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Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee
The Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee shall serve the Provost in an advisory capacity on matters regarding the Academic Affairs Strategic Plan and budget. In the conduct of its business, the Committee shall evaluate the Division’s progress related to strategic plan strategies and metrics, make recommendations regarding changes in strategic plan strategies and metrics, seek to foster budgeting transparency, longer-term as well as immediate fiscal planning, a greater understanding of budget complexities within the general membership of the Academic Affairs community, and a clear connection between the Academic Affairs budget and the University’s and Division’s Strategic Plan.
Information Regarding Actions and Recommendations
Recommendations and information derived from meetings, actions, and decisions of the Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee shall be posted on the web page of the Office of Academic Affairs. At the end of each academic year, the Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee shall issue a summary report of its activities and recommendations during the year in question. The Provost shall append a report summarizing the status of recommendations made by Committee.
Membership
The Provost (or the Provost’s designee) shall chair the Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee in a non-voting capacity.
No member of the Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee shall serve simultaneously on the University Budget Advisory Committee.
The Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee shall consist of 16 members in addition to the Provost.
| Name | Area Represented | Department | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Cameron | Academic Affairs | Academic Affairs | |
| Kimberley Aguilar | Senate Appointed - A&L Faculty | Communication Studies | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Johnny Deng | Senate Appointed - COB Faculty | Accounting | Fall 2023-Spring 2026 |
| Amber Gonzalez | Senate Appointed - COE Faculty | Undergraduate Studies in Education | Fall 2025-Spring 2028 |
| Rustin Vogt | Senate Appointed - ECS Faculty | Mechanical Engineering | Fall 2023-Spring 2026 |
| Judith Leitch | Senate Appointed - HHS Faculty | Social Work | Fall 2025-Spring 2028 |
| Corey Shanbrom | Senate Appointed - NSM Faculty | Mathematics and Statistics | Fall 2025-Spring 2028 |
| Becky Penrod | Senate Appointed - SSIS Faculty | Psychology | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Briana Zaragoza | Senate Appointed - Library Faculty | Library | Fall 2025 Only |
| Samantha McClellan | Senate Appointed - Library Faculty | Library | Fall 2025-Spring 2028 |
| Anna Keck | CCE | CCE | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Troy Topping | Provost Appointed - ECS Chairs/Program Directors | Mechanical Engineering | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Andrea Becker | Provost Appointed - HHS Chairs/Program Directors | Kinesiology | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Matt Schmidtlein | Provost Appointed - NSM Chairs/Program Directors | Geography | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Eileen Chavez | Provost Appointed - COB Staff | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 | |
| Stacie Jensen | Provost Appointed - Library Staff | Library | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Maija Nichols | MPP - Academic Affairs | Academic Affairs | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Jenni Murphy | MPP - CCE | CCE | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
| Jenn Galinato | ASI Vice President of Academic Affairs | ASI | Fall 2025-Spring 2026 |
Terms of Office
The appointee of Associated Students, Inc. shall serve a one-year term and shall be eligible to serve no more than three consecutive terms.
Through a procedure determined by the inaugural Academic Affairs Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, terms of the initial members of the Committee (excluding the member appointed by Associated Students, Inc.) shall be staggered to insure longer term continuity of membership.