Office of
Administration and Planning

Ginger Breon

Interim Vice President and Chief Information Officer, OTDI
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Ginger Breon was appointed Interim Chief Information Officer in August 2024. In this role her responsibilities include:

  • The vision, budgeting, design, implementation, and operation of information systems in support of the university's strategies and objectives.
  • Establishment of IT strategy, policy, standards, and direction in support of the research, teaching and learning, and outreach missions of the university.

 

Previously, Ginger was Deputy CIO and Executive Director of Research Computing, overseeing enterprise-wide technology services and leading the Teaching, Research, and Infrastructure Technology Services team. She serves as the fiscal agent for OH-TECH, a consortium of Ohio's technology-focused organizations, including OhioLINK, OARnet and the Ohio Supercomputer Center. 

Ginger has over 30 years of experience in higher education, with a focus on strategic alignment of technology resources and innovations to advance and enable higher education’s academic missions. Before becoming the Deputy CIO and Executive Director of Research Computing, she served as the Interim Deputy CIO for OTDI and as the Chief Information Officer of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She was responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for investing in technology innovations that enable and support the research, teaching and learning, and outreach missions of the college.

Prior to joining Ohio State, she was the assistant dean for administration and CIO for the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, where she led the Research, Instruction, and Information Technology Group, managed the facilities, including overseeing the $68 million business building project, directed the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Continuous Improvement Accreditation Renewal process, chaired the college’s Faculty/Staff Campaign, and oversaw the Board of Visitors. She was a founding member and former chair of the Technology in Business Schools Roundtable (TBSr), a professional network of technology leaders in business schools. At Penn State, she was also a founding member and first chair of the IT Leadership Council, a group of senior IT executives from across the university.

Ginger graduated from Penn State with a Master of Business Administration degree and earned Bachelor of Science dual degrees in Accounting and Agriculture Business Management. She also is part owner of the Weaver Family Farm, a large, family-owned, dairy operation where she directs the capital investments and oversees the fiscal management.