Joy R. Hughes

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Joy Hughes
CIO & Vice President, Information Technology
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA  22030-4444


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Dr. Hughes is the Vice President for Information Technology and the Chief Information Officer at George Mason University. She is also a member of the faculty of the School of Information Technology and Engineering.

Her areas of responsibility include computing and network services, instructional technology, the university libraries, GMU-TV, and university related wireless television companies, profit and not for profit.

She is co-chair of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force and chair of Microsoft's HIgher Education Advisory Group. Dr. Hughes was recently named to Rider University's Science Hall of Fame.

George Mason's Technology Across the Curriculum program has won state and national awards for its transformative effects upon student learning. The Governor of Virginia gave a technology excellence award to Mason for its exemplary implementation of a new ERP system. The Capitol Connection, a wireless cable company in Dr. Hughes' unit, has returned over 6 million dollars in profit to the university.

Dr. Hughes formerly held CIO positions at Oregon State University and SUNY-Potsdam.