2019-20 Association Report

Our approach

At HighEdWeb, our mission is to educate digital professionals who work at higher education institutions.

Membership

Members are the heart of HighEdWeb. And always excited to welcome more higher ed professionals to our community.

College and university members

HighEdWeb has institutional members from the United States and Canada. Faculty, staff and students of these institutions receive paid member benefits at no additional cost.

Institutional Members span across the United States and Canada
  1. Cedarville University
  2. Christian Brothers University
  3. Grand Valley State University
  4. Grinnell College
  5. Harvard University
  6. King’s University College at Western University
  7. Lasell University
  8. Leeward Community College
  9. Lorain County Community College
  10. Louisiana Tech University
  11. McHenry County College
  12. Penn State University
  13. Peru State College
  14. Saint John Fisher College
  15. Saint Louis Community College
  16. University of Hartford

(Membership list from December 30, 2020. Access the current list of institutional members.)

From our members

Joining HighEdWeb has been the smartest investment in my professional development.

I specifically mean professional development and not career, because the collaborative spirit and service-oriented attitude towards my community that I gained by participating in the Association are invaluable tools for me in this career and the next, and the next.
Janice Cheng-McConnell
Assistant director of graduate enrollment communications for Syracuse University Maxwell School

HighEdWeb, for me, is about learning, sharing ideas and experiences.

And giving back to a wonderful community of professionals who inspire me and respect and welcome people who look like me with open (socially distant) arms. The relationships I’ve built along the way and that I lean on throughout the year have made me a better marketer, leader, and person.
Joshua Charles
Director of web governance and communications for Rutgers Business School

Events

HighEdWeb continues to increase the number of events we offer annually. The events include conferences, networking and community group sessions.

From the evaluations

I love HighEdWeb year after year.

It was just great to open my head to new ideas and listen to others’ talk and learn from their successes and mistakes.
2020 Annual Conference attendee

Great conference!

I really liked the small group discussions on the Slack Channel. I think that was a great way to get people to network/engage.
2020 Accessibility Summit Attendee

By far the most fun group.

A great place for people to show their work and get into presenting if that’s a goal.
2020 Annual Conference presenter

Professional Development Library

The library of recordings and resources is a key membership benefit. Each year the library grows — and paid members have access to all the content.

Volunteering

Volunteers powers the association activities and events. Volunteer roles include presenters, committee members and short-term gigs.

We are so grateful to everyone that shares their expertise and knowledge.

  • Sven Aas, Mount Holyoke College
  • Kristen Abell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Veronica Adinegara, Missouri State University
  • Kevin Agee, Missouri State University
  • Ronald J. Agrella, University of Massachusetts
  • Josie R Ahlquist, Florida State University
  • Ray Allen, Flagler College-St Augustine
  • Mark H. Anbinder, Cornell University
  • Steve App, Campus Sonar
  • Justin W. Arndt, Montana State University
  • Amy Asadoorian, Mount Holyoke College
  • Brooke Bailey, University of Virginia
  • Becky Barnard, Michigan Technological University
  • Julie Bartucca, University of Connecticut
  • Alyssa Barwick, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Heather Battaglia, 18F
  • Waylon Baumgardner, California Baptist University
  • Katie Bean, NC State
  • Kyle Belmont, Macalester College
  • Adam Berkowitz, University of Connecticut
  • Nic Bertino, AppFolio
  • Blake Bertuccelli, Decubing Web Services
  • Ken Best, University of Connecticut
  • Damien Bilka, Penn State University
  • Garrett Bingaman, IGS Energy
  • Lougan Bishop, Belmont University
  • Jennifer Bland, University of Mississippi
  • Levi Bloom, Penn State University
  • Christine Boehler, Harvard University
  • Erika Boltz
  • Krista Boniface, University of Toronto
  • Karlyn Borysenko, Zen Workplace
  • John Boyer, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Tom Breen, University of Connecticut
  • Colleen Brennan-Barry, New York Chiropractic College
  • Kris Brinkerhoff, Missouri State–West Plains
  • Pat Brown, Purdue University
  • Robyn Brown, Miami University-Middletown
  • Natalie Brown Allen, NewCity
  • Ashley Budd, Cornell University
  • De’Awn Bunch
  • Bridget Burke, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Tina Burnell, University of Southern Maine
  • Ronnie Burt, CampusPress
  • Mitch Canter, Vanderbilt University
  • Susan Carini, Emory University
  • Carter Carroll, Louisiana Tech University
  • Will Carswell, Coker College
  • Andrew Cassel, Middlebury College
  • Lisa Catto, Western Oregon University
  • Angela Cavaliere, Montgomery County Community College
  • Karli Champ, Jamestown Community College
  • Joshua Charles, Rutgers University
  • C. Daniel Chase, SUNY Empire State College
  • Janice Cheng-McConnell, Syracuse University
  • Rachel Cherry, WPCampus
  • Evan Clark, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Helen Clarke, Carleton College
  • Louise Coburn, University of New England
  • Lisa M. Coetzee, Emory University
  • Georgy Cohen, OHO Interactive
  • Aaron Coleman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Christy Cousino, Montana State University
  • Caitlyn Craft, Stanford University
  • Susan Craigo, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • Crisler Crisler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • McKenzie Cross, Missouri State University
  • Brad Davidson, Missouri State University
  • Ryan Dee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Thomas Deneuville, Cornell University
  • Elicia Dennis, University of Notre Dame
  • Joseph DiDomizio, University at Buffalo
  • Alison Diefenderfer, University of Michigan
  • Joshua Dodson, VisionPoint Marketing
  • Glenn Donaldson, Ohio State University
  • Kevin Donovan, Augustana College
  • Chris D’Orso, SUNY College at Brockport
  • Lawrence Durtschi, Snow College
  • Jon Earley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Stephen Emlund, A.T. Still University
  • Diane Espy, Penn State University
  • Alan Etkin, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Larry Falck, Francis Marion University
  • Derek Featherstone, Level Access
  • Laura Fickett, University of Arkansas
  • Michael Fienen, nuCloud
  • Ruowei Fischer, Miami University-Oxford
  • Cynde Fleagle, Penn State University
  • Sean Miguel Joshua de la Peña Flynn, William & Mary
  • Kevin Fodness, Alley
  • Brendan, Morehead-Cain Foundation
  • Stephen Fornal, Tarrant County College District
  • Ashi Franke, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • Geoff Freed, Perkins School for the Blind
  • Louis Freeman, Missouri State University
  • Erin Fryer, College of William and Mary
  • Hannah Fuchigami, Squiz
  • Charles Fulton, Lafayette College
  • Stacey Funderburk, United Way of the Ozarks
  • Darren Gabbert, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Laura Garling, University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • Alec Gaschen, Coker College
  • Kristin Gasser, Arizona State University
  • Marissa Gentling, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Paul Gilzow, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Kaitlyn Goodall, Montana State University
  • Joel G Goodman, Bravery Media
  • Liz Gross, Campus Sonar
  • Curtiss Grymala, University of Mary Washington
  • Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Laurie Gyalog, Red Hat
  • Karen Hackett, Penn State University
  • Mulu Hailom, Augustana College
  • Margaret Hair, University of Kansas
  • Mathew Hames, 3 Enrollment Marketing
  • Anna Harris, California State University-Chico
  • Danny Harvey, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Brian Heaton, Missouri State University
  • Emily Heaton, Missouri State University
  • Nathan Heaton, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Alexa Heinrich, St Petersburg College
  • Jessica Heinz, Missouri State University
  • Mike Henderson, Adams State University
  • Blaine Herman, DubBot
  • Matt Herzberger, Purdue University
  • Kerri Hicks, Brown University
  • Holly Hill, Flagler College-St Augustine
  • AmyJune Hineline, Kanopi Studios
  • Randy Hollowell, Miami University-Oxford
  • Mike Horn, Flagler College-St Augustine
  • Elizabeth Hubbard, Coker College
  • Alex Hughes, Michigan Technological University
  • Ritu Jayakar, Penn State University
  • Nikki Jenkins, Missouri State University
  • Gabrielle Johnson, Coker College
  • Seth Johnson, Coker College
  • Robert Jolly, 18F
  • Alyson Jones, Missouri State University
  • Cordelia Jones, Mount Holyoke College
  • Sydney Jones, Jacksonville State University
  • Tim Jones
  • Erin Jorgensen, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Alyssa Kata
  • Laura Keenan, Augustana College
  • Shelley Keith Panulla
  • Christina Ketner, Flagler College-St Augustine
  • Day Kibilds, Western University
  • Jim Kittle, Ohio State University
  • Aaron Knight, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • Debbie Krahmer, Colgate University
  • Kelly Krause, Arizona State University (ASU)
  • Penny Kronz, DubBot
  • C. David Lafferty, Nazareth College
  • Dan Laird, SUNY College at Oswego
  • Allison Lambert, Simon Fraser University
  • Kristeena LaRoue, University of Central Florida
  • Chris Lastovicka, Cornell University
  • Jesse Lavery, Allegheny College
  • Jon Lee, Missouri State University
  • Conny Liegl, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
  • Lisa Lightbourn, University of Toronto
  • Sonja Likness, Duke University
  • Tracy Litzinger, Flagler College-St Augustine
  • Greg Lopez, Milwaukee Area Technical College
  • Kelly Lovell, Miami University-Middletown
  • Andy Lynch, North Star Marketing
  • Greg Marshall, Alley
  • Gail Martineau, Ohio State University
  • Stephanie Martinek, Duke University
  • Massaro Kauffman, Penn State University
  • Sarah Maxell Crosby, OHO Interactive
  • Christopher McComas, Marshall University
  • Shawn McComb, Missouri State University
  • Cheryl McKay, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Christina McNeil, Northeastern University
  • Luis Merino, Dallas County Community College District
  • Lance Merker, Modern Campus
  • Beth Miller, Campus Sonar
  • Danielle Miller, Clockwork Interactive
  • Meaghan Milliorn Fikes, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • Annie Mitchell, Wofford College
  • Barry Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Katie Monfet, Eastern Florida State College
  • Clark Morgan, North Star Marketing
  • Andrea Mostyn, Missouri State University
  • Nicholas Muskopf-Stone, Augustana College
  • Elyssa Naval, University of Arizona
  • Tim Nekritz, SUNY College at Oswego
  • Elaine Nelson, The Evergreen State College
  • Eric Nelson, Missouri State University
  • Jodi Neufeld, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
  • Sylvia Nicosia, Farmingdale State College
  • Tonya Oaks Smith, Louisiana Tech University
  • Sean O’Connor, Allegheny College
  • David Olsen, West Virginia University
  • Elisa Olsen, University of Houston-Downtown
  • Aaron Olson, University of Pennsylvania
  • Michael Osadciw, University of Rochester
  • Gracia Ostendorf, Miami University-Middletown
  • Lori Packer, University of Rochester
  • Leo Pardo, Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
  • Tracy Parkinson, Coker College
  • Lacy Paschal, Vanderbilt University
  • Pruthvi Patel, Miami University-Oxford
  • Anne Petersen, 18F
  • Rick Pine, University of Southern California
  • Brian Piper, University of Rochester
  • Kate Post, California State University-Chico
  • Mike Powers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • Rachel Rodemann Putman, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
  • Jean-Paul Rains, Laurentian University
  • Ben Rapin, Grand Valley State University
  • Eric Rasmussen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Kai Raymer, Missouri State University
  • Nathan Reimer, Reimer Consulting
  • Taryn Rejholec, Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Aaron Rester, Roosevelt University
  • Fazia Rizvi, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Caroline Roberts, iFactory
  • Rebecca Rodgers
  • Megan Rolfs, Illinois State University
  • Justin Romack, Texas A&M University
  • Megan Ross, Michigan Technological University
  • Jacqueline Rowe, Stony Brook University
  • Erik Runyon, University of Notre Dame
  • Matt Ryan, Penn State University
  • George Sackett, Saint Louis Community College
  • Christian Santillo, College of the Holy Cross
  • Carmen Schafer, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Meghan Schatz, Loyola University Maryland
  • Jeanine Schoessler, satinflame design
  • Catherine Scholz, Milwaukee School of Engineering
  • Theo Schwinke, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Jeff Sechler, Penn State University
  • Eric Sembrat, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Danielle Sewell, York College of Pennsylvania
  • Andy Shearouse, Augustana College
  • Andrew Shooner, University of Kentucky
  • Martin Sickafoose, Purdue Alumni Association
  • Robin Smail, Penn State University
  • Caryn Sobieski-VanDelinder, University at Buffalo
  • Tom Soto, Louisiana Tech University
  • Brenden Sparks, San Jose State University
  • Royall Spence, Platform.sh
  • Jenna Spinelle, Penn State University
  • Jon-Stephen Stansel
  • Norma Stary, Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Drew Stephens, University of Arkansas
  • Jeff Stevens, UF Health
  • Lainie Strange, State of Missouri
  • Erin Supinka, Dartmouth College
  • Donna Talarico, Stories & Such/Hippocampus Magazine
  • Michelle Tarby, Le Moyne College
  • Katy Tatzel, Farmingdale State College
  • Crystal l Tenan, NC State University
  • Terrill Thompson, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
  • Andrea Tripp, University of Southern Maine
  • Doug, Augustana College
  • Eric Turner, Mt San Antonio College
  • Dave Tyler, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rachell Underhill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • James Upp, Clemson University
  • Mira Valjakka, Mason Interactive
  • Melissa Van De Werfhorst, University of California-Santa Barbara
  • Kristin Van Dorn, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
  • Joel C. Vertin, Michigan Technological University
  • Jackie Vetrano, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Jaymi Victor, Peru State College
  • Matt Vitale, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Kimberly Vlies, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  • Noen Vo, Missouri State University
  • Joseph Vugteveen, Grand Valley State University
  • John Wagner, Princeton University
  • Laura Waits, University of Houston-Downtown
  • Gale Wallace, Rockford University
  • Caleb Walters, University of West Alabama
  • Jay Watson, Vanderbilt University
  • Terry Watson, Penn State University
  • Nick Watts, Hamline University
  • Kathryn Weber-Hottleman, University of Connecticut
  • Curtis Wech, Wisconsin Lutheran College
  • Amy Grace Wells, 10up
  • Jon Whiting, WebAIM
  • Mark Whittaker, Southern Utah University
  • Alaina Wiens, Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce
  • Isaac Williams, Daemen College
  • John Williams, Ozmo
  • Sarah Williams, Missouri State University
  • Mallory Willsea, PlatformQ Education
  • Joshua Woehlke, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Tom Wojciechowski, Daemen College
  • Jason Woodward, State & Plain
  • Rebekah Wright, Southwest Baptist University
  • Evan Yamanishi, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Angelina Zaytsev, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Belinda Zhu, University of British Columbia
  • Carolyn Zinn, Kalamazoo College
  • Ken Zirkel, Brown University

New initiatives

2019: Community Groups formed

Community Groups provide a path for members to connect with their peers and experts in different industries. Group topics included analytics, accessibility, web governance, Drupal, social media, management and leadership, project management and email marketing.

2020: Accessibility Summit and Annual Conference moved online

We held our first online conferences in 2020. While we missed connecting in person, the format welcomed attendees from across the globe. Both conferences also had record attendance.

2020: Volunteer Rewards Program approved

This Volunteer Rewards Program recognizes the service of our volunteers. Volunteers earn points for service in 2021, and then spend those points on rewards in 2022.

Leadership

Our community works together.

We share best practices and lessons learned with each other. This spirit of collaboration is exemplified by the Association’s Board of Directors. This group of dedicated volunteers works year-round to help guide and mold the future of the Association.
Tom Wojciechowski
HighEdWeb President

Board of Directors

Financials

2020 was a tough year in many ways, including financially. But HighEdWeb has a strong financial foundation. We’re prepared to move forward and meet the learning needs of our community.

Sponsors

HighEdWeb truly appreciates the support of our sponsors and partners. Because of their support, conference registration costs were kept low while allowing exceptional special events and keynotes. These organizations provided support for our 2019 and 2020 events and activities.