Grand Challenge: Supporting our People


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

Strategy Leads:
  • Strategy 1. Abigail Wyche, 
    Assistant Vice President, Wellbeing 
     
  • Strategy 2. Dale Kapla, 
    Senior Associate Provost, Academic Affairs (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 2. Caroline LaPorte, 
    Head, Native American Studies (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3. Shawnrece Butler, 
    Assistant Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion
     
  • Strategy 4. Jes Thompson, 
    Assistant Vice President, Sustainability (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 4. Kathy Richards, 
    Associate Vice President, Engineering & Planning/Facilities (co-lead)

Grand Challenge: Partnering with our Place


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

Strategy Leads:
  • Strategy 1. Katie Korpi, 
    Director, Career Services
     
  • Strategy 2. Leslie Warren, 
    Dean, Library and Instructional Support
     
  • Strategy 3. James Thams, 
    Assistant Vice President, Facilities (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3. Jeff Korpi, 
    Associate Vice President, Northern Student Experience (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 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

Strategy Leads:
  • Strategy 1. Weronika Kusek, 
    Provost Fellow 2024-2026, Associate Professor, Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences
     
  • Strategy 2. Amy Barnsley, 
    Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 2. Jason Nicholas, 
    Assistant Provost and Director, Institutional Effectiveness (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 3. Steven VandenAvond, 
    Associate Provost for Extended Learning and Community Engagement & Dean, College of Technology and Occupational Sciences (co-lead)
     
  • Strategy 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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