C-COLO Leadership

The Council for Chief Online Learning Officers (C-COLO) and its members are focused on leveraging the strategic potential of online learning to transform institutions of higher education and society. Each UPCEA member institution has the opportunity to identify a chief online learning officer—the primary leader for an online, digital, or other technology-enhanced postsecondary enterprise, whether at the unit, college, or institutional level—to represent them on C-COLO. Institutional delegates to C-COLO are able to attend the annual Online Leadership Roundtable convening event, and participate in other exclusive content hosted by C-COLO.

The Council for Chief Online Learning Officers is led by the C-COLO Leadership, a volunteer group made up of C-COLO delegates.

2025-2026 C-COLO Leadership
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Carmin
Chan

CO-CHAIR

Vice Provost of NAU Online
Northern Arizona University
carmin.chan@nau.edu

Term: 2024-2026

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A person (Kemi Jona) smiling

Kemi
Jona

CO-CHAIR

Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation
University of Virginia
kjona@virginia.edu

Term: 2024-2026

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A person (Erik Nelson) smiling

Erik
Nelson

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Columbia University
en2331@columbia.edu

Term: 2024-2026

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Julie
Thalman

Vice Provost, Digital Learning
University of Cincinnati
thalmaje@ucmail.uc.edu

Term: 2024-2026

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Jocelyn
Widmer

Dean for Weapons Learning Transformation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
widmerj@lanl.gov

Term: 2024-2026

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A person (Veronica Donahue) smiling

Veronica
Donahue

Associate Dean, Graduate and Professional Programs Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences
Johns Hopkins University

vdonahue@jhu.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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Chris
Foley

Associate Vice President
IU Online
cfoley@iu.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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Asher
Haines

Associate Provost
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
ahaines3@charlotte.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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Daria La Torre

Daria
LaTorre

Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
Duquesne University
latorred@duq.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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A person (Jay O'Callaghan) smiling

Jay
O'Callaghan

VP of Transformational Learning & Chief Online Officer
Kean University
jocallag@kean.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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A person (Minh Virasak) smiling

Minh
Virasak

Associate Vice Provost
Santa Clara University
mvirasak@scu.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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Teresa
Madden

Vice President for Extension and Extended Campus
University of Texas at Arlington
teresea@uta.edu

Term: 2025-2027

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Julie
Uranis

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ONLINE AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

UPCEA
juranis@upcea.edu

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