Office of Marketing and Communications

Web Governance Council

The council oversees and supports Ohio States web governance to establish policies, guidelines, and standards for university websites.

Council responsibilities

The council is an advisory group of subject matter experts around the university who are responsible for establishing and enforcing the university websites policy, as well as addressing university website concerns or questions. The council meets every quarter to review the policy implementation and facilitate web governance discussions.

  • Develops, implements, and revises the policy.
  • Monitors compliance with this policy to keep designated roles accountable.
  • Investigates and resolves potential policy violations.
  • Educates employees about web policies through communication, support and resources.
  • Documents and records policy-related documents and databases.
  • Approves domain names and third-party domains.

Council representatives

The Web Governance Council is made up of staff from across the university who are involved with web and bring their unique perspective to the University Websites policy.

Co-Chairs

Brian Foley
Office of Marketing and Communications

Dave Renner
Office of Technology and Digital Innovation

Members

Dan Hedman
Administration & Planning

Tracy Hedricks
Athletics 

Eva Dale
College of Arts & Sciences 

Darron Parsons
College of Education and Human Ecology

Richard Hopkins-Lutz
College of Engineering

Kris Read
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Troy Huffman
College of Nursing

Dawn Larzelere
Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge

(Representative TBD)
Faculty Council

Jonee Winnick
Fisher College of Business

Aaron Green
Office of Advancement

Kevin Leonardi
Office of Academic Affairs

Vanessa Coterel
Office of Institutional Equity

Anne Schira
Office of Legal Affairs

Diane Meves
Office of Marketing and Communications

Jon Plante
Office of Student Life

Moe Buckley
Office of Technology and Digital Innovation

Jennifer Elliot
Office of Technology and Digital Innovation

Cory Tressler
University Libraries

Karri Benishek
Wexner Medical Center

University Websites Policy

The official web policy establishes governance for the creation and management of all university websites including roles and responsibilities.

Web Standards and Guidelines

Learn more about the best practices for websites.

Digital Inventory System of university websites

Learn about the system for managing website inventory records.

FAQs

This page last updated 6/03/2025.