Grand Challenge: Supporting our People


Executive Sponsor: 
Rhea Dever, Vice President, People Culture and Wellbeing

Strategy Leads:
  • Strategy 1.1. Angie Stebbins
    Assistant Vice President, Wellbeing 
     
  • Strategy 1.2. April Lindala
    Head, Native American Studies (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 1.2. Dale Kapla
    Senior Associate Provost, Academic Affairs (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 1.3. Shawnrece Butler
    Assistant Vice President, Opportunity, Empowerment, and People
     
  • Strategy 1.4. Jes Thompson
    Assistant Vice President, Sustainability (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 1.4. Kathy Richards
    Associate Vice President, Engineering & Planning/Facilities (co-lead)

Grand Challenge: Partnering with our Place


Executive Sponsor: 
Gavin Leach, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

Strategy Leads:
  • Strategy 2.1. Katie Korpi
    Director, Career Services
     
  • Strategy 2.2. Leslie Warren
    Dean, Library and Instructional Support
     
  • Strategy 2.3. James Thams
    Assistant Vice President, Facilities (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 2.3. Jeff Korpi
    Associate Vice President, Northern Student Experience (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 2.4. David Nyberg
    Executive Director, Business Engagement and Economic Development

Grand Challenge: Realizing the Potential of All our Students


Executive Sponsor: 
Anne Dahlman, Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs and Student Success

Strategy Leads:
  • Strategy 3.1. Mark Shevy
    Department Head, Communication and Media Studies (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3.1. Diana Lafferty
    Provost HIPEs Fellow; Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Biology (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3.2. Deni Brenes
    Director, Student Success (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3.2. Dale Kapla
    Senior Associate Provost, Academic Affairs (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3.3. Steven VandenAvond
    Associate Provost for Extended Learning and Community Engagement & Dean, College of Technology and Occupational Sciences (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3.3. Carol Johnson
    Dean and Department Head, College of Business (co-lead)

Institutional Effectiveness

  • Jason Nicholas, Assistant Provost and Director of Institutional Effectiveness
  • Ellen Koski, Assistant Director for Strategic Planning
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