As director, Ramsay will be responsible for College computer networking, administrative systems and computer center services.

The appointment is the result of a reorganization in the College’s Information Resources and Services area. Under the new organization, Anne Chase, former director of Information Resources and Services is now Director of Library Services. A new unit, the instructional technology team, is coordinated by Sandra Bolster.

Before joining Berea, Ramsay developed the highly successful CEATH Company, a consulting corporation providing information technology and human development services for clients on three continents in eleven countries from the Fortune 100 to academic institutions and small non-profits. As managing director, Ramsay developed and implemented a vision for the role of technology and information systems within various organizations, planned and implemented the organizational and human resource developments needed for the effective use of new information technology systems and for creating excellent client service.

A 1977 graduate of Berea College, Ramsay previously had been employed for 12 years in the information systems and services field in corporate settings. From 1981-89 he was a systems analyst with Hyster Company in Berea and from 1989-93 was employed with Clark Equipment of Lexington, where he was manufacturing systems analyst and then director of education and development.

Ramsay and his wife Charlie Harrison Ramsay, also a Berea graduate, have four sons, Mark, age 23; Luke, 20; John Paul, 16 and Joseph, 13.