Leadership – Strategic Planning Committee
Strategic Planning Committee:
Warwick Arden* (co-chair)
Interim Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor
Margery Overton* (co-chair)
Chair, Faculty Senate
Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
John Cavanagh*
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Randy Colby*
Chair, Staff Senate
Manager, Reservations & Event Management
Karen Helm*
Director, University Planning & Analysis
Marc Hoit*
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology & CIO
Kelly Hook*
Student Body President
Junior, Political Science
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ben Jenkins
Board of Trustees
Ali Kefeli*
President, University Graduate Student Association
Doctoral Student, Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering
Terri Lomax*
Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Office of Research and Innovation
Marvin Malecha*
Dean
College of Design
Benny Suggs
Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations
University Advancement
Walt Wolfram*
William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Maxine Atkinson (Undergraduate Student Success Task Force co-chair)
Department Head, Sociology & Anthropology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Jo-Ann Cohen (Undergraduate Student Success Task Force co-chair)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Marycobb Randall (Undergraduate Student Success Task Force co-chair)
Senior, Business Administration
College of Management
Audrey Jaeger (Graduate and Postdoctoral Program Development Task Force co-chair)
Associate Professor, Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education
College of Education
Barbara Sherry (Graduate and Postdoctoral Program Development Task Force co-chair)
Professor, Molecular Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Trudy Mackay (Faculty Excellence Task Force co-chair)
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished University Professor of Genetics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dan Solomon (Faculty Excellence Task Force co-chair)
Dean
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
David Threadgill (Research and Scholarship Task Force co-chair)
Department Head, Genetics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Greg Parsons (Research and Scholarship Task Force co-chair)
Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
Robert Kelly (Comprehensiveness and Interdisciplinarity Task Force co-chair)
Alcoa Professor of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
Meredith Davis (Comprehensiveness and Interdisciplinarity Task Force co-chair)
Professor, Graphic Design
College of Design
Mike Giancola (Global Engagement and Competitiveness Task Force co-chair)
Director, Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service
Division of Student Affairs
Dan Robison (Global Engagement and Competitiveness Task Force co-chair)
Associate Dean for Research and Extension
College of Natural Resources
Ted Baker (Partnerships, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Task Force co-chair)
Associate Professor, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
College of Management
Blanton Godfrey (Partnerships, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Task Force co-chair)
Dean
College of Textiles
José Picart (Campus Culture and Community Task Force co-chair)
Vice Provost
Office for Diversity and Inclusion
Carolyn Argentati (Campus Culture and Community Task Force co-chair)
Associate Vice Provost and Deputy Director
NCSU Libraries
David Bristol (Resource Strategies Task Force co-chair)
Interim Dean
College of Veterinary Medicine
Roby Sawyers (Resource Strategies Task Force co-chair)
Professor, Accounting
College of Management