In April, President Turner announced the creation of two new committees to address issues of data governance at SMU. The newly formed groups aid SMU’s transition to a more enhanced data informed institution by addressing data policy issues, common terminologies, data sharing and access, and business processes surrounding the input, maintenance, extraction, and reporting of university data holdings.
The transition to better University-wide data practices will be shepherded by the Data Governance Steering Committee (DGSC) and the Data Goverance Committee (DGC). Both committees gathered for an inaugural meeting on May 25 for an introduction to the new role of data goverance at SMU.
The DGSC includes senior administrators from across campus who will discuss overarching data needs and challenges at SMU to improve decision making. The committee is comprised of:
Patty Alvey – Assessment and Accreditation
Gary Brubaker – Guildhall
Adam Cebulski – Student Affairs
Daniel Eady – Provost
Julie Forrester – Provost
Charles Headley – DEA
Curt Herridge – OIT
Philip Jabour – Facilities
Paul Krueger – Faculty Senate
Ernie Barry – Budgets and Finance
Peter Moore – Provost
Toni Nolen – CUL
Jim Quick – Research
Doug Reinelt – Provost
Sheri Starkey – HR
Samantha Thomas – Institutional Access & Equity
Alison Tweedy – Campus Services
Wes Waggoner – Enrollment Management
The DGC includes data administrators and those with specific data management influence working to make decisions about definitions, quality and timelines. The committee is comprised of:
Vickie Bumgardner – Tax Accounting & Payroll
David Chambers – Student Affairs
Corey Clark – Guildhall
Edward Collins – Assessment and Accreditation
DeeDee Conway – Lyle
Joe Davis – Admissions
Pery Doan – OIT
Lane Duncan – OIT
Stephen Forrest – Enrollment Services
Kim Grace – Law
Clint Gilchrist – Controller
Duane Harbin – Perkins Theology
Susan Strobel Hogan – Student Affairs
Michael Hogan – Student Affairs
Tracy Horstman – Facilities
Chase Jenkins – Student Affairs
Shannon Lunt – Sponsored Research
Eric Macy – OIT
Margaret Mahoney – Simmons
Patricia May – Bursar
Gary Moskowitz – Cox
Dawn Norris – Student Affairs
Vinh Pham – Budget and Finance
Vinay Ramachandra – Institutional Research
Rhiannon Roark – HR
David Sedman – Meadows
Jie Sun – Dedman College
Zoltan Szentkiralyi – CUL
Sharla Walker – Financial Aid
Austin Westervelt-Lutz – DEA