Leslie P. Hitch

Leslie Hitch is the Director of Academic Technology Services at Northeastern University. In this position, she serves as the translator, catalyst and sometimes arbiter between information technology and the academic community. Prior to joining Northeastern, she was the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Program Services at Harcourt Higher Education, an Online College. She has written several online courses and has taught e-learning in the instructional design program at U-Mass, Boston - both in the classroom and online. She has extensive industry-client consulting experience in Executive Education at Babson College, directed a masters program at Simmons College, has conducted strategic planning with several colleges and has served as a consultant to IBM's Global Education business unit. She holds a B.A. and MBA from Simmons College and earned her Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from U-Mass, Boston.