For those of you that joined us in Austin, Texas for the ITC Annual National Conference – thank you!!! It was a wonderful conference – and represented the ITC’ return to staging our annual conference on a community college campus. A major “tip of the ITC hat” to our host, Matt Evins, the director of Academic Technology at Austin Community College. He, and his wonderful staff, made everything work and flow so well. The tech support was wonderful, the food and refreshments were wonderful, the Highland Campus (one of twelve campus locations) was gi-normous but worked well for our conference. As you can imagine, most of the board members were immersed in selecting session applications, arranging for keynote speakers, coordinating the Grand Debate or the Awards Ceremony, hosting/participating in our “power panel session, recruiting exhibitors, creating awards and give-aways, planning receptions and facilitating sessions. And the ITC board leaders were “everything, everywhere, all at once” for the entire conference. All deserve a hale and hearty “Hizzah!!” for a fabulous job!
There were many highlights at the conference, but some of our best news concerned the introduction of our new ITC management team as well. No surprise here – you’ve been interacting with our team: Craig and Holly, as they helped with membership renewals and conference registrations over the past eight months – as well as fielding any questions or needs from our membership. But to make this sound official, we formally introduce:
ITC “Headquarters”
33607 Seneca Dr
Cleveland, OH 44139
Holly McAtee
Operations Manager
[email protected]
J. Craig McAtee
Executive Director
[email protected]
Main Office: 220.217.1600
Craig and Holly have been managing a fellow Affiliated Council: The National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) for years and our organizations have had a strong friendship over the years as well. It is proving to be a great fit!
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