Lois Brooks, chief information officer and vice provost for information technology at UW–Madison, has announced plans to retire in the first quarter of 2025.
Brooks was named to the role by then-provost Sarah Mangelsdorf in August 2018, and has led university IT efforts through interesting and challenging initiatives.
Brooks’ tenure included shepherding university IT through the COVID-19 pandemic, as UW–Madison faced the daunting task of moving over 9,000 courses and programs into a virtual format in a matter of days.
Brooks also led the charge to modernize the sharing of information between campus IT systems with an initiative known as “interoperability.” This work paved the way to support the extensive Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) for the Universities of Wisconsin, and Brooks serves as an executive sponsor for ATP.
Brooks will remain in the position until a new CIO and vice provost for information technology is hired. UW–Madison will conduct a national search.