Chief Information Officer
Associate Vice President Technology Services
Loyola University Maryland
lafinn@loyola.edu BS Business Management – Johns Hopkins University
MBA – Johns Hopkins University Louise began her career in higher education information technology at Johns Hopkins University where over a period of ten years she created a Computing Center for the Basic Sciences Institute, designed and implemented an enterprise directory for the university, hospital and Applied Physics Lab, consolidated major hospital and university e-mail systems, provided network backbone services for all campuses and served as the university liaison for Internet2. She then spent the next five years as a technology management consultant for several colleges as Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Program/Project Manager while working for CampusWorks Inc. Louise joined Loyola University Maryland in July 2007 as the Chief Information Officer and Assistant Vice President of Technology Services. She is currently serving as the AJCU-CITM Vice President, on the Govan’s Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO) Executive Board and Vice Chair on the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium (MEEC) Board. Louise received the 2012 CIO of the Year award from CXO Magazine in Baltimore. Also in 2012, her department received “Partner of the Year” award from GEDCO and the “Jubilant Jesuit” award from the Loyola Belvedere Clinics. |
