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Join us online Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

About the Dev Summit

Professional development by and for higher ed professionals

The 2026 Dev Summit is a one-day, online event focused on technical web development in higher education.

The Dev Summit brings together people who build, maintain and scale websites across colleges and universities. Walk away with clearer approaches, stronger skills and technical insights you can put to work right away.

Join us Tuesday, April 28, 2026, as we learn and work together to make the digital space accessible to everyone.

About Digital Collegium

We’re Digital Collegium — but we’re all friends, so just call us DigiCol.

DigiCol is active year-round via educational and networking events and our Link Journal

We're also a thriving community of members. When you become a DigiCol member, you gain many benefits:

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Organizing committee

DigiCol is volunteer powered. The 2026 Dev Summit is an outcome of their dedicated work.

Glenn Donaldson
Vice Chair
Glenn Donaldson
he/him
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Stephen Fornal
Conference Co-chair
Stephen Fornal
he/him/his
Tarrant County College
Bryan Hunter
Video Coordinator
Bryan Hunter
Mount Holyoke College
Karla Lopez Ledezma
Social Media Coordinator
Karla Lopez Ledezma
she/her/ella
Tarrant County College
Michael Miles
Program Chair
Michael Miles
he/him
MIT Sloan
Keiran Pillman
Program Team Member
Keiran Pillman
they/them
University of Rochester
Erik Runyon
Program Vice Chair
Erik Runyon
he/him
University of Notre Dame
Hillary Snider
Marcomm Lead
Hillary Snider
she/her
Tarrant County College
RJ Thompson
Designer
RJ Thompson
He/Him/His
University of Pittsburgh
Rachell Underhill
Platform lead & Program Team Member
Rachell Underhill
she/her
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gale Wallace
Conference Co-chair
Gale Wallace
She / Her
Pantheon

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for all

In support of our core values, Digital Collegium is dedicated to cultivating diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for all. We are committed to creating a welcoming and accessible environment for everyone of all identity factors, such as (but not limited to) sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability/disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, class, age, or faith.

Code of Conduct

The DigiCol community is awesome, and we want to keep being awesome for everyone involved. So a reminder of what you already know: Digital Collegium is dedicated to working toward a harassment-free community and conference experience for everyone, regardless of identity factors such as (but not limited to) sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, class, age, or faith.