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East Lansing, MI-based Michigan State University has Appointed Joanna Young as Chief Information Officer
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Michigan State University has been working to advance the common good in uncommon ways for more than 150 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU focuses its vast resources on creating solutions to some of the world`s most pressing challenges, while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
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Currently, Joanna Young was associate vice president for finance and budget and CIO at the University of New Hampshire, Young’s appointment is subject to approval by the MSU Board of Trustees. If approved, her appointment would be effective Aug. 26. In her current position, Young oversees applications and infrastructure supporting all university functions, including learning management systems, distance learning, networks, servers and data centers. Young has served as UNH’s chief information officer since May 2009 and associate vice president for finance and budget since September 2011. Prior to that she was with the Liberty Mutual Group, where she served in a variety of roles, including vice president and manager, customer support services (2003-07), and chief information officer, corporate systems and shared services (2007-09). Young led the largest federal grant in UNH history, a major cyber infrastructure expansion across the University System of New Hampshire and all 10 New Hampshire counties. Young has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from UNH. She also completed the AICPCU Insurance Executive Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In her spare time Young can be found with her family – husband Darren and two daughters – or running, writing a novel, or re-reading the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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