Advisory Council

Scope of Responsibilities
This is an advisory and coordination council that provides a process for identification and prioritization of requests requiring technology support. The process will be based on business/client value which will include identifying need, cost, benefit, visibility/impact and risk. Under the direction of the Chair, the council will serve as the technology advisory body for:

• Focusing on IT planning for next 1-2 years
• Approving IT developmental and operational priorities for the next fiscal year
• Approving a collaborative investment model to finance institutional priorities for the upcoming physical year
• Acting as representative owner for all advisory councils governing information technology
• Reviewing and approving preliminary requests or proposals for implementation with information technology financial and employee resources
• Prioritizing the resources for information technology related requests or proposals
• Defining procedures for prioritizing requests or proposals and standards for measuring results
• Building consensus among key stakeholders for identified technology projects
• Recommending technology proposals before the IT Board of Directors
• Protecting the university from projects that are potentially disruptive, in conflict or of unacceptable risk
• Acting as Change Control Review Board for final approval on changes to the information technology environment presented by the CIO
• Providing the technological infrastructure to support institutional priorities.
• Establishing IT procurement polices and procedures
• Providing through the CIO, Quarterly Reports on the Health of IT initiatives to IT Board of Directors

Voting Members:

Chief Information Officer (Chair) - Homer Coffman
Office of the President - Mary Dayne Gregg
Vice President of Academic Affairs (Provost) - William Powell
Chief Financial Officer - Allyson Easterwood
Vice President of Research and Economic Development - David Mooneyhan
Vice President of Student Affairs - Kristi Motter
Faculty Senate - Stephen Oshrin
Advancement - Bob Pierce
Student Government Association - Dylan Pair

The CIO votes in the event of a tie and is a voting member of the IT Board of Directors.

Non-Voting Members
Co-Chair - TBA
Parliamentarian - Susan Siltanen, University Graduate Studies Director
Corresponding Secretary (non-voting member) - Jeff May, Customer Care Coordinator
Distance Education Committee Chair - Melanie J. Norton
Policy and Compliance Committee Chair - William Derwostyp
SOAR/SOARFIN Standards Committee Chair - April Jordan
Web Committee Chair - TBA