Budget Team

Team Membership

• Nine-member team: one Law School representative; one Dental School representative; one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members; one elected representative of the McNichols faculty; and five administrative representatives

• Provides advice to the President as needed

Members

2 faculty representatives

Jeanne David, Accounting, College of Business Administration (term expires 3/2012)

Jean Gash, Nursing, McAuley School of Nursing, College of Health Professions (term expires 3/2012) (MFA)

5 administrative representatives

Joseph Eisenhauer, Dean, College of Business Administration (term expires 8/2012)

James D. Priskey, Secretary, Controller (term expires 8/2012)

Jane Schley, Administrative Assistant, Chemistry, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 8/2012)

Melanie Dara, Analyst - Budget & Cost, Budget & Financial Analysis (term expires 8/2013)

Mark E. Grzybowski, Major Gifts, University Advancement (term expires 8/2013)

1 Dental School representative

Maureen Lennox, Chairperson, Director of Business and Finance (term expires 2012)

1 Law School representative

Lloyd Semple, Dean (term expires 2012)

2011-12 Charge

• Collaborate with the President and the Vice President for Finance upon request for budget assessment and development of the 2012-2013 budget.
• Review the underlying assumptions that are in the Five-Year Plan. 

Ongoing Charge

• Provide advice regarding budget priorities and concerns as they relate to core academic issues.
• Work with appropriate University constituencies to seek and develop potential revenue-generating opportunities.
• Upon request, serve in an advisory capacity for the annual budget development process regarding issues such as budgeting assumptions, capital spending plans, and tuition and fee increases.
• Provide expertise and input on broader budgetary issues that impact core academic concerns without only advocating for specific units.
• Keep the university community informed of committee activities by providing summary minutes of meetings and reports to (sharedgovernance(at)udmercy.edu).  Information will be posted to the shared governance website (udmercy.edu/governance).   The secretary of the committee is responsible for these postings and for informing Campus Connections of new postings. If there is no secretary identified for the committee, a member should be selected who is responsible for this task.

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