NASCIO Announces Association Leadership for Coming Year

LEXINGTON, Ky., Tuesday, October 18, 2022The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) announced the association’s executive leadership for the new program year. Stephanie Dedmon, Chief Information Officer for the State of Tennessee, will be president; James Weaver, Secretary of Technology and Chief Information Officer for the State of North Carolina, will be vice president; and Amanda Crawford, Executive Director and Chief Information Officer for the State of Texas, will be secretary/treasurer. Additionally, Alan Fuller, Chief Information Officer for the State of Utah; Jennifer Ricker, Secretary and State Chief Information Officer for the State of Illinois; and Bill Vajda, Chief Information Officer for the State of Wyoming, will be joining NASCIO’s Executive Committee as new directors.

Stuart Davis, Vice President, Consulting Expert with CGI Technologies and Solutions, will be NASCIO’s Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) chair and Paul Baltzell, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development with Salesforce, will be CLC vice chair. CLC members promote information sharing among public and private sector members, providing expertise to NASCIO on issue focus areas and supporting projects. The CLC chair and vice chair hold advisory, non-voting seats on NASCIO’s Executive Committee.

NASCIO’s 2022-23 Executive Committee leaders are:

President
Stephanie Dedmon, CIO, State of Tennessee

Vice-President
James Weaver, Secretary of Technology and CIO, State of North Carolina

Secretary/Treasurer
Amanda Crawford, Executive Director and CIO, State of Texas

Past President
Michael Leahy, Secretary of Information Technology, State of Maryland

Executive Committee Directors:
Fred Brittain, CIO, State of Maine
Alan Fuller, CIO, State of Utah
John MacMillan, Deputy Secretary for Information Technology and CIO, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Ricker, Secretary and State CIO, State of Illinois
J.R. Sloan, CIO, State of Arizona
Josh Spence, CIO, State of West Virginia
Bill Vajda, CIO, State of Wyoming
Greg Zickau, CIO, State of Idaho

Stuart Davis, ex officio
Paul Baltzell, ex officio

NASCIO Contact

Meredith Ward
Director of Policy and Research
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
859.514.9209
[email protected]