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Forging Ahead UAB's Strategic Plan
Funding the Plan: Resources

Members of the Strategic Planning Council were tasked with forming subcommittees around each of our four mission pillars: Education; Research, Innovation & Economic Development; Community Engagement; and Patient Care. Membership on each of those subcommittees is listed here. The subcommittees worked to develop goals, objectives and activities/strategies for each of the mission pillars. They also provided input into the dashboard metrics appropriate for these goals.

EDUCATION   RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Paul Erwin   Co-Chairs: Kathy Nugent, Chris Brown
Bradley Barnes (Enrollment Management)   Patrick Murphy (Business)
Ritika Samant (USGA)   Josh Carpenter (Southern Research)
Chris Minnick (Blazer Core)   Suzi Lapi (Medicine)
Mary Wallace (Student Affairs)   Suzanne Judd (Public Health)
Walter Stewart (Veterans Services/ Student Affairs)    
Scott Phillips (Center for Teachin and Learning)    
Pam Paustian (Provost's Office/ Online recruitment)    
     
     
PATIENT CARE   COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 
Chair: David Randall   Chair: Kecia Thomas 
Anupam Agarwal (Medicine)    Andrew Sullivan (Engineering)
Tom Brannan (Advancement)   Shauntice Allen ( Public Health)
Michael Faircloth (Medicine)   Jaret Langston (IEA)
Elizabeth Steele (Optometry)   Teresa Shufflebarger (Medicine)
Michele Talley (Nursing)   Katrina Watson (Literacy Council)
Russell Taichman (Dentistry)   Mike Wyss (CORD)
     


Subcommittees were formed to develop goals, objectives, strategies and metrics for the foundations of those mission pillars:  Diversity, Stewardship and Philanthropy.
DIVERSITY   STEWARDSHIP      PHILANTHROPY 
Chair: Paulette Dilworth   Chair: Brian Burnett   Chair: Tom Brannan 
Autumn Massey-Sims (GSA)   Pam Benoit (Provost)   Pam Benoit (Provost)
David Dada (Community Relations)   Tom Brannan (Advancement)   Crystal Ash (Community Member)
Felesia Bowen (Nursing)   Stephanie Mullins (CFO)    
Tequila Smith, UAB alumna   Andy Hollis (Financial Affairs)    
Nabiha Yusuf (Faculty Senate)        
         


Subcommittees also were formed to redefine UAB's peer group, update the university's mission, vision and value statements and report on the processes and progress made through the strategic plan.
 PEER COMPARISONS        MISSION/VISION/VALUES     COMMUNICATIONS 
 Chair: Brian Burnett     Chair: Mike Sloane (CAS/ Honors College    Chair: Jim Bakken 
 Eva Lewis (IEA)    Jennifer Christi (Health Professions)   Pam Benoit (Provost)
 Laine Chapman (Health Professions)    Jim Bakken (CCO)   Maelynn Chung (UAB Health System)
 Sean Kerins (IEA)    Arpan Limdi (UAB Medicine)   Linda Gunter (University Relations)
Jeff Holmes (Engineering)   Zandral Washington (UAB Police)   Chris McCauley (CAS)
    Tyler Huang, alumnus    

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