Strategic planning committee

Alongside other teams focused on the 2021 conference, the Strategic Planning Committee focuses on building foundations for the process of establishing community ownership of the conference.

• Hailey Babb (Conference Team), Open Education Coordinator, SPARC

• Nadia Cheikhrouhou, Educator, Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Béja

• Jeff Gallant, Program Director, Affordable Learning Georgia, University System of Georgia

• Regina Gong (Steering Committee), Open Educational Resources (OER) & Student Success Librarian, Michigan State University

• Sarah Hammershaimb, Teacher Librarian, Cherry Creek School District

• Jonathan Lashley, Associate Chief Academic Officer, Idaho State Board of Education

• Lee Miller (Steering Committee), Director of Innovation and Compliance, Barton Community College

• Spencer Ellis (Steering Committee), Director of Educational Innovation, Colorado Department of Higher Education

• Amanda Larson, Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant, The Ohio State University

• Tiffany MacLennan, Student/Research Fellow, Carleton University/Maple League of Universities

• Cynthia Mari Orozco, Librarian for Equitable Services, East Los Angeles College

• Susan Payne, Education Specialist, Oregon Department of Education

• Stephanie Pierce, Head of the Physics Library, University of Arkansas

• Andrea Scott, Operations Associate, Faculty Development and Educational Initiatives, Salt Lake Community College

• Ethan Senack (Steering Committee), Manager, Policy and Strategic Coordination, ISKME

• Amy E. Harris Tan (Steering Committee), Dean, English and Communications, Houston Community College

#opened21 Engagement committee

The Engagement Committee works to build out an engaging virtual event including social programming, self care activities, and networking.

• Osman Aldirdiri, Student, University of Khartoum

• Adele Merritt Bernard, Librarian, The University of the West Indies, Open Campus

• Nikki Cannon-Rech, Research Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University

• Dustin Fife, Director of Library Services and Online Education, Western Colorado University

• Lese Fandel, Program and Operations Specialist, SPARC

• Michelle Goodridge, Social Sciences and Humanities Librarian, Wilfred Laurier University

• Kim Hale, Academic Engagement Librarian, Columbia College Chicago

• Peter Musser, Auxiliary Librarian, Burnaby Public Library

• Lindsay Myers, Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma State University

• Christina Riehman-Murphy, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State University

• Raya Samet, Education, Health and Human Services Librarian, University of Michigan-Dearborn

• Tineka Scalzo, Library Faculty, Co-Department Chair, Wright College/City Colleges of Chicago

• Tiffani Tijerina, Program Manager, Affordable Learning Georgia, University System of Georgia

#opened21 Proposal Reviewers

Between the Program Committee and proposal reviewers, more than 100 community members participated in the proposal review process.

• Clément Aubert, Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Augusta University

• Elizabeth Batte, Library Director and OER Coordinator, Nicholls State University

• Michelle Beechey, Access Services and OER Librarian, SUNY Monroe Community College

• steven bell, associate university librarian, temple university libraries

• Adele Merritt Bernard, Librarian III, The University of the West Indies, Open Campus

• Chealsye Bowley, Digital Scholarship Librarian, University of Wyoming

• Nancy Bucher

• Stefanie Buck, Director Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University

• Dawn "Nikki" Cannon-Rech, Research Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University

• Delores Carlito, Head of Reference, Department of Research and Learning, UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Cristin Cash, Professor of Art History, Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring

• Bob Casper, Instructional Design Consultant, Boise State University

• Bebe S. Chang, Archives & Digital Librarian, Nova Southeastern University

• Vanessa Clark, Program Analyst, Oregon Department of Education

• Virginia Clinton-Lisell, Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota

• Alison Cole, Scholarly Communications & Outreach Librarian / OER Coordinator, Felician University

• Skylar Davidson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Chattanooga State Community College

• Kelly Dermody, Academic Librarian, Ryerson University

• Kathy L. DesRoches, EdD. Director, MS Leadership & Nonprofit Certificate Program, Granite State College

• Melody Diehl Detar, Duquesne University

• John J. Doherty, Head of Teaching, Learning, and Research Services, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University

• Cindy Domaika, Manager of Open Educational Learning Strategies, Nicolet College

• Brittany Dudek, Manager, OER and Library, Colorado Community College System

• Sheri Edwards, Electronic Resources Librarian and OER Coordinator, Florida Atlantic University

• Alex Enkerli, Technopedagogical Advisor, Support and Innovation in Digital Pedagogy, Collecto

• Kathy Essmiller, Coordinator of Open Educational Resources, Oklahoma State University

• Robin Ewing, Professor & Librarian, St. Cloud State University

• Zoia Falevai, Instruction and Reference Librarian, Brigham Young University - Hawaii

• Sarah E. Fancher, Library Director, Ozarks Technical Community College

• Karen Ferreira-Meyers, Prof, Institute of Distance Education (University of Eswatini), Eswatini

• Ann Fiddler, Open Education Librarian, City University of New York

• Dustin Fife, Director of Library Services and Online Education, Western Colorado University

• Florencia Gabriele, Lecturer, Emmanuel College

• Rahul Sharad Gaikwad, PhD Scholar, MES's IMCC, Pune

• Cathy Germano, Director of Learning Services, Excelsior College

• Philip Attipoe Gorni was affiliated to EAD

• Shanali Govender, Lecturer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, University of Cape Town

• Dr. Rebecca Graetz, Sr. Instructional Designer, Thomas More University

• Brenna Clarke Gray, Coordinator, Educational Technologies, Thompson Rivers University

• Cindy Gruwell, Asst. Librarian & Coordinator of Scholarly Communication

• Marian Hampton, Open Education Librarian, University of Pittsburgh

• Robert Alan Harris, Director, Center for Teaching with Technology. WPUNJ

• Krista Higham, Access Services Librarian, Millersville University

• Christina Hilburger, Research and Information Literacy Librarian, State University of New York at Fredonia

• Doug Holton, Director of Teaching and Learning, Florida Polytechnic University

• Alishia Huntoon, Professor and Program Director, Oregon Institute of Technology

• D'Arcy Hutchings, Instructional Design Librarian, University of Alaska Anchorage

• Leslie C. Johnson, Professor, Lansing Community College

• Stephen Kenny, Student Activist, University of Maryland

• Dr.Deepika Kohli, Assistant Professor, Khalsa College of Education Amritsar Punjab India

• Nikita LaCour-Dukes,K-8 /STEM Teacher & Grad student, Southern University A&M College

• Lori-Beth Larsen, Faculty, Central Lakes College

• Alisa Lazear, Manager or Community and Content at the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)

• Brianna Limas

• Lisa Louis, Head, Research & Learning, Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• Howard C. Marks, Director, Library Resource Center, Midland College

• Gracie McDonough, Instruction/Reference/OER Librarian, College of Southern Nevada

• Bryan McGeary, Learning Design and Open Education Engagement Librarian, Pennsylvania State University

• Katie Miller, Director, Aiken Technical College Library

• Amy Minervini, Instructor of English, Lewis-Clark State College

• Jamie Murphy, Associate Professor, State University of New York, Delhi

• Peter Musser, Public Librarian, Burnaby Public Library

• Jöran Muuß-Merholz, OERcamps and OER-Festival Germany

• Lindsay Myers, Ph.D. Student, Oklahoma State University

• Elizabeth Nelson, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State University Libraries, Lehigh Valley Campus Library

• Pauline Ngimwa, Professional Development and Training Programme Manager, PASGR

• Arturo Ozuna, Doctoral Student, SMU

• Sunyeen Pai, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Kapiolani Community College

• Dr. Enoch Park, Online Learning Specialist, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Jennifer L. Pate, Open Education Resources and Scholarly Communication Library, University of North Alabama

• Joseph Patton, Assistant Librarian, University at Buffalo Libraries

• Olga Perkovic, Open Education and Scholarship Librarian, McMaster University

• Mojaesi Violet Phejane, Miss

• Megan Phifer-Davis, Assistant Manager of Reference, St. Louis County Library

• Michael Porter, Web Librarian, Lawson State Community College

• Lauren Ray, Open Education Librarian, University of Washington Libraries

• Julie Reed, E-Learning Librarian, Central Piedmont Community College

• Christina Riehman-Murphy, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Penn State Abington

• Stephanie Robertson, Adjunct Faculty, BYU—Hawaii

• Alexander (Sasha) Rodriguez, Senior Research Librarian, UTD

• Melody Lee Rood

• Ronny Röwert, project coordinator digital.learning.lab, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

• Tineka Scalzo, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Wright College

• Emily Schudel, Instructional Designer, Camosun College

• Dr. Richard Sebastian, Director of Open and Digital Learning, Achieving the Dream

• Dr Ramesh C Sharma, Ambedkar University Delhi, New Delhi

• Nathan Smith, Philosophy Instructor and OER Coordinator, Houston Community College

• Loretta Walker Spruel, Professor, Southern University and A & M College

• Sarah Sweeney, Project Coordinator, COERLL at UT Austin

• Elaine Thornton, Open Education & Distance Learning Librarian, University of Arkansas

• Deidre Tyler, (Professor)Salt Lake Community College

• Gabriel N Uunona, Coordinator: Learning Design, University of Namibia

• Michael Whitchurch, OER & Media Literacy Librarian, Brigham Young University