Keith W. McIntosh is Vice President and CIO at the University of Richmond, where he has served for the past 10 years, leading technology strategy and operations to support teaching, learning, research, and institutional operations. With more than 40 years of leadership experience, including 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, including a combat tour in Iraq, and 16 years in senior higher education roles at Ithaca College and the Pima County Community College District, he is known for cultivating inclusive, mission-aligned IT organizations and fostering a sense of belonging across campus, including founding and facilitating Intersections, a weekly cross-cultural conversation open to all students, faculty, and staff since 2017.
Keith has contributed extensively to national higher education leadership through service on the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors (2017–2021) and the NACUBO Board of Directors (2016–2022), where he was the first CIO selected to serve. He currently serves on the NACUBO Student Success Advisory Group, the EDUCAUSE Policy Advisory Committee, and the Center for Digital Education’s Higher Education AI Council, and he is a mentor for the Next Leaders Fellowship and the Leadership Lounge. His leadership has been recognized with the EDUCAUSE DEI Leadership Award, the Capital CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award (Non-Profit Sector), the inaugural EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award, and induction into the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society. Keith and his partner are empty nesters with three adult children and four grandchildren. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his partner, watching science fiction, mysteries, and horror shows, and playing golf.
