Bio:  Kim Owen, PhD, Division of Information Technology,  North Dakota State University -- 
Kim currently serves as Program Manager for Research and Education Network Resources for the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology at North Dakota State University. Her primary responsibility is to facilitate the use of specialized resources available through the global research and education (R&E) network community including Internet2, the Northern Tier Network and the Northern Wave. Kim’s duties include management and oversight of contracts and fiscal agency of North Dakota’s affiliation with the regional and national research and education networks. Kim leads project management for NDSU’s key partnerships within the R&E community aimed at extending research and academic resources to faculty and students within NDSU, the NDUS, the ND Tribal Colleges and the North Dakota K-12 community. Prior to joining NDSU, Kim served the state K12 community at EduTech for twelve years where she supervised professional development and client services in technology assessment and curriculum integration.