Brad Christ is the Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for Eastern Washington University. Prior to his appointment at EWU in 2018, he served as the Chief Information Officer for Southern Oregon University, overseeing telecommunications, media services, information services, networking services, and user services for two campuses in Ashland and Medford. Before coming to Southern Oregon, he oversaw departmental operations, telecommunications, networking, system administration, and information systems at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Brad has worked extensively on higher education technology collaboration efforts throughout his career. In Minnesota, these efforts included partnering with other private colleges to join Internet2 with sponsorship from the University of Minnesota and forming a buying consortium with other private colleges and a K-12 education technology collaborative. In Oregon, his collaboration efforts included working with the other state public universities during the breakup of the Oregon University System and coordinating the annual Ellucian Northwest Symposium.
Brad has worked in higher education information technology for 20 years. He received his Master’s degree in Public Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. Brad joined the NWACC Council in 2011(then representing Southern Oregon), and serves on the Board of Directors. He continues to assist with the NWACC Cybersecurity program.