Strategic Planning Council

Purpose or Function: The Strategic Planning Council is a group charged by the President to oversee the university strategic planning process, including review/revision of metrics, review of progress made on current strategic plan, and development of next strategic plan.

Membership: The council consists of President’s Cabinet members, Provost's Leadership Council members (deans and directors), Executive Director for Planning, Analytics, Institutional Research, and Strategic Initiatives and Chief Data Officer, Speaker of the Faculty Advisory Council, Staff Council President, the SACSCOC Liaison, and the chair of each strategic plan committee. These faculty and staff representatives are voting ex-officio members. The council also has an appointed member of Student Government Association who will serve a 1-year, renewable term.

Chair: President

Responsible University Official: President

Strategic Planning Council Members
Name Unit Represented Term End

Kelly Miller

President (Chair)

N/A

Catherine Rudowsky

President's Cabinet

N/A

Marty Baylor

President's Cabinet

N/A

Jaime Nodarse Barrera

President's Cabinet

N/A

Adrian Rodriguez

President's Cabinet

N/A

Ahmed Mahdy

President's Cabinet

N/A

Brenda Harms

President's Cabinet

N/A

John LaRue

President's Cabinet

N/A

Whitney Kessinger

Executive Director for Planning, Analytics, Institutional Research, and Strategic Initiatives and Chief Data Officer - Interim

N/A

Faiza Khoja

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

Christina Murphey

Provost's Leadership Council (interim)

N/A

Kyoko Amano

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

Robert McKallip

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

Joshua Watson

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

David Ma

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

Diana Sipes

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

Derrik Hiatt

Provost's Leadership Council

N/A

Scott Johnson

Faculty Advisory Council Speaker

May 31, 2027

Joseph Doan

Staff Council President

May 31, 2027

Vacant

Student Government Association

May 31, 2027

Bryan Baker

SACSCOC Liaison

N/A

 Last Updated: 07/01/2026