Erin DeSilva

Erin DeSilva is the Senior Director, Learning, Design, and Innovation in ITC at Dartmouth College. She works with a team of talented learning designers and educational technologists to support faculty in their course design as well as to manage the technology that helps facilitate student learning. Prior to joining Dartmouth in 2015, Erin worked as an Instructional Designer at Brown University and an Educational Technologist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where her responsibilities included training and supporting faculty, designing and building courses, and other front-end infrastructure support. Erin has been involved in NERCOMP since 2009, facilitating SIG/Professional Development Opportunities and serving on the conference Program Committee, where she is currently vice-chair of the 2021 Annual Conference. She has led NERCOMP sessions on learning management systems, collaborative writing, assessment technologies, library/IT collaboration, and accessibility, among other topics. Erin is also a beneficiary of NERCOMP’s member services, and a strong believer in NERCOMP’s inspirational ability to lift up individuals while excelling in the innovation and important maintenance of the consortium.

Erin earned her Bachelor’s degree at Simmons College and her Master’s degree in Educational Media at Boston University. She lives in Norwich, VT with her husband Jerry and children Ben and Josie. She owes so much to NERCOMP that she is thrilled to chair the 2022 Annual Conference and to serve on the Board.

Jeff Berliner

Jeff Berliner has served as the Chief Information Officer at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ since 2007. In this role, he is privileged to manage a diverse and dynamic team of 25 staff and oversees all aspects of technology strategy, planning, policy, and service delivery for one of the world’s foremost centers of intellectual inquiry and theoretical research.

Before joining IAS, Jeff served as the Director of Systems for the NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Medical Center. In addition to these roles, Jeff has served as both Chair and Vice-chair of the NJ CIO Forum. He has chaired three visiting committees for the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute
and currently serves as a member of their IT Advisory Committee. Jeff has been a speaker and
moderator for many regional and national events including those for Educause, NJEdge and NJ Boys State, and currently serves as a mentor in the ACM’s SIGUCCS mentoring program.

On behalf of NERCOMP, Jeff has served as a member of the Professional Development (PD) Committee since 2019 and currently serves as chair of the Data Analysis Task Force. He has been a speaker and moderator for NERCOMP webinars, a facilitator for the NC20 and NC21 conferences, and a participant in Idea Planning Day. He served on the annual conference planning committee in 2021 and 2022, chairing the Systems and Solutions track, and is currently serving as Vice-Chair for the 2023 conference. Jeff is also the Institute for Advanced Study’s NERCOMP Institutional Representative.

Jeff holds a Master’s Degree in the Management of Technology from the NYU Polytechnic Institute (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University at Albany.


 

Katie Surkin

Katie is the Senior Manager for Client Relationships & Support at Bryn Mawr College. Also a graduate of Bryn Mawr, Katie started her professional career as the only professional staff member at the help desk. Through the years, her role has expanded to where she is today: responsible for a diverse team that provides support for a variety of College services including help desk, desktop support, and library circulation. At the heart of Katie’s team and a constant focus of her career is an emphasis on and commitment to service and service experience.

At Bryn Mawr, Katie has been a part of a variety of department and college-wide groups, focusing on topics like assessment, communication, and best practices for student employment. She is currently leading a matrix team that's focused on library service and planning and a series of smaller, topic-oriented groups that are focused on finding ways to improve and enhance the department’s already robust culture of service. Though an introvert at heart, Katie is a true people person that has worked to intentionally find and create places where relationships are built, dialogue is encouraged, and everyone is made to feel welcome. Finding ways to connect with people and ideas (and to help others do the same!) is one of her true joys.

When she isn’t working with her team to provide the best sustainable service to the College community, Katie can be found trying out new recipes, researching which restaurants to visit next, reading cozy mysteries, and dreaming of her next Disney vacation. She’s probably also wearing Mickey ears.