Oct 6, 2025
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the formation of an advisory committee charged with assisting in a national search for a Vice Provost of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. The committee will evaluate nominees and make recommendations, and will be chaired by Marios Papaefthymiou, Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences.
The other members of the search advisory committee are:
- Willie Banks, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
- Grace Crvarich, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Program Development and Execution, Division of Finance and Administration
- Andrea Eaton, Chief Campus Counsel and Vice Chancellor, Legal Affairs
- Patty Furukawa, Assistant Dean and Chief Information and Operating Officer, School of Law
- Scott Joslyn, Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President, UCI Health
- Nancy Lewis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, Office of Research
- Matthew Martinez, Director, Information Technology Services, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
- Philip Papadopoulos, Director, Research Cyberinfrastructure Center
- Van Williams, Vice President, Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer, UC Office of the President
- James Weatherall, Chancellor’s Professor and Chair, Logic and Philosophy of Science, School of Social Sciences
A nationally recognized academic search consultant, WittKieffer, has been engaged to assist the committee. AÂ position description is posted here. Suggestions of suitable candidates are welcome. All correspondence will be held in the strictest confidence and should be addressed to:
Vice Provost of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Search Committee In care of Andy Rivera, Talent Acquisition Manager, Human Resources andrew.rivera@uci.eduÂ
I welcome your participation in this important recruitment.
Sincerely,
Hal Stern
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics