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Steering Committee

Members of the current steering committee include:

Strategic Priority #1

Howard Brown Professor, History, Co-chair
Bahgat Sammakia Vice President for Research, Co-chair
Aaron Beedle Chair, Faculty Senate
Chat Chatterjee Professor, Marketing
Terry Deak Professor, Psychology
Greg Delviscio Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Kanad Ghose Professor, Computer Science
Michael Jacobson Director, Office of Strategic Research Initiatives
Alexandra Moore Professor, General Literature and Rhetoric
Kanneboyina Nagaraju Dean, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Strategic Priority #2

James Pitarresi Vice Provost and Exec. Director, Center for Learning and Teaching, Co-chair
Brian Rose Vice President for Student Affairs, Co-chair
Beckie Benner Associate Vice President for Advancement
David Campbell Professor, Public Adminstration
Andrea Falcone Dean of Libraries
Johann Fiore-Conte Assistant Vice President for Health and Wellness
Don Loewen Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Tom O'Brien Professor, Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Mario Ortiz Dean, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Steve Ortiz Associate Professor, History
Paul Schleuse Associate Professor, Music
Amber Stallman Director, Financial Aid and Student Records

Strategic Priority #3

Karen Jones Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,
Co-chair
Alistair Lees Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Co-chair 
Laura Bronstein Dean, College of Community and Public Affairs
Sharon Bryant Associate Professor, Decker College - Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dina Danon Associate Professor, Judaic Studies
Nasrin Fatima Associate Provost for Assessment and Analytics
Gene Marshall Director of Athletics
Nick Martin Assistant Director, Q Center
Krista Medionte-Phillips Director, Undergraduate Admissions
Beth Riley Assistant Dean of Students
Ada Robinson-Perez Affirmative Action Officer
Christen Szymanski Director, Services for Students with Disabilities
Kerry Whigham Assistant Professor, Institute of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention

Strategic Priority #4

Pam Mischen Faculty Advisor to the President, Co-chair
Kelli Smith Assistant Vice President for Student Success, Co-chair
Linda H. Biemer Member, BU Council
Diane Butler Director, University Art Museum
Celia Klin Dean, Harpur College
Carl Lipo Professor, Environmental Studies Program
Patrick Madden Associate Professor, Computer Science
Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq. Chair, BU Council
Christopher Robbins Director, School of Arts
Pamela Stewart Fahs Professor, Nursing
Alison Twang

Interim Director, Center for Civic Engagement

Matt Winston

Executive Director, Alumni Engagement

Ryan Yarosh

Senior Director, Media and Public Relations

Strategic Priority #5

John Cordi Chief Financial Officer, Co-chair
JoAnn Navarro Vice President for Operations, Co-chair
Niyazi Bodur Associate Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Meng Chen Director of Institutional Research
Shelley Dionne Dean, School of Management
Sheila Doyle Executive Director ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Foundation
Darcy Fauci Chief of Staff
Laura Hawkes Chair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Barry Jones Professor, Economics
Andre Mathis Chair, Professional Staff Senate
Xingye Qiao Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Strategic Priority #6

Madhu Govindaraju Vice Provost for International Education and Global Affairs, Co-chair
Donald Hall Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Co-chair
Patricia Bello Asst. Provost for International Education & Global Affairs
Giovanna Bernardo Student Engagement Specialist
Sungdai Cho Professor, Korean and Linguistics
Atul Kelkar Dean, Watson College
Jennifer Gillis Mattson Professor, Psychology
Mohammad Khasawneh Distinguished Professor, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Kevin Murphy

Assistant Director, International Education and Global Affairs

Linda Sukarat

Interim Director, English Language Institute