CIO Panel
Speaker/Host
Primary/Host Speaker
Matthew Gunkel
Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer at UC Riverside
As Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer for UC Riverside, Matthew Gunkel is charged with enabling the support of strategic priorities and collaborative partnerships, as well as strengthening ITS through improvements to IT services that directly support teaching, learning, research, and working at the university. Before arriving to UCR, he was at the University of Missouri, where he served as Chief Online Learning and Technology Officer. There, he led the digital vision, educational technology, learning analytics, and online roadmap for the four campuses that comprise the public university system for the state of Missouri. Under his leadership, the university combined over 300 academic programs into a cohesive online presence, complete with an enhanced technology platform.
Co-speaker(s)
Additional Speakers
Josh Bright
Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer at UC Santa Barbara
Josh Bright is UC Santa Barbara’s third Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (AVC/CIO). In this role, Josh provides oversight for all IT activities that contribute to planning, creating, and implementing UCSB's IT vision, and for the integration of those activities into the campus' strategic plan. Josh joined UCSB in August 2022 after almost 20 years at UC Riverside, where he served as the Interim Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, responsible for the strategic leadership of UCR’s central campus Information Technology Solutions (ITS) organization.
Prior to this role, he served as Associate Director/Senior Program Manager of UCR ITS Demand & Premium Services, designing and implementing key IT services for the campus, and as UCPath Campus Program Manager, leading UC Riverside through its successful transformation and implementation of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management.
Josh received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UC Riverside, an M.A. in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University, and a B.A. in Philosophy and Theological Studies from Wheaton College. He holds certificates in IT Service Management, Digital & IT Strategy, and Lean IT, and has completed the UC IT Leadership program at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
Aisha Jackson
Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer at UC Santa Cruz
Dr. Aisha Jackson joined UC Santa Cruz in August 2022 as Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and CIO, bringing over 15 years of higher education technology leadership experience. She leads the Information Technology Services division with a focus on delivering exceptional, modern, accessible, and secure services. Dr. Jackson is recognized for her exceptional ability to stabilize organizations during periods of transition, providing steady leadership and clear direction amid a rapidly changing technology landscape, challenging financial environments, and shifting federal and state government priorities. She previously served as Assistant Vice Provost at the University of Colorado Boulder for 12 years, where she oversaw academic technology, student success, and web initiatives. Dr. Jackson holds a doctorate from the University of Colorado Denver and began her career at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago.
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