Apereo Foundation Announces 2026 Board of Directors Election Results
The Apereo Foundation is pleased to announce the results of its 2026 Board of Directors elections and to welcome these distinguished leaders who will help guide the Foundation's mission to advance open source software in and for education, research, and the public good.
Organizational Members
Following the conclusion of the 2026 election, Apereo's Organizational Members have elected David P. Bauer and David Millman to fill the Foundation's two available Organizational Member Representative seats. Each will serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors. The new Board members will be formally seated during the July 22, 2026, meeting of the Apereo Foundation Board of Directors.
David P. Bauer, Executive Director of Academic, Research, and Emerging Technologies at the University of Dayton, is a seasoned higher education technology leader with extensive experience advancing academic technology, research computing, and emerging technologies in support of institutional missions.
Organizational Seat
Term: 2026-2029
David Millman, Associate Dean for Technology and Chief Information Officer for New York University Libraries, leads the technologies that support NYU's digital collections, digital preservation, scholarly communication, and repository services. His work has focused on building sustainable digital infrastructure that advances research, scholarship, and long-term stewardship of institutional knowledge.
Organizational Seat
Term: 2026-2029
Special Appointment
In addition to the elected members, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to extend a special invitation to Jack Suess to serve in a one-year appointed position on the Board. The appointment recognizes Jack's decades of leadership in higher education technology, his longstanding advocacy for open standards and open source, and his extraordinary service to national and international technology organizations. Jack accepted the appointment, and the Foundation is delighted to welcome him to the Board.
Jack Suess serves as Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he leads technology initiatives that support the institution's mission as a leading public research university. Throughout his distinguished career, Jack has provided leadership across the higher education technology community through his service with EDUCAUSE, Internet2/InCommon, 1EdTech, and REN-ISAC. He has also served as Board Chair for both EDUCAUSE and 1EdTech, helping shape national conversations around technology, interoperability, and innovation in higher education.
Appointed Seat
Term: 2026-2027
"Apereo is honored to welcome ‘the Davids’ and Jack to our Board of Directors,” said Patrick Masson, Apereo’s Executive Director. “Each has served in senior technology leadership roles at leading colleges and universities, bringing decades of experience as CIOs and executive IT leaders who understand both the strategic priorities of higher education and the critical role that open source plays in achieving them. Their collective leadership will strengthen Apereo's ability to engage with peers across the higher education community, from CIOs and technology executives to institutional leaders and nonprofit organizations, while helping ensure that the voices of campuses actively shaping the future of digital infrastructure are heard.”
Josh Wilson, Apereo Board Chair, added,
“I’m thrilled to welcome three distinguished senior technology leaders to the Apereo Board. I’m so grateful for their willingness to serve. Collectively, they bring decades of experience leading enterprise IT, academic technology, cybersecurity, and institutional digital transformation at colleges and universities. By joining the Board at a time when open source is often overlooked in edtech conversations, these senior institutional leaders demonstrate that open source remains foundational to innovation, institutional resilience, digital sovereignty, and the long-term success of higher education.”
About Apereo
The Apereo Foundation is a nonprofit consortium advancing open source software for teaching, learning, and research in higher education worldwide. Established in 2012 through the merger of the Sakai Foundation and Jasig, Apereo brings together colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and commercial partners to collaboratively develop, sustain, and advocate for open technologies that serve the public good.
Through open governance, transparent collaboration, and community-driven innovation, Apereo supports a diverse portfolio of widely adopted software projects while fostering a global ecosystem dedicated to the long-term stewardship of the academic digital commons.