Academic Planning Council

Last updated: August 8, 2024

Charge

To serve in an advisory capacity to the Provost, meeting as needed, to:

  • Serve as a central point for discussion of academic issues of relevance across campus;
  • Consider proposed academic programs (degrees, departments, centers, institutes): their alignment with the institutional mission, their place in the context of other campus programs, and their financial sustainability;
  • Consider proposed institutional policies and their impact on academic programs;
  • Review reports from major institution-wide studies;
  • Discuss strategic institutional issues related to the academic mission of the College.

Membership

  • David Kotz, Provost
  • Kenya Tyson, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
  • Barbara Will, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Eric Fossum, Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship & Technology Transfer
  • Dean Lacy, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Dean Madden, Vice Provost for Research
  • Erin DeSilva, Associate Provost for Digital and Online Learning
  • Libby Barlow, Associate Provost for Institutional Research
  • Jomysha Stephen, Executive Vice President for Strategy and Special Counsel to the President
  • Sandhya Iyer, Senion Vice President, General Councel and Secretary to the Board of Trustees
  • Shontay Delalue, Senior Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer
  • Bob Lasher, Senior Vice President for University Advancement
  • Justin Anderson, Senior Vice President for Communications
  • Josh Keniston, Senior Vice President for Capital Planning and Campus Operations
  • Cheryl Bascomb, Vice President for Alumni Relations
  • Lee Coffin, Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid
  • Mitch Davis, Vice President for Information, Technology & Consulting and Chief Information Officer
  • Ann Root Keith, Chief Advancement Officer
  • Scott Frew, Chief Financial Officer
  • LaMar Bunts, Chief Transformation Officer
  • Sue Mehrer, Dean of Libraries
  • Elizabeth Smith, Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences
  • Matthew Delmont, Associate Dean of Faculty for the International and Interdisciplinary Studies, A&S
  • Samuel Levey, Associate Dean of Faculty for the Arts & Humanities, A&S
  • Jane Lipson, Associate Dean of Faculty for the Sciences, A&S
  • Benjamin Valentino, Associate Dean for Faculty for the Social Studies, A&S 
  • Anne Hudak, Co-Interim Dean of the College
  • Eric Ramsey, Co-Interim Dean of the College
  • Jon Kull, Dean of the Guarini School
  • Alexis Abramson, Dean of the Thayer School
  • Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, Thayer School
  • Matt Slaughter, Dean of the Tuck School
  • Erin Mansur, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research, Tuck School
  • Duane Compton, Dean of the Geisel School
  • Erika Brown, Dean of Faculty Affairs, Geisel School