-architecting the entire server infrastructure to reduce costs and improve reliability, combining the service desk, multimedia and educational technology units to provide seamless support to the community, deploying a comprehensive virtual desktop infrastructure, replacing the aging switch-based phone system with a modern voice over ip (voip) solution and reorganizing the entire department to best meet university needs among many other initiatives.
prior to puget sound, william was cio for oglethorpe university in atlanta, ga. in his four years at oglethorpe, william modernized and managed the university's technology infrastructure, resulting in improved service and considerable savings, introduced automated tools to improve desktop computer maintenance, replaced the switch-based telecom system with voip, and turned a challenging enterprise resource planning system implementation into a functional asset. he achieved ambitious goals with relatively few resources, while focusing on implementing the best systems to serve the needs of faculty, students, and staff.
prior to this, william was chief information officer at the rollins school of public health at emory university in atlanta for nearly ten years. earlier roles included interim director of information services at nell hodgson woodruff school of nursing at emory, and director of information technology services at the school of law at emory.
william earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science and a juris doctorate degree in law with honors from emory university.
william is active in his profession and has written or contributed to numerous articles on information technology in higher education. at nwacc, he chaired the committee that created a new, ground-breaking program to develop the next generation of higher education it leaders. while at emory university, he helped create a groundbreaking bio-informatics program and taught the core of that program until he arrived at puget sound.
william loves what he does within an environment whose mission is to train the next generation.
as chief information officer for university of portland, curt leads the information services division in support of an integrated, open, collaborative environment. this vision is pursued by creating a technological environment that supports the access, analysis, and management of information benefiting the university.
before joining the university of portland in 2013, curt served most recently as oregon state university’s (osu) open source lab director. prior to that he was osu’s cio as well as the oregon university system cio, and oregon’s first state chief information officer. before coming to oregon he was cio for washington state department of labor and industries and snohomish county pud, supporting the theory that he has a cio gene.
charles porter has served as the cio at seattle university since october 2011. he is also a member of seattle university’s infrastructure committee of the board of trustees, a member of the president’s advisory council, a member of the campus safety and security advisory council, and a member of the strategic planning council. he has previously taught entrepreneurial finance, new venture creation, and new venture consulting at seattle university’s albers graduate school of business and economics and gonzaga university in florence. on behalf of seattle university, he is active in educause, northwest academic computing consortium (nwacc) and the association of jesuit colleges and universities (ajcu).
chuck earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from gonzaga university and his mba in finance and computer simulation from the university of michigan. he completed a 30-year career at accenture and served as accenture’s managing partner cio and cto of its outsourcing practice. he is active in the pacific northwest angel community serving as a board member or advisor to dozens of early stage technology companies. he serves on the screening committee and strategy committee of a local angel investor group. he has held board positions with various corporate and not-for-profit organizations.
chuck and nancy, his wife of 40 years, have two children – an attorney and an executive in a computer gaming company. recreationally, he is a pilot, a scuba diver, a photographer and a motorcyclist. and he and his wife enjoy international travel.
as vice president for information technology and chief information officer for eastern washington university, gary pratt holds the following responsibilities: lead university information technology support functions: computing, telecommunications, distance learning, technology-based faculty and staff training and development; academic technology; local and wide area networks; administrative applications; database and application development; technology hardware and software recommendation, purchase, installation, support, and troubleshooting; audio/visual support; technology-based course development and offerings; lead institutional strategic planning; lead campus special projects.
prior to joining ewu in 2007, gary was the associate provost for information technology/cio at northern kentucky university (1999-2006). in the course of his career, gary has achieved the following accomplishments: developed, implemented, and led significant reorganization of it support divisions; implemented erp systems, digital telecommunications systems, high-bandwidth networks, and web site redesigns; and led multiple statewide initiatives, including annual state-wide education technology conferences for 5 years (first ever in kentucky), state-wide negotiation for learning management system for all public and private education (kentucky), chaired state-wide e-learning group (kentucky), and developed and chaired inaugural washington higher education technology consortium.
gary holds a bachelor of science, mathematical engineering; master of arts, computer information systems; and doctorate, management and organizational leadership. he is a frye leadership institute fellow. gary joined the nwacc member council in 2007.
matt riley is the chief information officer for the university of montana. matt leads the central it organization for the um, providing it-related services, communications services, instructional technology resources and research-related technology support. working with university and state leaders, matt provides vision, strategic direction and it advocacy at the um in missoula, as well as throughout the um network in montana.
matt began at the um in 2013 after six years at stanford university. at stanford, matt led it in the dean’s office for the school of humanities and sciences. matt helped bring it strategy and an innovative services approach to stanford’s largest school. he also worked to bridge gaps between distributed it units at stanford and central organizations. previous to stanford, matt spent 16 years at the university of redlands in southern california. at redlands, matt worked closely with the cio to manage and lead all aspects of the it operation for the institution. major projects at redlands included designing and leading the implementation of the campus network, technical responsibility for a major erp conversion, leading a phone switch replacement from traditional to voip and efforts leading to the unification of administrative and academic computing.
matt has been active in educause for more than 15 years, and has recently been involved with leadership programs at stanford and morassociates. matt holds mba and bs in business degrees, both from the university of redlands.
marty ringle is the chief information officer at reed college in portland, oregon. prior to coming to reed in 1989, he chaired the computer science department at vassar college. he holds a ph.d. from suny binghamton, co-sponsored by the department of philosophy and the t.j. watson school of engineering. marty is a trustee of marylhurst university (portland) and has served on boards, advisory groups, or steering committees for educause, the consortium of liberal arts colleges (clac), the national institute for technology in liberal education (nitle), the research and education network information sharing and analysis center (ren-isac), the cornell institute for computer policy and law (icpl), the center for higher education chief information officer studies, apple inc., sct corporation, addison-wesley, inc., the fielding graduate institute, and many other organizations. during the past thirty-five years he has consulted on technology issues for more than one hundred and fifty colleges, universities, corporations, foundations, and government agencies.
marty was elected to the nwacc board in 1990. he became vice president of nwacc in 1994, chair of the board in 1996, and president in 1999. he serves ex officio on all nwacc committees.
dan is the chief information officer at whitman college. prior to joining whitman, dan held positions as cto at lewis & clark college, cto for lewis-clark state college in idaho, the director of information technology for the richard t. farmer school of business at miami university in ohio, and manager of academic computing at augsburg college in minnesota.
dan holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from augsburg college and completed graduate work (abd) towards a doctorate in educational policy and administration in higher education from the university of minnesota. dan has made presentations at a variety of conferences including educause and the society for college and university planning.
from 2001 to 2005, dan served on the national datatel users group board of directors. dan has served in various capacities within educause, including the administrative award committee, regional conference program committee and the sac program committee.
dan has been active in nwacc since joining the council in 2001 and served as the vice chair of the board from 2005 to 2006 and chair of the board from 2006 to 2008.
dave tindall is the assistant vice president for technology services at seattle pacific university, a position he has held since 1981. he serves as the chief information officer with oversight of administrative computing, central computing services and networks, telecommunications, microcomputing, user services and classroom/multimedia support. during his tenure at spu he has been an adjunct faculty member in computer science and business and economics; has overseen the creation of a robust campus network; upgraded the campus administrative software systems to sct banner for most administrative functions; created a centralized helpdesk and user services division; brought numerous services online via the web (registration, computer account management, classified ads, directory services, library databases, event calendaring, financial transactions and reporting, etc..); and implemented microcomputer hardware and software standards across employee desktops, academic labs and classrooms.
dave has a bachelors degree in business and economics (spu, 1975) and master's degree in information systems (spu, 1989). he has served on many regional and national committees and boards in the areas of information technology and business administration.
dave has been the nwacc member representative from seattle pacific university since 1991. he served as vice chair of the board from 2008 to 2010 and will serve as chair of the board from 2010 to 2012.
kelli trosvig served in various leadership posts at the university of washington (uw). she spent eight years as the director for health sciences administration, and seven years with the school of medicine. past work includes opening a new research campus for uw medicine in downtown seattle and expanding the uw school of medicine’s teaching programs across the state to spokane. kelli received both her b.a. in economics and a masters in health administration at the university of washington.
kelli, in her role as vice president and cio, is responsible for strategic oversight, planning and direction of the university’s information technology infrastructure, as well as resources and services. under kelli’s leadership, uw-it launched key strategic initiatives to meet the growing technology needs of uw students, faculty and staff, while positioning the university for the future.
kelli represents the uw regionally and nationally, serving as 2011-12 chair of the washington higher education technology consortium, as a member of the research university cio conclave, as well as on higher education advisory boards for microsoft, amazon, and at&t. she is also on the steering committee of gig.u, a national coalition of more than 30 research universities working to provide ultra-high-speed networking to local communities.
melissa woo serves as the vice provost for information services and chief information officer at the university of oregon.
she previously worked for the university of wisconsin-milwaukee (uwm) providing general leadership and oversight for the central it department responsible for campus enterprise and infrastructure services. prior to uwm, she worked for the central it organization at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign, overseeing systems and operations.
melissa is a frye leadership institute fellow, currently serves on the educause 2012 conference program committee, chairs the educause advisory group on enterprise information systems and services (aegiss), and served on the educause professional development advisory committee, including a year as committee chair. she completed her phd in biophysics at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign, and her bachelor's degree in biophysics at the university of california, berkeley.
as the university of hawai'i's vice president for information technology and chief information officer (vpit/cio), garret yoshimi is responsible for uh systemwide information technology systems and services. garret provides executive leadership in collaboratively setting forth the overall vision, goals, strategies and plans for the effective and appropriate use of information technologies to advance the uh system.
garret joined uh in january 2015. prior to serving as uh vpit/cio, he was vice president and chief operating officer for eworld enterprise solutions. he has more than 35 years of experience in information technology in both the public and private sectors in hawai'i. he has served as the first cio for the hawai'i judiciary, senior technology executive for the east-west center and cio for dtric insurance.
garret also previously served as telecommunications manager before being promoted to director of technology infrastructure for the university of hawai'i. he actively represented the university of hawai'i in state and national venues as a member of educause, internet2 and the association for college and university technology advancement, which awarded him the bill d. morris award for individual leadership.
a native of honolulu, garret earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from purdue university and a graduate certificate in telecommunications and information resource management from the university of hawai'i at manoa.
please direct comments and questions about this web site to the nwacc webmaster.


text:
Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Marxists"
What does "enemies of promise" mean in this sentence? But there are other ways of exerting influence on c... mean?
"Enemies of promise" is an expression that means "someone who stands in the way of progress" or "someone who destroys the promise [of a better future, of a better lifestyle, etc.]"
Example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "bent"
Example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "exert"
Example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "gove"
Example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "rhetoric"

lowercased:
questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "marxists"
what does "enemies of promise" mean in this sentence? but there are other ways of exerting influence on c... mean?
"enemies of promise" is an expression that means "someone who stands in the way of progress" or "someone who destroys the promise [of a better future, of a better lifestyle, etc.]"
example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "bent"
example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "exert"
example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "gove"
example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "rhetoric"


text:
Three tell-tale signs that it's spring in Baltimore: The birds come back to town -- both the little chirping kind that hang out in the trees and the kind that hang out at Camden Yards.
Daffodils and tulips push their way up to the earth's surface, unfold in a glorious pageant of color -- then freeze and die from a late, freak cold snap.
And the Johns Hopkins University holds its annual spring fair.
For 27 years, Hopkins has opened up its Homewood campus to the people of Baltimore, offering three days of fun and entertainment, and almost all of it for free. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can enjoy live music, arts and crafts, an antique car show, plenty of kiddie rides and games and a few fun, oddball attractions like sumo wrestling. The theme of this year's event is "Odyssey," which will incorporate a little bit of Ancient Greece into the fair. So fairgoers can also participate in the Greco-Roman challenge sporting events or try some gladiator jousting.
The fair is entirely organized and run by Hopkins undergraduate students and is billed as the largest student-run festival in the country. "We expect 150,000 people to come to the fair over all three days," said sophomore Katie Rieder, publicity co-chair for the event. "For me, it's going to be so awesome to see so many people come to our campus and enjoy themselves. We have all been working hard on getting this together in between everything else like studying and classes."
"The main reason we do this is because we want to give something back to Baltimore," said Larry Liang, a senior at Hopkins who is in charge of booking musical entertainment for this year's fair. "This is our way to thank the whole community."
Although the spirit of the fair has not changed in 27 years, the music has changed a little this year, Liang said. "It's not all college, alternative pop music," he said. "I'm pretty excited about the musical lineup this year."
This year, music lovers can still hear local rock bands in the 98 Rock Beer Garden, but they can also hear swing bands, steel drum bands, ska music, blues performers and DJs spinning trip-hop sounds.
For newcomers to the fair, such as D.C.-based ska band Checkered Cabs, it's a great opportunity for new people to hear their music.
"We're more of a club band, but we attract a college-aged crowd," said Sean Hissey, drummer for the band. "Ska has a reputation of being this underground thing, but in reality, ska has been around since the '50s. It has generations and waves. It was in, out, came back and left, now it's back again and will hopefully stay around."
For bands like Mambo Combo, who have performed at the fair more times than they can remember, the spring event is sort of a homecoming, especially for guitarist and keyboardist Bob Friedman, who graduated from Hopkins in 1969 with a degree in psychology.
"They keep asking us to come back every year," Friedman said. "We're a fun group, and people like to dance to us." The group's Sunday afternoon performance outside of Shriver Hall will be a welcome change for the band, Friedman saaid. "We've been in smoky clubs all winter, this will be our first chance to play outside. . . . We're looking forward to it."
But the biggest musical act to come to the fair this year is national recording group Letters to Cleo, who kick off the fair a little bit early with a show tonight at 8 p.m. in Shriver Hall. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling TicketMaster at 410-481-SEAT. Some tickets may be available at the door if the show is not sold out.
Most know the band from its debut album, "Aurora Gory Alice," and the song "Here and Now," which was played over and over on the closing credits of the TV show "Melrose Place" during the Billy loves Allison era.
The exposure was great for the band, but it was sort of a double-edged sword, said Kay Hanley, lead singer of the Boston-based quintet. "If it wasn't for that, I'd probably still be waiting tables . . . but I have ruined any chance of having any indie credit."
The band never set out to be on "Melrose Place," but when it signed with its record label, the group asked to be on a compilation album of songs for the show. "We were like Track 9, right after Dinosaur Jr. I thought it was very cool."
While on tour, the band found out that its song was being played over the credits to the show. "I thought it was kick," Hanley said. But later, the group was criticized for supposedly orchestrating a huge self-promotion. "I assure you we went into the whole thing very innocently. . . . It's really upsetting to be constantly defending your motives."
While some people haven't heard from the band since "Here and Now," Letters to Cleo has stayed very busy. The group released a second album after "Aurora Gory Alice" and has been "touring constantly," Hanley said. "We toured for like three years straight. . . . We all got burned out. I didn't have a creative cell in my brain."
Everyone in the group decided to take time off to relax. "I did absolutely nothing," Hanley said. Well, she did get married and witnessed her sister give birth, a "totally amazing experience," Hanley said. After the break, the group was "fresh as daisies" to get back to work and record their third album, "Go!", which was released in October.
Now it's back to touring.
"We're doing colleges all this month," Hanley said. "This is the time of year when you can do them; they're fun, and it pays a lot of bills."
Although "Go!" has had mostly good reviews by critics and, according to Hanley, has "some of the best songs" she has ever written, the album has not had much airplay outside of their local area.
"The album is dead," Hanley said.
No matter to Letters to Cleo. The band will keep on making music, Hanley said. "A band like ours doesn't always fit on the radio. . . . Putting out albums and touring is a way of generating a fan base for us."
As for the future, expect a fourth album next fall and some Lilith Fair tour dates this summer, Hanley said. "Whatever we do as a band, we do purely for ourselves."
Where: Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, 3400 N. Charles St.
Tickets: Free for parking and most events. Letters to Cleo performance at 8 p.m. today in Shriver Hall costs $10, $8 for Hopkins students. Tickets sold through Ticketmaster at 410-481-SEAT.
Here is just a sampling of area events to mark the arrival of spring. Look in the Family calendar of LIVE for more events in the future.
Fifth Annual Spring Launch. A celebration of ecology and history of the Chesapeake Bay at the Riverwalk in Solomons. Sponsored by Solomons Business Association. Noon-6 p.m. tomorrow, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information and schedules, call 410-326-6027.
Spring walk. A 2 1/2-mile leisure walk to awaken the senses that normally lie dormant and a "smart heart" lunch to follow. Sponsored by Sinking Springs Herb Farm, 234 Belair Shore Road, Elkton. The walk will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 18 with the "smart heart" lunch from noon to 1 p.m. $5 for the walk, and $20 for the walk and lunch. Call 410-398-5566.
Spring arts weekend. Artists will open their studios to display their work for sale. Sponsored by the Mill Centre Association in conjunction with School 33 Art Center's Open Studio Weekend from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Mill Centre, 3000 Chestnut Ave. and Falls Road. Call 410-467-4911.
Spring fair. Craft demonstrations, children's activities, pony rides, door prizes, entertainment and food. Sponsored by Americana Arts and Crafts Promotions at the Howard County Fairgrounds. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For admission price and directions, call 301-701-2346.
Spring Antiques and Collectibles Street Fest. 40 antiques and collectibles dealers will set up with antique cars along downtown streets in Havre de Grace. Sponsored by the Antique Association of Havre de Grace. The dealers will be set up on Washington Street and Franklin Street, and antique cars will line Pennington Avenue. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 24. Call 410-939-5290 or 410-939-4882.
Towson Gardens Day. 12th annual event sponsored by the Towson Development Corp. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 23 at Towson Court House Fountain Plaza and West Pennsylvania and Baltimore avenues, Towson. Rain date April 24. Free. Call 410-825-2211.
Maryland Hunt Cup. 102nd running on April 25. 4 p.m. race time; 3:30 p.m. roads closed to traffic at Worthington Farms, Tufton Avenue, Glyndon. $30 parking fee. Parking passes must be purchased before race day. No admission available on race date. Passes sold at the Wine Merchant, John Brown's Shawan Store, Butler Store and Valley Motors, or send check and SASE to Maryland Hunt Cup Association, 3021 Black Rock Road, Glyndon, Md. 21071. Luncheon reservations available through the Maryland Historical Society, 410-685-3750. Call 410-472-4453.
1998 Spring Craft Fair. A juried event where all items sold are handmade by the vendor. Held at Downs Park, Pasadena. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 25. Call 410-222-6230.
Spring festival. Seventh annual event sponsored by Anne Arundel County Fair Inc. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 25-26 at the fairgrounds, Route 178, Generals Highway, Crownsville. Free admission. Call 410-923-3400.
Bolton Hill spring festival and parade. Sponsored by the Mount Royal Improvement Association and Maryland Institute, College of Art. Noon to 3:30 p.m. May 2 at Mount Royal Recreation Center, 120 W. Mosher St. Parade starts at noon. Call 410-523-3159 or 410-728-2745.
Salisbury Dogwood Festival. 16th annual event sponsored by the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce. Block party Friday at Riverwalk Park. Carnival rides at Division Street and Circle Avenue, Salisbury. May 1-3. For more details and hours, call 410-749-0144.
Towsontown Spring Festival. A festival in the heart of Towson with over 400 exhibitors, five stages with entertainment, crafts and ethnic food. Sponsored by the Towson Business Association. The festival will surround the Towson courthouse in the heart of Towson. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. May 2 and 1 p.m.-6 p.m. May 3. Free admission. $2 all-day parking available. Call 410-825-1144.
May Fair at Woodend. Sponsored by the Washington Revels and the Audubon Naturalist Society. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. May 3 at Woodend mansion, 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase. $6; $2 children under 12. Call 301-652-9188 or 202-364-8744.
28th Annual Montpelier Spring Festival. A family cultural arts celebration with entertainment, dance and food. Join the South Laurel Recreation Council volunteers who are celebrating 28 years of service to the community. Noon to 6 p.m. May 3 at the Montpelier Mansion Grounds on Route 197 at Montpelier Drive in South Laurel. Free admission. Call 301-776-2805 (English), 301-445-2335 (Spanish) or 310-445-4512 (TTY).
Women's Civic League 81st Flower Mart. Entertainment, lemon sticks, crafts, plants and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 6. Rain date May 7. Free admission. Call 410-837-5424.
Sixth annual herb festival. A festival centered on the ways herbs were used by both Colonial and Native Americans. Sponsored by Piney Run Park near Sykesville in southern Carroll County. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. May 9. Admission is $5 a car. Call 410-795-3274.
Marlborough Day 1998. A festival to promote the town of Upper Marlboro and Prince George's County. Sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in the historic town of Upper Marlboro. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 9.
Spring May Day celebration. A spring fair with the traditional Maypole dance, relay races, crafts, face painting, hay rides and games. Sponsored by the Fifth District Elementary School, at 3724 Mount Carmel Road just west of Falls Road. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 9. Free admission. Call 410-887-1726 or 410-887-1727.
Spring open house at Government House. Governor's residence Annapolis will be open to the public 1 p.m.-4 p.m. May 9. In nearby Lawyers Mall, a Spring Fling Festival with performing and visual arts workshops will take place 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. Call 410-974-3531.
Darlington's fourth annual spring craft fair. Sponsored by the Darlington Elementary School PTA at 2119 Shuresville Road. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 6. Table rent for vendors $20. Call 410-638-3700 or 410-836-7069.

lowercased:
three tell-tale signs that it's spring in baltimore: the birds come back to town -- both the little chirping kind that hang out in the trees and the kind that hang out at camden yards.
daffodils and tulips push their way up to the earth's surface, unfold in a glorious pageant of color -- then freeze and die from a late, freak cold snap.
and the johns hopkins university holds its annual spring fair.
for 27 years, hopkins has opened up its homewood campus to the people of baltimore, offering three days of fun and entertainment, and almost all of it for free. this friday, saturday and sunday you can enjoy live music, arts and crafts, an antique car show, plenty of kiddie rides and games and a few fun, oddball attractions like sumo wrestling. the theme of this year's event is "odyssey," which will incorporate a little bit of ancient greece into the fair. so fairgoers can also participate in the greco-roman challenge sporting events or try some gladiator jousting.
the fair is entirely organized and run by hopkins undergraduate students and is billed as the largest student-run festival in the country. "we expect 150,000 people to come to the fair over all three days," said sophomore katie rieder, publicity co-chair for the event. "for me, it's going to be so awesome to see so many people come to our campus and enjoy themselves. we have all been working hard on getting this together in between everything else like studying and classes."
"the main reason we do this is because we want to give something back to baltimore," said larry liang, a senior at hopkins who is in charge of booking musical entertainment for this year's fair. "this is our way to thank the whole community."
although the spirit of the fair has not changed in 27 years, the music has changed a little this year, liang said. "it's not all college, alternative pop music," he said. "i'm pretty excited about the musical lineup this year."
this year, music lovers can still hear local rock bands in the 98 rock beer garden, but they can also hear swing bands, steel drum bands, ska music, blues performers and djs spinning trip-hop sounds.
for newcomers to the fair, such as d.c.-based ska band checkered cabs, it's a great opportunity for new people to hear their music.
"we're more of a club band, but we attract a college-aged crowd," said sean hissey, drummer for the band. "ska has a reputation of being this underground thing, but in reality, ska has been around since the '50s. it has generations and waves. it was in, out, came back and left, now it's back again and will hopefully stay around."
for bands like mambo combo, who have performed at the fair more times than they can remember, the spring event is sort of a homecoming, especially for guitarist and keyboardist bob friedman, who graduated from hopkins in 1969 with a degree in psychology.
"they keep asking us to come back every year," friedman said. "we're a fun group, and people like to dance to us." the group's sunday afternoon performance outside of shriver hall will be a welcome change for the band, friedman saaid. "we've been in smoky clubs all winter, this will be our first chance to play outside. . . . we're looking forward to it."
but the biggest musical act to come to the fair this year is national recording group letters to cleo, who kick off the fair a little bit early with a show tonight at 8 p.m. in shriver hall. tickets are $10 and are available by calling ticketmaster at 410-481-seat. some tickets may be available at the door if the show is not sold out.
most know the band from its debut album, "aurora gory alice," and the song "here and now," which was played over and over on the closing credits of the tv show "melrose place" during the billy loves allison era.
the exposure was great for the band, but it was sort of a double-edged sword, said kay hanley, lead singer of the boston-based quintet. "if it wasn't for that, i'd probably still be waiting tables . . . but i have ruined any chance of having any indie credit."
the band never set out to be on "melrose place," but when it signed with its record label, the group asked to be on a compilation album of songs for the show. "we were like track 9, right after dinosaur jr. i thought it was very cool."
while on tour, the band found out that its song was being played over the credits to the show. "i thought it was kick," hanley said. but later, the group was criticized for supposedly orchestrating a huge self-promotion. "i assure you we went into the whole thing very innocently. . . . it's really upsetting to be constantly defending your motives."
while some people haven't heard from the band since "here and now," letters to cleo has stayed very busy. the group released a second album after "aurora gory alice" and has been "touring constantly," hanley said. "we toured for like three years straight. . . . we all got burned out. i didn't have a creative cell in my brain."
everyone in the group decided to take time off to relax. "i did absolutely nothing," hanley said. well, she did get married and witnessed her sister give birth, a "totally amazing experience," hanley said. after the break, the group was "fresh as daisies" to get back to work and record their third album, "go!", which was released in october.
now it's back to touring.
"we're doing colleges all this month," hanley said. "this is the time of year when you can do them; they're fun, and it pays a lot of bills."
although "go!" has had mostly good reviews by critics and, according to hanley, has "some of the best songs" she has ever written, the album has not had much airplay outside of their local area.
"the album is dead," hanley said.
no matter to letters to cleo. the band will keep on making music, hanley said. "a band like ours doesn't always fit on the radio. . . . putting out albums and touring is a way of generating a fan base for us."
as for the future, expect a fourth album next fall and some lilith fair tour dates this summer, hanley said. "whatever we do as a band, we do purely for ourselves."
where: johns hopkins university homewood campus, 3400 n. charles st.
tickets: free for parking and most events. letters to cleo performance at 8 p.m. today in shriver hall costs $10, $8 for hopkins students. tickets sold through ticketmaster at 410-481-seat.
here is just a sampling of area events to mark the arrival of spring. look in the family calendar of live for more events in the future.
fifth annual spring launch. a celebration of ecology and history of the chesapeake bay at the riverwalk in solomons. sponsored by solomons business association. noon-6 p.m. tomorrow, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. saturday and 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. sunday. for more information and schedules, call 410-326-6027.
spring walk. a 2 1/2-mile leisure walk to awaken the senses that normally lie dormant and a "smart heart" lunch to follow. sponsored by sinking springs herb farm, 234 belair shore road, elkton. the walk will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. april 18 with the "smart heart" lunch from noon to 1 p.m. $5 for the walk, and $20 for the walk and lunch. call 410-398-5566.
spring arts weekend. artists will open their studios to display their work for sale. sponsored by the mill centre association in conjunction with school 33 art center's open studio weekend from noon to 5 p.m. saturday and sunday at the mill centre, 3000 chestnut ave. and falls road. call 410-467-4911.
spring fair. craft demonstrations, children's activities, pony rides, door prizes, entertainment and food. sponsored by americana arts and crafts promotions at the howard county fairgrounds. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. saturday and sunday. for admission price and directions, call 301-701-2346.
spring antiques and collectibles street fest. 40 antiques and collectibles dealers will set up with antique cars along downtown streets in havre de grace. sponsored by the antique association of havre de grace. the dealers will be set up on washington street and franklin street, and antique cars will line pennington avenue. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. april 24. call 410-939-5290 or 410-939-4882.
towson gardens day. 12th annual event sponsored by the towson development corp. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. april 23 at towson court house fountain plaza and west pennsylvania and baltimore avenues, towson. rain date april 24. free. call 410-825-2211.
maryland hunt cup. 102nd running on april 25. 4 p.m. race time; 3:30 p.m. roads closed to traffic at worthington farms, tufton avenue, glyndon. $30 parking fee. parking passes must be purchased before race day. no admission available on race date. passes sold at the wine merchant, john brown's shawan store, butler store and valley motors, or send check and sase to maryland hunt cup association, 3021 black rock road, glyndon, md. 21071. luncheon reservations available through the maryland historical society, 410-685-3750. call 410-472-4453.
1998 spring craft fair. a juried event where all items sold are handmade by the vendor. held at downs park, pasadena. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. april 25. call 410-222-6230.
spring festival. seventh annual event sponsored by anne arundel county fair inc. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. april 25-26 at the fairgrounds, route 178, generals highway, crownsville. free admission. call 410-923-3400.
bolton hill spring festival and parade. sponsored by the mount royal improvement association and maryland institute, college of art. noon to 3:30 p.m. may 2 at mount royal recreation center, 120 w. mosher st. parade starts at noon. call 410-523-3159 or 410-728-2745.
salisbury dogwood festival. 16th annual event sponsored by the salisbury area chamber of commerce. block party friday at riverwalk park. carnival rides at division street and circle avenue, salisbury. may 1-3. for more details and hours, call 410-749-0144.
towsontown spring festival. a festival in the heart of towson with over 400 exhibitors, five stages with entertainment, crafts and ethnic food. sponsored by the towson business association. the festival will surround the towson courthouse in the heart of towson. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. may 2 and 1 p.m.-6 p.m. may 3. free admission. $2 all-day parking available. call 410-825-1144.
may fair at woodend. sponsored by the washington revels and the audubon naturalist society. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. may 3 at woodend mansion, 8940 jones mill road, chevy chase. $6; $2 children under 12. call 301-652-9188 or 202-364-8744.
28th annual montpelier spring festival. a family cultural arts celebration with entertainment, dance and food. join the south laurel recreation council volunteers who are celebrating 28 years of service to the community. noon to 6 p.m. may 3 at the montpelier mansion grounds on route 197 at montpelier drive in south laurel. free admission. call 301-776-2805 (english), 301-445-2335 (spanish) or 310-445-4512 (tty).
women's civic league 81st flower mart. entertainment, lemon sticks, crafts, plants and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. may 6. rain date may 7. free admission. call 410-837-5424.
sixth annual herb festival. a festival centered on the ways herbs were used by both colonial and native americans. sponsored by piney run park near sykesville in southern carroll county. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. may 9. admission is $5 a car. call 410-795-3274.
marlborough day 1998. a festival to promote the town of upper marlboro and prince george's county. sponsored by the maryland-national capital park and planning commission in the historic town of upper marlboro. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on may 9.
spring may day celebration. a spring fair with the traditional maypole dance, relay races, crafts, face painting, hay rides and games. sponsored by the fifth district elementary school, at 3724 mount carmel road just west of falls road. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. may 9. free admission. call 410-887-1726 or 410-887-1727.
spring open house at government house. governor's residence annapolis will be open to the public 1 p.m.-4 p.m. may 9. in nearby lawyers mall, a spring fling festival with performing and visual arts workshops will take place 11 a.m.-4 p.m. both events are free and open to the public. call 410-974-3531.
darlington's fourth annual spring craft fair. sponsored by the darlington elementary school pta at 2119 shuresville road. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. june 6. table rent for vendors $20. call 410-638-3700 or 410-836-7069.