IT@UofT Board

The IT@UofT Board advises the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and senior leadership at the University of Toronto on IT matters relating to policy, risk, priorities and opportunities relating to investments in information technology. The IT@UofT Board membership includes senior University academic and academic-administrative leaders from the Provost’s office, vice-presidents and principals.

The IT@UofT Board:

• Provides overarching policy direction when required
• Identifies opportunities for IT-facilitated organizational improvements
• Advocates for funding on institutionally important initiatives
• Receives periodic updates from CIO on major initiative progress

The IT@UofT Board will seek additional expertise as needed from external advisors in higher education and private sectors.

Input

• Proposed policies and protocols
• Major IT initiative proposals
• Reports from IT committees (e.g., IT@UofT Annual Report, Chief Information Security Officer Annual Report)
• Catalogues of current IT systems and services, projects in development and proposed initiatives

Output

• Strategic direction (prioritization)
• Policy revision/approval
• Advocacy/support for funding requests

Membership

Name	Division/Faculty/Department
Donna Kidwell (chair)	Acting Chief Information Officer
Deborah Brown	Chief Administrative Officer, UTM
Leah Cowen	Vice President, Research and Innovation
Linda Johnston	Acting Vice-President and Principal, UTSC
Scott Mabury	Vice President, Operations and Real Estate Partnerships
Susan McCahan	Vice-Provost, Academic Programs and Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education
Melanie Woodin	Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science
Christopher Yip	Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

Reporting relationship

• Receives input from the IT@UofT Business Board and IT@UofT committees

Meeting frequency

• Three meetings per year.
• View the meeting schedule.

If you have questions, contact Marden Paul, Director, Planning, Governance & Assessment marden.paul@utoronto.ca.