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Last updated 2:51 pm MST, October 13, 2020
While our University community continues to respond to the evolving crisis with COVID19, we also know that we must keep an eye on our future. Over the next 15 months, we anticipate a continued significant loss of revenue and expect to see a sustained increase in expenses related to the effects of COVID-19. This is going to have a profound impact on how we successfully achieve our mission.
We are up to the challenge, though. To chart a path forward, we have deployed the Financial Sustainability Taskforce, with diverse and wide-ranging input from across all corners of our community and under the leadership of Lisa Rulney, Senior Vice President for Business Affairs & Chief Financial Officer. Guided by our values, the Taskforce continues to determine the effects of COVID19 on various aspects of our operations, and make recommendations to President Robbins for actions that will ensure we are able to Finance the Mission for the near and long term.
Taskforce Overview
The Taskforce is led by a Core Team and comprised of seven working groups with representatives from across our community. The Executive Team oversees the outcomes of the recommendations.
The Taskforce utilizes the following process:
WORKGROUP
Explore and Develop mitigation strategy/new opportunity to adapt our business model - including integration of insights and ideas shared by the University community.
Leadership: Core Team Member
Meets: Daily/Ad Hoc
CORE TEAM
Synthesize Recommendation
Leadership: Lisa Rulney
Meets: Daily
EXEC TEAM & PRESIDENT ROBBINS
Vet Recommendation & Make Final Decision
Leadership: Lisa Rulney
Meets: Daily/Ad hoc
Resources
The Taskforce has gathered some resources and information that may be of assistance to our community in better understanding our position and the efforts being undertaken to support the University.
In this Box folder, find data on tuition, faculty, and Athletics; the presentation materials from the Division & College Town Halls; and other information.
These resources require NetID login to access the Box folder.
Operational Efficiencies
The Operational Efficiencies workgroup has a Sharepoint website to provide additional resources and information on their numerous efforts.
These resources require NetID login to access the Sharepoint site.
Working Groups
Each of these working groups is charged with developing effective mitigation strategies and exploring bold new opportunities to adapt our business model.
Capital Projects, Debt, & Investments
As capital projects represent some of our largest assets and expenses, the scope of this working group includes efforts to constrain costs while supporting our mission in the years to follow as campus recovers.
Jim Florian
Associate Vice President, Institutional Analysis, Office of the Provost
Working Group Lead Office of the Provost CABO/RUBO/UFO
Laura Bakkensen
Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
Faculty
Peter Dourlein
Assistant Vice President for Planning, Design and Construction & Campus Architect
Subject Matter Expert
Paulo Goes
Dean, Eller College of Management
College Leadership Faculty
Brooks Jeffery
Associate Vice President for Research
Research, Innovation & Impact Faculty
Steve Kelly
Assistant Vice President for Treasury, Financial Services
Subject Matter Expert
Rob Miller
Director, School of Architecture
Academic Unit Leadership Faculty
Bob Smith
Vice President for University Planning / Design and Operations
Business Affairs
Working Group Advisors:
Heather Gaines - Senior Associate General Counsel
Intercollegiate Athletics
The scope of this working group includes efforts to identify opportunities to constrain costs as well as to attain a competitive advantage to support ICA’s mission in the years to follow as the campus recovers.
Garth Perry
Vice President & Chief Budget Officer
Working Group Lead Business Affairs CABO/RUBO/UFO
Mario Calderon
Director, Business Affairs, Intercollegiate Athletics
Subject Matter Expert CABO/RUBO/UFO
Marv Slepian
Regents Professor, UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Associate Department Head for Biomedical Engineering Clinical and Industrial Affairs
Academic Unit Leadership Faculty
Krystal Swindlehurst
Senior Associate Athletic Director, Human Resources/Internal Administration and Strategic Planning
Subject Matter Expert
Ricardo Valerdi
Professor, Department of Systems & Industrial Engineering
Pac-12 Faculty Athletics Representative
Faculty
Derek Van Der Merwe
Assistant Vice President / Chief Operating Officer, Intercollegiate Athletics
Subject Matter Exper
Bryce Wolma
Undergraduate - Eller College of Management - Business Management
Arizona Football - Tight End
Student
New Opportunities
The scope of this working group includes efforts to identify opportunities to attain a competitive advantage to support our mission in the years to follow as the campus recovers.
Sangita Pawar
Vice President, Operations, Research Innovation & Impact Research, Innovation & Impact Working Group Lead
Parker Antin
Associate Dean, Research-Agriculture and Life Sciences
College Leadership Faculty
Michael Brewer
Senior Information Resources Officer & Vice Chair of the Faculty
Faculty Leadership Faculty
Javier Duran
Professor, Latin American Studies & Director, Confluence Center
Academic Unit Leadership Faculty
Stan Park
Senior Manager for Treasury Operations, Financial Services
Business Affairs
Nancy Pollock-Ellwand
Dean, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
College Leadership Faculty
Stan Reynolds
Eller College Vice Dean of Faculty and Research
College Leadership Faculty
Lori Schultz
Senior Director, Research Partnership Services
Research, Innovation & Impact
Carol Stewart
Associate Vice President, Tech Parks Arizona
Tech Parks Arizona
Jason Wertheim
Vice Dean for Scientific Initiatives, College of Medicine
College Leadership Faculty
Working Group Advisors:
Jim Buizer - Interim Director, Arizona Institutes for Resilience: Solutions for the Environment and Society
Operational Efficiencies
In alignment with Pillar 5: Institutional Excellence of the Strategic Plan, the scope of this working group includes efforts to constrain costs while supporting our mission in the years to follow as campus recovers.
Nicole Salazar
Vice President for Financial Services
Working Group Lead Business Affairs
Nina Bates
Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Provost
Brian Berrellez
Assistant Director, Intelligence and Data Analytics, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Subject Matter Expert CABO/RUBO/UFO
Marisela Celaya
Director, Organizational Effectiveness, UITS
Subject Matter Expert
Sabrina Helm
Associate Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences & Co-Chair Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee
SPBAC Leadership Faculty
Steve Moore
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Subject Matter Expert
Maliaca Oxnam
Deputy Director, Research Cyberinfrastructure & Associate Librarian
Faculty
Sangita Pawar
Vice President, Operations, Research Innovation & Impact
Research, Innovation & Impact
Stephanie Rosenberg
Senior Associate General Counsel
Subject Matter Expert
Debby Shively
Interim Associate Vice President, Business Affairs - Auxiliary Services
Business Affairs
Simon White
Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration, College of Architecture, Planning, & Landscape Architecture
CABO/RUBO/UFO College Leadership
Working Group Advisors:
Barry Brummund - Chief Information Officer & & Co-Chair Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee
Joseph Broschak - Associate Professor of Management & Organizations, Eller College of Management
Trevor Ledbetter - Director, Office of Sustainability
Strategic Plan Investments
As the Strategic Plan serves as a roadmap for our institution, the scope of this working group includes efforts to constrain costs while supporting our mission in the years to follow as campus recovers.
Garth Perry
Vice President & Chief Budget Officer
Working Group Lead Business Affairs CABO/RUBO/UFO
Maribel Alvarez
Associate Dean for Community Engagement, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
College Leadership Faculty
Melissa Colchado
Chief of Staff for Management and Policy, UA Health Sciences
Health Sciences
Sonia Colina
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese & Director, National Center for Interpretation
Academic Unit LeadershipFaculty
Jane Hunter
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Subject Matter Expert
Diana Liverman
Director, School of Geography and Development
Academic Unit Leadership Faculty SPBAC Elected Member
John O'Neil
Vice President, Research Development
Research, Innovation & Impact
Andy Schulz
Vice President for the Arts & Dean of Arts
College Leadership Faculty
Marilyn Taylor
Associate Vice President, Finance and Administration
Office of the Provost CABO/RUBO/UFO
Working Group Advisors:
Jessica Thornburg - Office of Strategic Initiatives Project Manager
Students
As the student experience is at the heart of everything we do, the scope of this working group includes efforts to diversify how students engage and help students succeed in their studies, while maintaining an achievable value-add academic experience.
Kasey Urquidez
Vice President, Enrollment Management & Dean, Undergraduate Admissions
Working Group Lead Office of the Provost Subject Matter Expert
Ravneet Chadha
Executive Director, Analytics and Institutional Research
Subject Matter Expert
A-P Durand
Dean, College of Humanities
College Leadership Faculty
Jim Florian
Associate Vice President, Institutional Analysis, Office of the Provost
Office of the Provost CABO/RUBO/UFO
Greg Heileman
Associate Vice Provost, Academic Administration
Office of the Provost Faculty
Melanie Hingle
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Faculty
Marc Miller
Dean, James E Rogers College of Law
College Leadership Faculty
Garth Perry
Vice President & Chief Budget Officer
Business Affairs
Pam Ray
Assistant Vice President, Financial Affairs, UA Health Sciences
Health Sciences
Cindy Rankin
Associate Professor, Physiology
Faculty
Andrea Romero
Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Office of the Provost Faculty
Shilpita Sen
GPSC President
Student Leadership
Tara Singleton
ASUA Student Body President
Student Leadership
Kelly South
Senior Director, Marketing / Communications
Subject Matter Expert
Katie Van Renterghem
Director, Decision Planning and Support, College of Science
Subject Matter Expert CABO/RUBO/UFO
Mary Venezia
Chief of Staff, Enrollment Management
Subject Matter Expert
Workforce
As our workforce is both our greatest asset and our largest expense, the scope of this working group includes efforts to constrain costs while supporting faculty and staff in this acute period as well as in the years to follow as the campus recovers.
Helena Rodrigues
Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Working Group Lead Business Affairs
Elizabeth Cantwell
Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation
Research, Innovation & Impact
Josephine Corder
Director, Life and Work Connections
Subject Matter Expert
Emily Gillilan
Manager of Compensation, Human Resources
Subject Matter Expert
Lisa Gundy
Director of Recruitment & Outreach, Human Resources
Subject Matter Expert
Daniel McDonald
Distinguished Outreach Faculty & Director, Pima County Cooperative Extension,
Faculty
Ki Moore
Dean, College of Nursing
College Leadership Faculty
Francisco Pedroza
Assistant Dean, Business-Finance, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
College Leadership CABO/RUBO/UFO
Nicole Salazar
Vice President for Financial Services
Business Affairs
Jessica Summers
Associate Professor, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
& Chair of the Faculty
Faculty Leadership Faculty
Marilyn Taylor
Associate Vice President, Finance and Administration
Office of the Provost
Staci Wilson
Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
Subject Matter Expert
Working Group Advisors:
David Wagner - Senior Associate General Counsel
Diane Brennan - Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
Chante Martin - Interim Assistant Vice President,
HR University of Arizona Health Sciences
Core Team
Lisa Rulney
Senior Vice President for Business Affairs & Chief Financial Officer
Core Team Lead Business Affairs
Barry Brummund
Chief Information Officer & & Co-Chair Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee
Information Technology SPBAC Leadership
David Elmer
Associate Vice President, Finance and Administration, UA Health Sciences
Health Sciences
Jim Florian
Associate Vice President, Institutional Analysis, Office of the Provost
Office of the Provost CABO/RUBO/UFO
Sangita Pawar
Vice President, Operations, Research Innovation & Impact
Research, Innovation & Impact
Garth Perry
Senior Associate Vice President & Chief Budget Officer
Business Affairs CABO/RUBO/UFO
Helena Rodrigues
Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Business Affairs
Nicole Salazar
Vice President for Financial Services
Business Affairs
Kasey Urquidez
Vice President, Enrollment Management & Dean, Undergraduate Admissions
Working Group Lead Office of the Provost Subject Matter Expert
Executive Team
Robert C. Robbins
President
Executive Team Lead
Liesl Folks
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
Michael D. Dake
Senior Vice President, Health Sciences
Laura Todd Johnson
Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs & General Counsel
JP Roczniak
President & CEO, UA Foundation and Vice President of Development
Lisa Rulney
Senior Vice President for Business Affairs & Chief Financial Officer
Executive Team Lead Taskforce Lead
Elizabeth Cantwell
Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation
Jon Dudas
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
Steve Moore
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
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