Implementation
The Board of Trustees endorsed the university’s strategic plan in September 2021, including an implementation process with executive sponsors for each theme area and a Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee, or SPISC, comprising the executive sponsors of the six theme areas, leaders of the DEI and RVSM strategic planning efforts and other members appointed by the president.
Steering Committee Membership
Bill Beekman, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Chair
Norman Beauchamp Jr., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
(Executive Sponsor: Staff and Faculty Success; Sustainable Health;Discovery, Creativity and Innovation for Excellence and Global Impact)
Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
(Executive Sponsor: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Dan Bollman, Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Christina Brogdon, Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Rebecca Campbell, Professor of Psychology and Co-Chair of the RVSM Expert Advisory Workgroup
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Executive Sponsor: Stewardship and Sustainability)
Douglas Gage, Vice President for Research and Innovation
(Executive Sponsor: Discovery, Creativity and Innovation for Excellence and Global Impact)
Vennie Gore, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement
(Executive Sponsor: Student Success)
Thomas Glasmacher, Laboratory Director and Project Director, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Joseph Salem Jr., Dean of Libraries and Interim Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Mike Stokes, Interim Director of Financial Planning and Budget
Heather Swain, Vice President for Marketing, Public Relations and Digital Strategy
Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer
(Executive Sponsor: Staff and Faculty Success;Stewardship and Sustainability)
Dave Weatherspoon, Ph.D. Associate Provost of Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning, Professor of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics
Teresa K. Woodruff, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
(Executive Sponsor: Student Success; Staff and Faculty Success; Discovery, Creativity and Innovation for Excellence and Global Impact)
Mike Zeig, Chief of Staff, Office of the President
Executive sponsors will lead implementation in their theme areas at the university level, consulting with shared governance as appropriate. The SPISC will help ensure progress across all themes and facilitate coordination, communication and engagement.
Strategic Theme Work Groups
Within each theme area, work groups appointed by executive sponsors will advance implementation. While the approaches taken by work groups will vary, some common features of their work will be to identify key strategies, prioritize initiatives, refine or confirm metrics, engage stakeholders and report progress regularly to the steering committee.
Executive sponsors have established the following strategic theme work groups:
Executive Sponsors
Teresa K. Woodruff, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Vennie Gore, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement
Erin Carter, Interim Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life, Student Life and Outreach and Engagement, convener
Amy Martin, Assistant Dean, Student Success Operations, convener
Jason Beaudin, Executive Director for Educational Technology
Renee Brown, Director, Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Bethan Cantwell – Assistant Provost and Director of Institutional Research
Pero Dagbovie, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Greg Deppong, University Controller
Mary Finn, Dean, College of Social Science
Ray Gasser, Executive Director, Residence Education and Housing Services
Steve Hanson, Associate Provost and Dean, International Studies and Programs
Mark Largent, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Renata Opoczynski, Assistant Dean, Student Success Assessment and Strategic Initiatives
Aaron Reifler, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Jeno Rivera, Associate Professor in the College of Residential Arts and Humanities
Genyne Royal, Assistant Dean, Student Success Initiatives and Director, Neighborhood Student Success Collaborative
Joseph Salem Jr., Dean, MSU Libraries and Interim Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Allyn Shaw, Assistant Vice President, Student Life and Engagement
Kendra Spence Chervelle, Dean, Lyman Briggs College
Laurie Thorpe, Director, Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment
Dave Weatherspoon, Associate Provost of Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning
Student members to be appointed from ASMSU, COGS
Executive Sponsors
Norman Beauchamp Jr., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Teresa K. Woodruff, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer
Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Bryan Beverly, Academic Specialist and Director, Office of K-12 Outreach, College of Education
Laura Bix, Assistant Dean, Teaching, Learning and Analytics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Victor DiRita, Rudolph Hugh Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Veterinary Medicine
Rick Fanning, Interim Associate Vice President, Human Resources
Thomas Jeitschko, Senior Associate Provost
Chris Long, Dean, Honors College and College of Arts and Letters
Navaeh Marshall, undergraduate student (horticulture)
Kristen Mulder, Finance Senior Assistant Manager/Analyst, Office of the Controller
Gabe Ording, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Integrative Studies, College of Natural Science
Cameron Thies, Dean, James Madison College
Leigh Small, Interim Dean, College of Nursing
Melissa Sortman, Director, Academic Human Resources
Aron Sousa, Interim Dean, College of Human Medicine
Dave Weatherspoon, Associate Provost of Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (hiring in progress)
Student members to be appointed from ASMSU, COGS
Executive Sponsors
Doug Gage, Vice President, Office of Research and Innovation
Thomas Glasmacher, Laboratory Director and Project Director, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams , convener
Titus Awokuse, Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships, International Studies and Programs
Jiquan Chen, Professor, Department Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, College of Social Science
Federica Brandizzi, MSU Foundation Professor, Department of Plant Biology, College ofNatural Science; MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab member and Science Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Christina Chan, Interim Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; University Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
Bill Hart-Davidson, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Arts and Letters
Arjun Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
Kendall Mahn, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Natural Science
Evonne Pedawi, Director, Contract and Grant Administration
Amy Ralston, James K. Billman Jr., M.D., Endowed Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
Quinetta Roberson, John A. Hannah Professor of Management and Psychology, Broad College of Business and College of Social Science
Mike Stokes, Interim Director, Office of Financial Planning and Budget
Bruno Takahashi, Brandt Associate Professor of Environmental Communication, School of Journalism and AgBioResearch; Research Director, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Kurt Zinn, Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Small Animal Clinical Sciences; Colleges of Engineering, Human Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Executive Sponsor
Norman Beauchamp Jr., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Bill Beekman, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Prabu David, Dean, College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Wondwossen Gebreyes, American Council on Education Fellow
Norm Hubbard, Chief Business Officer, Office of Health Sciences
Laura Kuczajda, Chief of Staff, Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Executive Sponsors
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer
Objective 1: Long-term, Comprehensive Financial Model (Century Bond)
Jeff Rayis, Director, Treasury and Financial Management, convener
Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Dan Bollman, Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Douglas Gage, Vice President for Research and Innovation
Thomas Glasmacher, Laboratory Director and Project Director, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Norm Hubbard, Chief Business Officer, Office of Health Sciences
Thomas Jeitschko, Senior Associate Provost
Bob Patterson, Unit Chief Financial Officer, Residential and Hospitality Services
Kim Tobin, Vice President for University Advancement
Philip Zecher, Chief Investment Officer
A separate workgroup will be formed to address budget process
Objective 2: Comprehensive Facilities and Land Use Plan
Dan Bollman, Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, convener
Eric Boatman, Assistant Director, Institutional Space Planning and Management
Erin Carter, Interim Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life, Student Life and Engagement
Thomas Glasmacher, Laboratory Director and Project Director, Facility for Rare Isotope
Beams
Charley Hasemann, Assistant Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development, Innovation Center
Norm Hubbard, Chief Business Officer, Office of Health Sciences
Barb Kranz, Assistant Provost, Institutional Space Planning and Management
Adam Lawver, Director of Campus Services
Ming-Han Li, Professor and School Director, School of Planning, Design and Construction
Dylan Marinez, Assistant Athletic Director/Event Operations, Intercollegiate Athletics
Stephanie O’Donnell, Traffic Engineer, MSU PD
Monte Pride, Capital Project Delivery Manager, Infrastructure, Planning and Facilities
Richard Temple, Assistant Vice President, Real Estate and Capital Planning, Infrastructure, Planning and Facilities
Steve Troost, Campus Planner. Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Jeff Rayis, Director, Treasury andFinancial Management
Mike Zeig, Chief of Staff, Office of the President
TBD, Sustainability Office
Objective 3: Climate Neutrality by 2050
Convener: TBD
Dan Bollman, Vice President for StrategicInfrastructure Planning and Facilities
Carla lansiti, Sustainability Officer, Office of Sustainability
Sherri Jett, Director of Power and Water, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Jason Vallance, Manager, Building Performance Services, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
John Verboncoeur, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering
Rati Walther, Assistant Budget Officer, Financial Planning and Budget
Laura Young, Sustainability Program Coordinator, Office of Sustainability
Objective 4: Sustainable IT Strategic Plan
Richard Czarnecki, Assistant Vice President of IT and Assistant CIO, MSU IT, convener
Teal Amthor-Shaffer, Executive Director, Strategic Relations, MSU IT, convener
Dreux Baker, Assistant Director of DEI for Residence Education and Housing Services, Student Life and Engagement
Laura Kuczajda, Chief of Staff, Office of Health Sciences
Samantha Lake, Assistant Director, Human Resources
Terri Miller, Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning, and Research Engagement, MSU Libraries
Steven Ondersma, Professor, Division of Public Health and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine
Renata Opoczynski, Assistant Dean for Student Success Assessment and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
Katherine Ruger, Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Life, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Anne Shoup, Associate Vice President, University Advancement
Lindy Smith, Payroll Operations Manager, Office of the Controller
Marilyn Tarrant, Associate Vice President and Chief Audit, Risk and Compliance Officer
Eric Torng, Associate Dean, Graduate School
Executive Sponsor
Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Merri Jo Bales, Vice President and Strategic Director, University Communications
Norman Beauchamp Jr., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Dan Bollman, Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Rick Fanning, Interim Associate Vice President, Human Resources
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Douglas Gage, Vice President for Research and Innovation
Vennie Gore, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement
Emily Guerrant, Vice President and University Spokesperson
Karey Krohnfeldt, Interim Associate Vice President, Office for Civil Rights and Title IX
Suzanne Lang, Associate Provost and Associate Vice President, Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs
Marlon Lynch, Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police
Kim Tobin, Vice President for University Advancement
Quentin Tyler, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Director of MSU Extension
Kathy Wilbur, Senior Vice President for Government Relations
Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer
Teresa K. Woodruff, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Planning Across the University
Although MSU2030 articulates broad themes and suggests actions to advance our goals, it is anticipated much of the specific work to put the plan into practice will be developed within colleges and administrative units, including auxiliary units like Athletics and Residential and Hospitality Services. The success of the plan will depend on the collective wisdom and expertise of the campus community.
At the unit level, college and administrative unit strategic and annual plans will advance the strategic themes of the university. University processes, including budget planning and resource allocation, will support planning priorities.
Updating the Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee, working with strategic theme workgroups will report regularly to the president. Formal reports on progress and achievements will be provided to the president and Board of Trustees twice annually.
A task force appointed by the president in consultation with the SPISC will initiate a formal review of the university’s strategic plan in fall 2024 and produce written recommendations on additions, deletions, revisions or updates to the themes, goals and objectives of the university’s strategic plan no later than summer 2025. As context for its work, the task force will complete an environmental scan and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis.