V. Shelby Stanfield, B.S.

Director, Service Innovation Networks, National Student Clearinghouse

For 30 years, Shelby served his alma mater, University of Texas at Austin (UT), Austin, Texas, in varying roles of increased responsibility and in 2018 retired as Vice Provost and University Registrar.  From 2018 to 2022, he served higher education as director, service innovation networks/managing director, ideation center with the National Student Clearinghouse.  Shelby has had a wide professional portfolio that includes higher ed experience working with the offices of the bursar, admissions, international office, student financial services, information systems and technology and registrar.  Shelby currently consults with educational institutions and educational technology organizations regarding educational technology, business process improvement, organization development and effectiveness, project management and software development roadmaps.

With a background in software development and architecture, Shelby helped design and develop several aspects of the Student Information System (SIS) in place at The University of Texas at Austin. Shelby was also responsible for the issuance and review of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and selection of new software solutions integrated with the SIS. Shelby was part of the technical team for the UT Austin SPEEDE (Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange) Server which was developed and managed by the Office of the Registrar at the University of Texas at Austin.

Shelby is active professionally, serving as a member of the Board of Directors, Foreign Credential Services of America, board member of the Groningen Declaration Network, and a former member of the Board of Directors and former chair of the Advisory Committee, National Student Clearinghouse, former member of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center board, and holds regular membership and participates in AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers), SACRAO (Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) for which he was president 2003-2004, and TACRAO (Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) for which he was a member of the TACRAO Technology Committee and chair of the TACRAO Legislative Issues Committee. Shelby has been a member of Educational Testing Services (ETS) TOEFL Technology Committee and has served on AACRAO’s International Education Data Collection Committee.