Subject: An Announcement Regarding Lisa Davis
From: Campus Broadcast <[email-masked]>
To: Campus Broadcast <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:07:06 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share that Lisa Davis will depart her position as Vice President and Chief Information Officer effective May 31st to begin an exciting new executive role at Intel on June 1, based in California. We are incredibly grateful for her contributions to Georgetown over the last three years.

Lisa has led the innovation of Georgetown’s technology infrastructure and services to support new ways of delivering curriculum during a critical time of great social and technological change in higher education. Under Lisa’s leadership, University Information Systems (UIS) established the University’s first mobile and cloud computing strategy, created the University’s first seamless communications and collaboration platform by moving to Google, and moved Georgetown’s human resources and financial systems into the cloud – making Georgetown the first university to do so.

Under Lisa’s leadership, the University received more than one million dollars in National Science Foundation grants enabling Georgetown to build the foundation for the next generation research network. Additionally, in the face of growing cyber security threats to higher education, Lisa increased institutional awareness and training to proactively protect University data and intellectual property. Lisa’s work has earned Georgetown three awards and national recognition as a leader in technology innovation among higher education institutions.

Lisa has channeled her passion to support the professional development of talented women into leading initiatives that have greatly benefited the Georgetown community. She is a founding member of the Georgetown Women's Alliance and cofounder of GU Women Who Code, an initiative to bridge the gap of women in STEM careers that is engaging more than 500 students and staff.  Lisa has embodied Georgetown’s value of being men and women for others by serving as Georgetown’s institutional representative for Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JCHEM).  I look forward to watching these initiatives thrive for years to come.

As we plan for permanent leadership of UIS, I have asked current Deputy Chief Information Officer Judd Nicholson to serve as Interim Vice President and Chief Information Officer, effective June 1.

We are grateful for the time Lisa has spent in leadership here at Georgetown and wish her well as she begins a new chapter in California.

Sincerely,

Christopher Augostini
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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