{"69472":{"#nid":"69472","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Strategic Plan Steering Committee Forms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom planning for the Burdell Center initiative to creating an Innovation Task Force, the campus community has been hard at work implementing Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo guide the institutional efforts going forward, a newly formed Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee has been charged with overseeing the implementation of the current plan-related projects, such as those mentioned above, as well as future projects. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis committee will ensure that we stay on track to achieving the strategic plan\u2019s vision of Georgia Tech defining the technological research university of the 21st century,\u201d added Steve Cross, executive vice president for research.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe standing committee reports directly to President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson and will be co-chaired by Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Cross; and Steve Swant, executive vice president for Administration and Finance. The group includes the following members from across campus:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESandi Bramblett, executive director, Institutional Research and Decision Support\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHugh Crawford, associate professor, Ivan Allen College\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESteven French, professor, College of Architecture\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDavid Frost, director, Georgia Tech- Savannah\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECharles Isbell, associate dean, School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENorman Marsolan, director, Institute of Paper Science and Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDavid McDowell, Regents\u2019 Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPat McKenna, associate vice president, Legal Affairs and Risk Management\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJulie Swann, associate professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELisa Sills, principal research scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJohn Stein, dean of students\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChet Warzynski, executive director of Organizational Development (ex-officio)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichael Warden, vice president of Communications and Marketing (ex-officio)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the group\u2019s initial meeting on July 29, co-chairs outlined responsibilities for the team including ensuring that the strategic plan\u2019s vision, mission and goals tiatives, overseeing and guiding project leaders and teams in developing implementation plans, and evaluating and communicating accomplishments and progress to the campus. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cImplementing the strategic initiatives the campus community has adopted will further Tech\u2019s role as transformational leaders,\u201d Bras said. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe co-chairs have encouraged the group to think big. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe need to be smart and realize that we do have limited financial resources,\u201d Swant said. \u201cHowever, we have to think about the big picture. Ten years ago, we put forth a $1.2 billion capital plan. When we initially shopped it, people laughed. Now, because of that plan, we have Tech Square and the Bio quad. We have accomplished everything in that plan, and then some.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo guide the institutional efforts going forward, a newly formed Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee has been charged with overseeing the implementation of the current plan-related projects, such as those mentioned above, as well as future projects.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"To guide the institutional efforts going forward, a newly formed Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee has been charged with overseeing the implementation of the current plan-related projects, such as those mentioned above, as well as futu"}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-08-22 08:23:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:59","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/vision","title":"Georgia Tech Strategic Vision"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10243","name":"rafael bras"},{"id":"167317","name":"Steve Cross"},{"id":"169651","name":"Steve Swant"},{"id":"167488","name":"strategic plan"},{"id":"171109","name":"Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.herazy@carnegie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Herazy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}