The UAB Strategic Planning Council includes representatives from all campus stakeholder groups.
| Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D., co-chair Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost |
Brian Burnett, Ph.D., co-chair Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration |
Jim Bakken, co-chair Chief Communications Officer |
| Anupam Agarwal, MD Dean, Heersink School of Medicine |
Bradley Barnes, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management |
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| Tom Brannan Vice President for Advancement and Strategic Initiatives |
Jennifer Braswell Christy, Ph.D. Faculty, School of Health Professions |
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| Christopher Brown, Ph.D. Vice President for Research |
Josh Carpenter, Ph.D. CEO, Southern Research |
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| Laine Chapman Past Chair, Staff Council |
David Dada Community Relations |
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| Paulette Patterson Dilworth, Ph.D. Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
Paul Erwin, DrPH Dean, School of Public Health |
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| Eva W. Lewis, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Academic Planning |
Patrick Murphy, Ph.D. Faculty, Collat School of Business |
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| Kathy Nugent, Ph.D. Executive Director, Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
David Randall, MD Chief Strategy Officer, UAB Medicine |
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| Ryan Robinette Past President, UAB Alumni Association |
Ritika Samant Undergraduate Student Government Association |
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| Autumn Massey-Sims Graduate Student Government |
Mike Sloane, Ph.D. Past Chair, Faculty Senate |
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| 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, MD, Ph.D |
Co-Chairs: Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., Chris Brown, Ph.D. | |
| Bradley Barnes, Ph.D. (Enrollment Management) | Patrick Murphy, Ph.D. (Business) | |
| Ritika Samant (USGA) | Josh Carpenter, Ph.D. (Southern Research) | |
| Chris Minnix, Ph.D. (Blazer Core) | Suzi Lapi, Ph.D. (Medicine) |
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| Mary Wallace, Ph.D. (Student Affairs) | Suzanne Judd, Ph.D. (Public Health) | |
| Walter Stewart (Veterans Services/ Student Affairs) | ||
| Scott Phillips, Ph.D. (Center for Teaching and Learning) | ||
| Pam Paustian (Provost's Office/ Online recruitment) | ||
| PATIENT CARE | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | |
| Co-chair: David Randall | Chair: Kecia Thomas, Ph.D. | |
| Co-chair: Anupam Agarwal, MD |
Andrew Sullivan (Engineering) | |
| Tom Brannan (Advancement) | Shauntice Allen, Ph.D. (Public Health) | |
| Michael Faircloth, MD (Medicine) | Jaret Langston, Ph.D. (IEA) | |
| Elizabeth Steele, OD (Optometry) | Teresa Shufflebarger (Medicine) | |
| Michele Talley, Ph.D. (Nursing) | Katrina Watson (Literacy Council) | |
| Russell Taichman, DM.D., DMSC (Dentistry) | Mike Wyss, Ph.D. (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, Ph.D. | Chair: Brian Burnett, Ph.D. | Chair: Tom Brannan | ||
| Autumn Massey-Sims (GSA) | Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D. (Provost) | Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D. (Provost) | ||
| David Dada (Community Relations) | Tom Brannan (Advancement) | |||
| Felesia Bowen, Ph.D., DNP (Nursing) | Stephanie Mullins (CFO) | |||
| Tequila Smith, UAB alumna | Andy Hollis (Financial Affairs) | |||
| Nabiha Yusuf, Ph.D. (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, Ph.D. | Chair: Mike Sloane, Ph.D. (CAS/ Honors College | Chair: Jim Bakken | ||
| Eva W. Lewis, Ph.D. (IEA) | Jennifer Christy, Ph.D. (Health Professions) | Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D. (Provost) | ||
| Laine Chapman (Health Professions) | Jim Bakken (CCO) | Maelynn Chung (UAB Health System) | ||
| Sean Kerins (IEA) | Arpan LiM.D.i (UAB Medicine) | Linda Gunter (Institutional Communications) | ||
| Jeff Holmes, MD, Ph.D. (Engineering) | Zandral Washington (UAB Police) | Chris McCauley (CAS) | ||
| Tyler Huang, alumnus |