AGB Search Seeking Chief Information Technology Officer for Slippery Rock University
June 23, 2026 – Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has been retained by Slippery Rock University to lead in its search for a chief information technology officer (CITO). Kimberly Templeton, Margaret Plympton, and Anne Hoffman are leading the assignment.
This leader serves as the University’s senior technology executive, providing strategic vision, leadership, and executive oversight for IT operations. Reporting to the vice president of finance and administration, this role ensures that IT investments and initiatives directly support SRU’s mission, administrative efficiency, and long-term institutional success.
The CITO provides leadership and direction for a team of approximately 34 and oversees enterprise technology services, IT governance, cybersecurity, support for digital learning, and data strategy, balancing operational excellence with innovation. Additional IT services such as HR and payroll, finance and procurement, the student information system, and library services are operated centrally by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. As an executive leader, this role will cultivate strong strategy, partnerships with faculty, students, administrators, and external stakeholders at the campus- and system-levels to drive a collaborative, forward-looking technology strategy.
Those applying must have eight to 10 years of executive IT leadership in higher education or similarly complex organizations. They should have proven success in IT strategy, digital transformation, and governance frameworks. It is preferred that candidates have a master’s degree in information technology, computer science, or business administration, or in another field with significant experience working in information technology.
Established in 1889, Slippery Rock University is a regional public master’s university and member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). Slippery Rock is a four-year, public, coeducational, comprehensive university offering a broad array of undergraduate and select graduate programs to nearly 8,500 students. The university offers more than 150 academic programs across disciplines including business, education, health professions, liberal arts, science, technology, engineering, and the performing arts.
AGB Search conducts searches for college and university presidents, chancellors, provosts, vice presidents, deans, university system heads, and CEOs of coordinating boards and related foundations. The firm was founded by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) in 2010.
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Ms. Templeton, principal, has more than 25 years of experience as an search professional in the higher education, non-profit, and legal sectors; senior advancement leader; and corporate attorney. She partners with public research universities, regional comprehensive universities, private universities, liberal arts colleges, and academic medical centers to identify institutional and senior leaders, including presidents/chancellors, general counsels, VPs for research, VPs for advancement and presidents of institutionally related foundations, VPs for health affairs, VPs for business and finance, and school and center directors, among others.
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Her representative executive searches include:
- Boise State University – vice president for research and economic development.
- Ramapo College – president.
- University of Alaska Foundation – president.
- University at Buffalo Foundation – chief executive officer.
- University of Central Florida – vice president and general counsel.
- University of Iowa – vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.
- University of Nebraska – president.
Dr. Plympton joined AGB Search as a principal after serving in a similar role as a principal in the higher education practice of a global retained search firm. Her search expertise includes leading CFO/VPFA, dean, finance/auditing, human resources, information technology, real estate, compensation services, and compliance and audit searches. Earlier in her career she served as deputy chair and acting chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Her representative executive searches include:
- California State University System – assistant vice chancellor of capital planning.
- Lafayette College – provost.
- Pacific Northwest University – chief financial officer.
- Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education – chancellor.
- Texas Tech University – chief information officer.
- University of Illinois, Urbana/Champagne – senior vice chancellor for human resources.
- Western Colorado University – president.
Ms. Hoffman joined AGB Search in 2011 as a research associate and in 2021 took on the role of executive search associate. She has continuously worked in the executive search field for over 25 years. For the past 21 years she has focused exclusively on higher education search work.
Her representative executive searches include:
- Chapman University – president.
- Colorado State University – vice president university advancement.
- Loyola Marymount University – dean, Loyola Law School
- University of Colorado, Boulder – chancellor.
- University of Iowa – vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.
- University of Maryland – vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln – chancellor.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
