{"id":30302,"date":"2026-08-03T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=30302"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:12:44","slug":"strategic-technology-advisory-committee-stac-officer-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/03\/strategic-technology-advisory-committee-stac-officer-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) Officer Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-600x455.png\" alt=\"Ted Hanss is the new STAC chair. Outgoing chair, Marcus Bough, hands him an image of a regally-styled chair to signify change in leadership.\" class=\"wp-image-30303\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.318706047819972;width:660px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-600x455.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After serving as chair for 18 months and vice chair for one year, Marcus Blough, chief information officer, SRC-Comp &amp; Multi-Media Tech, passed the chair leadership position to Ted Hanss, chief information officer, LSA. Carrie Shumaker, vice chancellor for Informational Technology and chief strategy officer, Dearborn was elected as vice chair. Officer positions are held for one-year terms, with the vice chair assuming the role of the chair when the new vice chair is appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Arnst, chief information officer, Flint, was elected to serve as a steering committee member for a one-year renewable term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two at-large members completed their two-year terms: Brad Battey, director, LSI Information Technology, and Mike Leppek, director, Public Safety Technology Operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeremy Nelson, chief technology officer, Center for Academic Innovation, and Andrea Stevens, assistant director, Service Delivery, were elected as at-large members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.umich.edu\/governance\/governance-groups\/strategic-technology-advisory-committee-stac\">STAC VPIT-CIO website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After serving as chair for 18 months and vice chair for one year, Marcus Blough, chief information officer, SRC-Comp &amp; Multi-Media Tech, passed the chair leadership position to Ted Hanss, chief information officer, LSA. Carrie Shumaker, vice chancellor for Informational Technology and chief strategy officer, Dearborn was elected as vice chair. Officer positions are held for one-year terms,\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/03\/strategic-technology-advisory-committee-stac-officer-elections\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":30303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[786],"class_list":["post-30302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-stac"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins.png",614,466,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-300x228.png",300,228,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins.png",614,466,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-600x455.png",600,455,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins.png",614,466,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins.png",614,466,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-614x300.png",614,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins.png",614,466,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FY26-STAC-chair-Teri-Elkins-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Teri Elkins, ITS CIO Strategy and Planning","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/teri-elkins\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"After serving as chair for 18 months and vice chair for one year, Marcus Blough, chief information officer, SRC-Comp &amp; Multi-Media Tech, passed the chair leadership position to Ted Hanss, chief information officer, LSA. Carrie Shumaker, vice chancellor for Informational Technology and chief strategy officer, Dearborn was elected as vice chair. 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