Information Technology Services

Information Technology Services provides support for the Columbia Union headquarters, the union’s eight conferences and academies by developing, maintaining and coordinating their technology needs. IT Services aids providing secure networks, hardware/software, payroll/accounting system, telecommunications and connectivity while updating the needs of fast-growing technology for our organizations.  

In October 2025, Robert Chandler became the director of Information Technology Services for the Columbia Union Conference. 

Chandler has served in accounting and treasury for the Seventh-day Adventist Church since 2008, with an additional 28 years working in the corporate world in IT and as a consultant, accountant and owner/operator of a graphic design and promotional products company. 

“My post-college career began in Information Technology (IT), with the transition from huge computers to personal computing, which allowed me to work for corporations involved in the then cutting-edge technologies. IT as we know it today is an ever-changing and growing industry. … I have and continue to enjoy using technology to better the processes and improve lives,” says Chandler.

He most previously served as an associate treasurer at the union where he provided accounting systems development and support, a service which he will continue to provide in his new role. Prior to that, he was the treasurer/CFO for the Northeastern Conference.