AI Working Group Membership
The AI Working Group has been formally disbanded.
The Virginia Tech AI Working Group has completed its charge and published the Responsible and Ethical AI Framework for Virginia Tech (September 2025).
Executive Sponsors
Dr. Cyril Clarke
Executive Vice President and University Provost
🏢 Department: Office of the Executive Vice Provost
Amy Stoakley Sebring
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
🏢 Department: Office of the Chief Operating Officer
Chairs
Dale Pike
Associate Vice Provost for Technology-Enhanced Learning
🏢 Department: Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies
David Raymond
Associate Vice President for Security and Identity
🏢 Department: Division of Information Technology
Members
Montasir Abbas
Professor
Graduate School representative
🏢 Department: The Charles Edward Via, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rhonda Arsenault
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement and Chief Operating Officer
Advancement representative
🏢 Department: Advancement
Laura Belmonte
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and Professor of History
Deans’ representative
🏢 Department: College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Sandee Cheynet
Associate Vice President of Human Resources
Human Resources representative
🏢 Department: Human Resources
Scott Farmer
Director of Outreach Information Services
IT Council representative
🏢 Department: Outreach and International Affairs
Karen Herrington
Director of Strategic Analytics, Division of IT
Division of Information Technology representative
🏢 Department: Division of Information Technology
Sharon Kurek
Vice President for Audit, Risk, and Compliance and Chief Risk Officer
Office of Audit, Risk, and Compliance representative
🏢 Department: Office of Audit, Risk, and Compliance
Joseph Mills
Director of Financial Analysis and Strategy
Office of Finance representative
🏢 Department: Controller
Lane Robertson
International Relations
Undergraduate Student Senate representative
🏢 Department: Undergraduate Student Senate
Sruthy Gajula
GA, Computer Science Applications
Graduate and Professional Student Senate representative
Catherine Amelink
Associate Vice Provost
Excellence in Teaching and Learning representative
🏢 Department: Office of the Executive Vice Provost
Connie Bayliss
Assistant Director
Undergraduate Academic Integrity representative
🏢 Department: Office of Undergraduate Academic Integrity
Stephen Capaldo
Associate University Legal Counsel
University Legal Council representative
🏢 Department: University Legal Counsel
Julie Cook
Director, Privacy and Research Data Protection program
Office of Research and Innovation representative
🏢 Department: Research and Innovation
Ed Fox
Professor, Computer Science
Research faculty representative
🏢 Department: Computer Science
Bill Ingram
Associate Dean and Executive Director for IT Library
University Libraries representative
🏢 Department: University Libraries
Evan Lavender-Smith
Assistant Professor, English
Faculty Senate representative
🏢 Department: English
Mark Owczarski
Associate Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Chief Spokesperson
Communications and Marketing representative
🏢 Department: Communications and Marketing
Jill Sible
Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Undergraduate Student Affairs representative
🏢 Department: Biological Sciences