Overview of ITCS

Communications and Marketing

ITCS coordinates and supports an array of college communications and marketing initiatives. Staff with the needed skills for a given project are brought together to complete it. We also collaborate with communications professionals across the college to achieve consistent branding and messaging.

We provide services to meet a spectrum of college needs:

• Advertisements
• Brochures
• Digital signage
• Information displays
• Instructional materials
• Mailing and shipping
• News releases
• Publication development
• Promotional items
• Social media strategy
• Website development

ACES Marketing Strategy Team

LeAnn Ormsby, Assistant Dean of ITCS,
ACES Chief Communications Officer
lormsby@illinois.edu

Kendra Courson
Director of Special Events
kecourso@illinois.edu

Marla Todd
Associate Director for Advancement Communications
martodd@illinois.edu

Richard Vogen
Director of Planning, ACES Office of the Dean
vogen@illinois.edu

Stephen Wald
Director of Communications, Office of Extension and Outreach
swald@illinois.edu

Information Technology

The ITCS technology and support framework enables college faculty and staff to deliver productivity in their many areas of specialization. We connect ACES people with the tools they need by integrating the diverse skills of our staff with information technology resources available outside the college. Our goal is to make information technology services reliable, accessible, and personable.

Our services include these:

• Academic Computing Facility (teaching labs)
• Application development
• College e-mail lists
• Conferencing
• Event registration
• Laboratory computing and device assistance
• Research and high-performance computing
• Server virtualization
• Training
• Web hosting and design
• Workstation and device support

ACES Information Technology Leadership

LeAnn Ormsby
Assistant Dean of ITCS
lormsby@illinois.edu

David Gerstenecker
Director of Information Technology, ACES Chief Information Officer
dgersten@illinois.edu

Josh Henry
Team leader, administrative IT professionals
jkhenry@illinois.edu