2024 Leadership Program
Program Leads
Advisory Committee
Laura Rantala
Kenji Ikemoto
John Bansavich, Ed.D.
University of San Francisco
Hussam Kashou, PhD
Henry Burnett, PhD
2024 Cohort
Topics & Dates
March 8, 12:00-1:30 PM
Welcome To The Program, Meet Your Cohort, Introduction To The Canvas Course
Program details, meet and greet, and how to navigate our Canvas Course.
April 12, 12:00-1:30 PM
Project Management and Team Dynamics (Laura Rantala And Hussam Kashou, Long Beach City College)
May 10, 12:00-1:30 PM
Five Leadership Lessons I Learned Over My Career (Jay Field, California Community Colleges)
Jay Field has worked in technology and higher education for 30+ years. He has programmed library automation systems at Stanford, worked as faculty in Instructional Technology at Santa Rosa Junior College, directed Instructional Technology at Sonoma State University, and served as CIO/CTO at Solano Community College, Long Beach City College, San Francisco City College and the California Virtual Campus-Online Education Initiative (CVC). After retiring from CVC, Jay worked for Quottly, the company who built the CVC platform, as an advisor about higher education. Fully retired (at least for the moment), Jay and his wife wife enjoy traveling and of course, kids and grandkids. This presentation will touch on five lessons that show several themes that have helped Jay throughout his career. Topics include communication, budgets, personnel, committee work, and more.
June 14, 12:00-1:30 PM
Budgeting: Making the Right Choices (Nancy Cutler, Santa Clara University)
Nancy Cutler works with a dedicated team at Santa Clara University to support technology initiatives and campus technology resources, such as instructional technology, content accessibility, online graduate programs, learning space development, and more.
Nancy also partners with the Collaborative for Faculty Innovation to develop programming, workshops, and technology resources for teaching innovation.
She is a long-standing member of DET/CHE and serves on the ATXpo planning team that coordinates an annual event promoting educational technology in eight Bay Area schools.
Budgeting, and staying within our budgets, is a critical responsibility for all of us - whether at a project, unit or department level. In this presentation we will talk about how to align our values and goals to our financial decisions. We will learn from each other, whether experienced or new to budgeting, as we cover the basics, think about building multi-year plans, discover cost saving strategies, and identify the critical elements of successfully managing a budget.
July 12, 12:00-1:30 PM
Enhancing DEI in Higher Education IT: Key Metrics and Strategies (James Johnson, St. Mary's College)
Dr. James H. Johnson Jr. is an educational technology leader with over 20 years of experience. At Saint Mary's College of California, he serves as Chief Information Officer, focusing on student experiences, operations, and cybersecurity.
His achievements include managing online learning transitions during crises and unifying learning management systems. His expertise covers instructional design, technology-enhanced learning, and cybersecurity.
An advocate for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), Dr. Johnson has served as Interim Diversity Officer and co-authored a DEI Maturity Matrix for IT. He holds degrees from California State University, Long Beach and Southern Illinois University.
The presentation outlines metrics and strategies for advancing DEI in higher education IT departments, starting with a land acknowledgment. It emphasizes integrating DEI into IT frameworks and highlights the importance of cultural alignment.
Key sections include IT maturity stages, DEI maturity levels, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like training participation and service impact. Leadership involvement in DEI through mentorship and training is also discussed, concluding with a call to action for fostering an inclusive IT environment in higher education.