{"id":2,"date":"2017-11-14T05:57:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T05:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/spc\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:14:22","slug":"strategic-planning-and-analysis-committee-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/spa\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Planning and Analysis Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"introduction block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"introduction__content\">\n    \t        \t<p class=\"introduction__copy\">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.<\/p>\n    \t        \t<p class=\"introduction__copy\">The Strategic Planning and Analysis Committee (SPA) replaced the Resources and Planning Committee (RPC) in AY 2017-2018.<\/p>\n    \t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p>The SPA Committee acts as an advisory committee to the President regarding long-term planning. Duties of the committee include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review and monitoring of the implementation of the existing strategic plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identifying emerging priorities and reporting them to the President<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selecting faculty representatives to the Task Force on Budget, and the Benefits Advisory Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A subcommittee, consisting of the voting faculty members, will conduct faculty salary audits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026-2027 MEMBERS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Shields-Cutler, Biology,\u00a0<em>Chair<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Smith, Geography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lori Ziegelmeier, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penelope Geng, English and Creative Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felix Friedt, Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lauren Milne, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Elyan Paz, Admissions and Aid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Cardenas, Student Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Students:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Marco Lopez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ismail AboElMagd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ex Officio:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Anderson-Levy, Executive Vice President and Provost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Berglund, Acting CFO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Johnson, Director, Institutional Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Related Pages<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/directory\/committees\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Committees\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/directory\/offices\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Offices and Services\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/provost\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Provost\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SPA Committee acts as an advisory committee to the President regarding long-term planning. 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