EDUCAUSE Leadership



EDUCAUSE senior leadership provides strategic and tactical guidance for the association, working with the EDUCAUSE board to serve our community of colleges, universities, and other organizations.

John O'Brien

President and CEO

John is responsible for leading EDUCAUSE in its mission to advance higher education through technology innovation. He directs all activities and functions and works with the EDUCAUSE board to ensure stewardship, transparency, and accountability in service to EDUCAUSE members.

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Eden Dahlstrom

Vice President, Professional Development and Membership

Eden leads the units responsible for EDUCAUSE conferences and events, learning and career advancement programs, member relations, and corporate engagements. She is committed to advancing higher education’s academic missions – education, scholarship, and research – through the innovative and effective use of technology and connecting solution seekers with solution providers.

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Nycole M. Joiner

Chief Financial Officer and VP, People and Culture

Nycole leads EDUCAUSE financial operations, fiscal health, and financial strategy. Her responsibilities include business development, finance-related reporting, and accounting.

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Mark McCormack

Interim VP for Research, Insights, and Analytics

Mark leads EDUCAUSE's efforts to connect members with the data and insights they need, including our benchmarking services (CDS, student and faculty data), the Connect community platform, and original research studies like the Top 10, Horizon, AI landscape, and workforce projects.

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Joe Ryan

CIO and VP IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Joe leads the EDUCAUSE IT business function, which provides IT services to the association staff and works with the business units on IT solutions that support and provide value to the membership at large. Joe has a career of work in higher education technology settings.

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Catherine Yang

VP of Content Strategy and Communications

Catherine oversees the association's digital communication channels of marketing, web and publishing. Her responsibilities include the EDUCAUSE websites, EDUCAUSE Review, the EDUCAUSE Library, and various content strategy.

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