The Daily Bulletin Archive

Maria C. Garrity, senior systems programmer/analyst in Information Technology and an adjunct faculty member in Computer Information Systems, received the Resilient Leader Award from the SUNY SAIL CIO Leadership BEST Showcase held on March 23. Ms. Garrity was competing with several SUNY colleagues from other institutions for the award. She successfully completed the CIO Leadership Academy in the Aspiring Leader track, achieving her certification for coursework from the SUNY SAIL Institute in Albany on May 12, 2020. Recipients of the CIO Resilient Leader Award are able to display resilience and the ability to lead in a time of disruption; effectively display good communication and relationship-building skills; identify and overcome new and future challenges confronting the IT higher education field and develop proactive action plans; and create a unifying vision for their organizations and learn strategies to collaborate across organizational silos.