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Academic Strategic Plan

Academic Strategic Plan
  2. Action
  3. Staff Advisory Board

Staff Advisory Board

Thirteen staff members representing the university’s colleges, schools and student programs serve on an advisory board to provide input and guidance on the implementation of the Academic Strategic Plan.

The board has developed a statement of purpose that indicates they will:

  • Encourage transparency and help facilitate communication related to Academic Strategic Plan implementation among all Vanderbilt constituencies, and particularly with staff members;
  • Review the work of the Academic Strategic Plan Implementation Committee and its related subcommittees, participating in those bodies where possible in order to identify unanticipated obstacles and to propose solutions;
  • Consider financial and technological resource implications of implementation initiatives, making recommendations to the Academic Strategic Plan Implementation Committee in areas
  • where there is risk of misalignment between needs and resources; and
  • Identify training gaps and make recommendations for people, skills, leadership and programmatic needs and solutions to ensure long-term success in the implementation of Academic Strategic Plan initiatives.

The board members are:

  • Clayton Arrington, senior director, Office of the Dean of Students
  • Jacquelyn Cascarano, director, Career Services, Law School
  • Tami Fassinger, associate dean, Owen Graduate School of Management
  • Rachel Harrell, administrative assistant II, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Science
  • Janiece Harrison, associate dean for finance and administration, School of Engineering
  • Hope Noe, senior contract specialist, School of Nursing
  • Bryan Ratliff, associate dean for finance and administration, Peabody College of education and human development
  • Donna Rosenstiel, administrative director, School of Medicine
  • Amy Shelton, administrative officer, School of Medicine
  • Katherine Smith, assistant dean, Divinity School
  • Laura Walaszek, research associate, Office of the Dean of Students
  • Kristin Whittlesey, director of external relations, Blair School of Music
  • Melissa Wocher, assistant to the dean, College of Arts and Science, and chair of the board