Committees
The NERCOMP Board of Trustees has organized committees to handle specific topics. If you would like to volunteer your time, energy and ideas to a committee, or if you wish to direct a question to a committee, please e-mail us at nercomp@nercomp.org.
Communication and Member Relations
The Communication committee focuses on issues associated with recruitment, benefits, reporting and information dissemination at NERCOMP.
Committee Members:
Linda Hilton, Board Member, Committee Chair
Executive Committee
The Executive committee is responsible for managing the financial and administrative aspects of NERCOMP. The committee is charged with reviewing the bylaws and compliance at NERCOMP, and is responsible for maintaining NERCOMP's relationship with EDUCAUSE. The committee also provides regular financial reporting, and ensures annual independent audits are conducted. Members of the Executive committee also work on nominations, board elections, officer elections and succession planning.
Committee Members:
David Wedaman, NERCOMP Chair, Committee Chair
Christine Fitzgerald, NERCOMP Vice Chair, Committee Vice Chair
Beatrice Pulliam, NERCOMP Treasurer, Committee Member
Linda Hilton, NERCOMP Secretary, Committee Member
License / Vendor Relations Committee
The License/Vendor Relations committee works with NERCOMP’s vendors and partners to promote the leverage inherent in NERCOMP’s broad membership, and to obtain better pricing, licensing, service and support for NERCOMP members. Some of the vendors with whom the Licence/Vendor committee currently interfaces are Microsoft, ESET and Adobe.
Committee Members:
George Claffey Jr., Board Member, Committee Chair
Ananda Jones, NERCOMP Vendor and Licensing Coordinator
Deborah Moschella Saks, Board Member, Committee Member
Beatrice Pulliam, Board Member, Committee Member
Nominating Committee
The Nominating committee is responsible for the annual process through which potential Board Members are presented.
Committee Members:
Gina Siesing, Committee Chair
Anne Scrivener Agee, Committee Member
Lee Hisle, Committee Member
Joanne Kossuth, Committee Member
Tracey Leger-Hornby, Committee Member
Colleen Wheeler, Committee Member
Catherine Yang - Educause Representative (ex officio), Committee Member
Professional Development Committee
The Professional Development Committee includes both the Annual Conference committee and the SIG committee. The Annual Conference committee focuses on planning and operating NERCOMP’s Annual Conference, including solicitation of proposals, proposal selection, pre-conference selection and the development of an effective, high-level strategy and program for each year’s event. The Chair of the Annual Conference Committee will be the advocate for this group. The SIG committee focuses on “hot topics,” specifically current events and issues that appeal to NERCOMP members. The SIGs committee solicits participation in SIGs, recruits leaders and coordinators who are crucial to the development and maintenance of this vital program, and manages the annual review of the special interest groups.
Annual Conference Committee Members:
Dawn Thistle, Board Member, Committee Chair
Matthew Burfeind, Committee Vice Chair
SIG Committee Members:
Andrea Milligan, Board Member, Committee co Chair
Deborah Moschella Saks, Board Member, Committee co Chair
Mark Berman, Board Member, Committee Member
Christine Fitzgerald, Board Member, Committee Member
Jes Caron, Committee Member
Carrie Saarinen, Committee Member
Online SIG Committee Members:
Andrea Milligan, Board Member
Todd Ficarra, Committee Member
Karen Warren, Board Member


