The UAB Strategic Planning Council includes representatives from all campus stakeholder groups.
| Pam Benoit, Ph.D., co-chair Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost |
Brian Burnett, co-chair Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration |
Jim Bakken, co-chair Chief Communications Officer |
| Anupam Agarwal, M.D. Dean, Heersink School of Medicine |
Crystal Ash Community member, Birmingham Promise |
|
| Bradley Barnes, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management |
Tom Brannan Vice President for Advancement and Strategic Initiatives |
|
| Jennifer Braswell Christy, Ph.D. Faculty, School of Health Professions |
Christopher Brown, Ph.D. Vice President for Research |
|
| Josh Carpenter, Ph.D. CEO, Southern Research |
Laine Chapman Past Chair, Staff Council |
|
| David Dada Community Relations |
Paulette Patterson Dilworth, Ph.D. Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
|
| Paul Erwin, DrPH Dean, School of Public Health |
Eva W. Lewis, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Academic Planning |
|
| Patrick Murphy, Ph.D. Faculty, Collat School of Business |
Kathy Nugent, Ph.D. Executive Director, Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
|
| David Randall, M.D. Chief Strategy Officer, UAB Medicine |
Ryan Robinette Past President, UAB Alumni Association |
|
| Ritika Samant Undergraduate Student Government Association |
Autumn Massey-Sims Graduate Student Government |
|
| Mike Sloane, Ph.D. Past Chair, Faculty Senate |
Andy Sullivan Faculty, School of Engineering |
|
| Kecia Thomas, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences |
||
Mission pillar subgroups
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 Minnix (Blazer Core) | Suzi Lapi (Medicine) |
|
| Mary Wallace (Student Affairs) | Suzanne Judd (Public Health) | |
| Walter Stewart (Veterans Services/ Student Affairs) | ||
| Scott Phillips (Center for Teaching and Learning) | ||
| Pam Paustian (Provost's Office/ Online recruitment) | ||
| PATIENT CARE | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | |
| Co-chair: David Randall | Chair: Kecia Thomas | |
| Co-chair: Anupam Agarwal | 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 Christy (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 |