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Strategic Planning and Analysis Committee

The Strategic Planning and Analysis Committee is composed of six elected faculty members, three elected staff members, and two students. It also includes the Vice President for Administration and Finance, the Director of Institutional Research, and the Provost as ex officio non-voting members. Election to SPA is for a three-year term.

The Strategic Planning and Analysis Committee (SPA) replaced the Resources and Planning Committee (RPC) in AY 2017-2018.

The SPA Committee acts as an advisory committee to the President regarding long-term planning. Duties of the committee include:

  • Review and monitoring of the implementation of the existing strategic plan
  • Identifying emerging priorities and reporting them to the President
  • Selecting faculty representatives to the Task Force on Budget, and the Benefits Advisory Committee
  • A subcommittee, consisting of the voting faculty members, will conduct faculty salary audits

2026-2027 MEMBERS

Faculty:

Robin Shields-Cutler, Biology, Chair

Laura Smith, Geography

Lori Ziegelmeier, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

Penelope Geng, English and Creative Writing

Felix Friedt, Economics

Lauren Milne, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

Staff:

Elyan Paz, Admissions and Aid

Jonathan Cardenas, Student Affairs

TBD

Students:

Marco Lopez

Ismail AboElMagd

Ex Officio:

Lisa Anderson-Levy, Executive Vice President and Provost

Dave Berglund, Acting CFO

Adam Johnson, Director, Institutional Research