Governance

Budget Reform Governance

The Budget Reform governance structure supports transparency in decision making post-budget model implementation and ensures alignment with the Institute Strategic Plan.

Executive Steering Committee

  • Ensures budget aligns with ISP and guiding principles
  • Approves all material and model modifications

Executive Steering Committee

  • Shantay Bolton, Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Business Officer, Co-sponsor
  • Steve McLaughlin, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Co-sponsor
  • Timothy Lieuwen, Interim Executive Vice President for Research
  • Jim Fortner, Vice President and Deputy Chief Business Officer, Chair

 

Budget Office

  • Steers broader budget transformation
  • Meets with unit budget officers quarterly to drive model and tool literacy and address concerns

Budget Office Members

  • Jamie Fernandes, Interim Vice President Finance & Planning and Chief Financial Officer
  • Gabrielle D. Gaston, Strategic Projects Lead
  • Lisa Godfrey, Interim Executive Director
  • Stacey Wolff Howard,  IT Project Manager Principal
  • Emily Howell, IT Project Manager Principal
  • Cassandra Miles, Financial Planning Manager 
  • Richard Tanner, Financial Systems Director 
  • Kimberly Short, Financial Systems Manager 
  • Steve Head, Budget Office Technical Team, Re-Hired Retiree (part-time) 
  • Brian McRae, Budget Office Technical Team, Re-Hired Retiree (part-time) 

    Budget Advisory Committee

    • Measures model performance and proposes refinements during parallel process reviews
    • Advises on changes to budget process and tools

    Budget Advisory Committee Members

    • Kristin Berthold, Director Financial Administration II, College of Sciences 
    • Robert Butera, Vice President, Research Operations 
    • Don Cochran, Enterprise Data Warehouse Architect, Office of Information Technology 
    • Rusty Edwards, Provost Office, Senior Finance Director
    • Jim Fortner, Vice President and Deputy Chief Business Officer, Chair
    • Samuel A. Graham, College Administrative Officer, Library 
    • David Goldfarb, Finance Senior Director, Infrastructure and Sustainability 
    • Alan Harrison, College Administrative Officer, College of Design 
    • Luoluo Hong, Vice President for Student Engagement and Well-being 
    • Kathy Kneeland, Director Financial Administration II, Scheller College of Business
    • Paul Kohn, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Office of the Provost 
    • Will Jimerson, College Administrative Officer, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts 
    • Michael Cox, Assistant Director of Finance Operations, Office of Information Technology 
    • Doug Williams, Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering

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