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

    • Chaouki Abdallah, Executive Vice President for Research
    • 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
    • Jim Fortner, Vice President for Finance and Planning and Chief Financial 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, Executive Director
    • Gabrielle D. Gaston, Strategic Projects Lead
    • Lisa Godfrey, Senior 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 for Finance and Planning and Chief Financial Officer
      • 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 
      • Melanie Megenity, Director of Resource Management, Office of Information Technology 
      • Doug Williams, Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering

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