Bill Beekman, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Chair
Rebecca Barber, Vice President for Financial Planning and Analysis
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 K. Brogdon, Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Executive Sponsor: Stewardship and Sustainability)
Terry Frazier, Special Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
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, Interim Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer
(Executive Sponsor: Staff and Faculty Success; Stewardship and Sustainability)
Norm Hubbard, Chief Business Officer, Office of Health Sciences
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Interim Provost
(Executive Sponsor: Student Success; Staff and Faculty Success; Discovery, Creativity and Innovation for Excellence and Global Impact)
Barb Kranz, Assistant Provost, Institutional Space Planning and Management
Roushell Mignott-Nesbitt, Director of Strategic Plan Implementation, Office of the Executive Vice President for Administration
Heather Swain, Vice President for Marketing, Public Relations and Digital Strategy
Dave Washburn, Executive Director, MSU Research Foundation
Dave Weatherspoon, Associate Provost of Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning, Professor of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Mike Zeig, Chief of Staff, Office of the President
Executive sponsors are leading implementation in their theme areas at the university level, consulting with shared governance as appropriate. The SPISC helps ensure progress across all themes and facilitate coordination, communication and engagement.
Executive Sponsors
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Interim Provost
Vennie Gore, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement
Erin Carter, Chief of Staff, Student Life and Engagement, convener
Renata Opoczynski, Assistant Dean, Student Success Assessment and Strategic Initiatives, convener
Jason Beaudin, Executive Director for Educational Technology
Renee Brown, Director, Center for Community Engaged Learning
Bethan Cantwell, Assistant Provost and Director of Institutional Research
Pero Dagbovie, Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Dean of the Graduate School
Melissa Del Rio, Chief of Staff, Graduate School
Kirti Deshpande, Director of Human Resources, Residence Hall Association
Greg Deppong, University Controller
Ray Gasser, Assistant Vice President, Residence Education and Housing Services
Brendan Guenther, Chief Academic Digital Officer, Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Steve Hanson, Vice Provost and Dean, International Studies and Programs
Hannah Jeffery, President, Council of Graduate Students
Jo Kovach, President, Associated Students of Michigan State University
Mark Largent, Vice Provost and Dean, Office of Undergraduate Education
Roushell Mignott-Nesbitt, Director of Strategic Plan Implementation, Office of EVP for Administration
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 Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, and Assistant Dean for Student Success Initiatives
Neil Romanosky, Dean, MSU Libraries
Allyn Shaw, Assistant Vice President, Student Development and Leadership
Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Dean, Lyman Briggs College
Laurie Thorp, Director, Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment
Dave Weatherspoon, Vice Provost of Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning
Executive Sponsors
Norman Beauchamp Jr., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Interim Provost
Thomas Glasmacher, Interim Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer
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 of Natural 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
Melanie Kauffman, Communications Manager, Office of Research and Innovation
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
Kwesi Brookins, Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Norm Hubbard, Chief Business Officer, Office of Health Sciences
Laura Kuczajda, Chief of Staff, Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Chris Long, Dean, College of Arts and Letters and Honors College
Alexis Travis, Vice Provost and Executive Director, University Health and Wellbeing
Executive Sponsors
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Thomas Glasmacher, Interim 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 D. Jeitschko, Interim 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, Chief of Staff, 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, Vice 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 Police and Public Safety
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 and Financial 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 Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Carla lansiti, Sustainability Officer, Student Life and Engagement
Sherri Jett, Director of Utilities, 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
Norman Beauchamp Jr., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences
Dan Bollman, Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Christina K. Brogdon, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Kwesi C. Brookins, Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement
Lisa A. Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Douglas Gage, Vice President for Research and Innovation
Thomas Glasmacher, Interim Executive Vice President for Administration
Vennie Gore, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement
Emily Gerkin Guerrant, Vice President and University Spokesperson
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Interim Provost
Katie John, Interim Vice President for Government Relations
Teresa Mastin, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs
Doug Monette, Interim Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police
Laura Rugless, Vice President for Civil Rights and Title IX
Kim Tobin, Vice President for University Advancement
Estrella Torrez, Associate Professor, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
Quentin Tyler, Associate Dean and Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Director of MSU Extension