Board of Directors
CENIC is governed by its member institutions through the board of directors. Director seats are held by representatives of the CENIC Charter Associates — the segments of the California research and education community for and by which CENIC was created, as well as significant segments that joined later. Directors typically serve three-year terms.
Board Chair & Vice Chair
Samuel Sudhakar (Chair), CFO and VP of Finance, Technology and Operations, CSU San Bernardino
Marla Meehl (Vice Chair), Integrated Network Services Manager & Assistant Director of Enterprise IT; Senior Program Director, Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP); Workforce in IT Networking at SC team, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Board Members
Keith Agosta, Sr. Director of Network Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Stanford
Danny J. Allen, Investor and Consultant, djallen LLC
Kendra Ard, Chief Infrastructure Officer, CSU Chancellor’s Office
Joe Bengfort, CIO, Senior Vice President, and Associate Vice Chancellor, UC San Francisco
Jin Chang, Chief Information Officer, California Institute of Technology
Josh Chisom, Manager, Broadband Opportunities Program, California State Library
Ed Clark, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, CSU Chancellor’s Office
Jennifer Coleman, Executive Director, CCC Technology Center
Crystal Duran, Library Director, Belvedere Tiburon Library
Louis Fox, President & CEO, CENIC
Jory Hadsell, Executive in Residence, Information Technology, CCC Chancellor's Office
Craig Hayward, Vice Chancellor, AI Strategy and Digital Transformation, CCC Chancellor's Office
Ron Johnson, Vice President, CIO Emeritus, and Professor, University of Washington
Terry Loftus, Assistant Superintendent & CIO, San Diego County Office of Education
Mary Nicely, Deputy Superintendent of Information & Technology, California Department of Education
Bill Paik, (Ex Officio Director), Treasurer & CFO, CENIC
Matthew Rantanen, Advisory Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association
Ramesh Rao, Director of Qualcomm Institute & Professor, UC San Diego
Kari Robertson, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, UC Office of the President
Nick Scheib, Associate Chief Information Officer for Infrastructure, University of Southern California
Nancy Schram, Library Director, Ventura County Library
Andrew Schwab, Superintendent, Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District
Larry Smarr, (Science Advisor), Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
Frank Wuerthwein, (Science Advisor), Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego
Audit Committee:
- Nancy Schram, (Chair), Ventura County Library
- Joe Bengfort, UC San Francisco
- Terry Loftus, San Diego County Office of Education
Executive Review and Compensation Committee:
- Jin Chang, (Chair), Caltech
- Marla Meehl, UCAR
- Samuel Sudhakar, CSU San Bernardino
- Kendra Ard, CSU Chancellor's Office
- Nancy Schram, Ventura County Library
Finance Committee:
- Ron Johnson, (Chair), University of Washington
- Kendra Ard, CSU Chancellor's Office
- Ed Clark, CSU Chancellor's Office
- Van Williams, UC Office of the President
- Louis Fox, CENIC
- Bill Paik, (Ex Officio), CENIC
Governance and Board Development Committee:
- Kendra Ard, (Chair), CSU Chancellor's Office
- Louis Fox, CENIC
- Ron Johnson, University of Washington
- Ramesh Rao, UC San Diego
- Andrew Schwab, DPOL Joint USD
- Kao Saefong, (Ex Officio), CENIC
Executive Committee:
- Samuel Sudhakar, (Chair), CSU San Bernardino
- Marla Meehl, (Vice Chair), FRGP & UCAR
- Kendra Ard, CSU Chancellor's Office
- Jin Chang, Caltech
- Louis Fox, CENIC
- Ron Johnson, University of Washington
- Nancy Schram, Ventura County Library