Role

People

Responsibilities

Executive Sponsors

  • Chuck Haines, Vice Chancellor - Chief Financial Officer
  • Josh Bright, Associate Vice Chancellor for IT and Chief Information Officer
  • Overall responsibility and authority for driving all project decisions
  • Provide high profile support, campus commitment, and visibility for the project
  • Review and approve all major deliverables
  • Assure resources and funding

 

Executive Committee

  • Set project direction
  • Approve scope and scope changes
  • Approve requirements
  • Approve timing and sequencing of project phases
  • Set steering committee agendas

 

Steering Committee

  • Alex Ramos, Chief Financial Officer, Division of Student Affairs
  • Ashley Andersen, Director, Audit & Advisory Services
  • Christian Treitler, Chief Financial Officer, UCSB Foundation
  • Christian Villasenor, Executive Director, Division of Academic Affairs
  • Chuck Haines, Vice Chancellor - Chief Financial Officer
  • Dorothy Satomi, Director of Finance and Administration, Division of Academic Affairs
  • Jacob Godfrey, Associate Director & Chief Procurement Officer, Business & Financial Services
  • Jane Kittle, Divisional Finance Manager, Office of Research
  • Jean Jones, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Research
  • Jim Corkill, Associate Vice Chancellor, Controller
  • Joe Sabado, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the CIO
  • Kerry Bierman, Associate Vice Chancellor, Budget & Planning
  • Kim Ray, Associate Director of Controls, Business & Financial Services
  • Melissa Jarnagin, CFO & Director of Business & Financial Planning, Division of Administrative Services
  • Michael McGrogan, Budget Director, Budget & Planning
  • Olga Mery, General Accounting Manager, Business & Financial Services
  • Sandra Featherson, Director of Training, Office of Financial Training
  • Steve Kriz, Assistant Director, Business & Financial Services
  • Tyler Clark, Extramural Funds Accounting Manager, Business & Financial Services
  • Provide project oversight, operational decision-making, and direction
  • Validate and recommend scope and scope changes
  • Resolve issues
  • Sponsor campus-wide communications
  • Inform and validate timing and sequencing of project phases
  • Validate and recommend requirements and finalizes priorities
  • Participate in design reviews and validation; sign off on the design
  • Approve Communication and Training Strategy
  • Approve Post Implementation Support Strategy
  • Provide guidance on how changes resulting from the project will be implemented in their organization
  • Identify and advise on any emergent issues or risks to the project
  • Represent and reconcile constituencies' viewpoints and provide intervention to overcome roadblocks
  • Serve as a conduit of information between divisional leadership, staff, faculty, and the project team