Task Forces

President Robert H. Bruininks has created several teams — represented in the yellow boxes in the chart to the right — to coordinate the work of the task forces:

AHC Task Forces
(Team Leader: Frank Cerra)
Research Task Forces
(Team Leader: Tim Mulcahy)
Academic Task Forces
(Team Leader: Tom Sullivan)
System-wide Academic Task Forces
(Team Leaders: Robert Jones and Tom Sullivan)
Administrative Task Forces
(Team Leader: Kathleen O'Brien)
System Task Forces
(Team Leader: Robert Jones)
Metrics and Measurement
(Team Leader: Al Sullivan)
Resource Alignment Team
(Team Leader: Kathy Brown)

Strategic Positioning Task Force
Implementation Structure

Strategic Positioning Task Force Implementation Plan

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You can offer comments and suggestions directly to the task forces on every page of this Web site by clicking on the Feedback to Task Forces link on the left.

View a list of students participating in the strategic positioning process as members of a task force or a steering committee.

Each task force is being asked to consult with a broad range of people interested in or connected to the University. See Task Force Consultation Sessions for a list of upcoming and past consultation sessions.

Task Force Chairs The following task force chairs have been named to oversee the Strategic Positioning task forces, represented in the green and blue boxes in the chart above. Click on the task force name to see the mission statement and members of that task force.
	Academic Health Center Task Forces (Team Leader: Frank Cerra) Senior Vice President Frank Cerra will lead a team of four task forces: the AHC precinct plan, knowledge management and technology, AHC health professional workforce, and the clinical science enterprise. AHC Precinct Plan Terry Bock, Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff, Office of the SVPHS, AHC Ann Forsyth, Professor and Director, Metropolitan Design Center, Landscape Architecture, CALA Knowledge Management Technology Linda Perkowski, Associate Dean, Educational and Curricular Development, Dean's Office, Med Debra K. Olson, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice Education, School of Public Health, SPH AHC Health Professional Workforce Barbara Brandt, Assistant Vice President for Education, AHC Louis Ling, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, Medical School Clinical Sciences Enterprise Deborah Powell, Dean, Medical School, Assistant Vice President for Clinical Affairs Medical School, AHC Bobbi Daniels, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer, University of Minnesota Physicians Medicine, Med
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	Research Task Forces (Team Leader: Tim Mulcahy) Vice President Tim Mulcahy will lead task forces on research infrastructure and collaborative research. Research Infrastructure Marc Jenkins, Professor, Microbiology, Med Stephen A. (Steve) Campbell, Professor, Electrical & Computer Eng, IT Collaborative Research Frances Lawrenz, Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Educational Psychology, CEHD Mark Paller, Assistant Vice President for Research and Professor, Medicine, AHC
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	Academic Task Forces (Team Leader: Tom Sullivan) Provost Tom Sullivan will lead four broad task force areas that will work on undergraduate reform, faculty culture, graduate reform, and college design. Undergraduate Reform: Student Support² Robin Wright, Associate Dean for Faculty and Acad Affairs, and Professor, Genetics/Cell Biol/Dev, Med, CBS Kate Maple, Asst Dean for Student Services, CHE Undergraduate Reform: Writing² Donald Ross, Jr. Professor and Director, Composition Program English, Lang/Lit, CLA Laura Gurak, Professor and Head, Rhetoric, COAFES Undergraduate Reform: Honors² G. David Tilman, Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair, EEB, CBS Kathryn Sikkink, Professor, Political Science, CLA Faculty Culture¹ Jeffrey P. Kahn, Director and Professor, Center for Bioethics, AHC Kirt Wilson, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, CLA Graduate Reform: Student Support Edward Schiappa, Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, CLA Tim Ebner, Professor and Head, Neuroscience, Med Graduate Reform: Discipline Evolution Shirley Garner, Associate Dean, Graduate School and Professor of English Lang/Lit, CLA Steve Ekker, Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biol/Dev Med, CBS College Design: Small Colleges³ John Bryson, Associate Dean for Research and Centers, and Professor, HHH Suzanne Bardouche, Director of Finance, Pharm College Design: Science/Engineering³ Frank Bates, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head, ChemE/Mat Sci, IT Claudia Neuhauser, Professor and Head, EEB, CBS David Bernlohr, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head, BioChem/Mol Biol/Biophysics, CBS, Med College Design: CLA³ Ann Waltner, Interim Chair, Dept of Asian Languages/Lit, and Professor of History, CLA Robert Kudrle, Professor, HHH College Design: GC/CEHD³ Robert Serfass, Associate Dean for Curriculum, Professor Kinesiology, CEHD Laura Coffin Koch, Associate Vice Provost, First Year Programs and Morse Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics, SVPP/GC College Design: CALA/CHE³ Katherine Solomonson, Associate Professor, Architecture, CALA Becky Yust, Professor and Head, DHA, CHE College Design: CHE/CEHD³ Jean Quam, Professor and Director, School of Social Work, CHE David W. Chapman, Director, Postsecondary Education Policy Studies Center, and Professor Ed Policy/Admin, CEH College Design: CNR/COAFES/CHE³ Allen Levine, Professor and Head, Food Sci/Nutrition, CHE, COAFES Deborah Swackhamer, Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, SPH, CNR Ron Phillips, Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair, Agronomy and Plant Genetics, COAFES
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	System-wide Academic Task Forces (Team Leaders: Robert Jones and Tom Sullivan) Senior Vice President Robert Jones and Provost Tom Sullivan will lead three task forces that work on diversity, PreK-12 initiatives, and the international university. Diversity David Weissbrodt, Regents Professor, Law Anne L. Taylor, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Professor of Medicine, Med Louis Mendoza, Professor and Chair, Chicano Studies, CLA PreK-12 Strategy Patricia Harvey, Campbell Visiting Endowed Chair in Urban Education and University Distinguished Fellow, CEHD Geoffrey Maruyama, Associate Vice President, Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs, and Professor, Educational Psychology, CEHD International University Allen Isaacman, Regents Professor of History and Director, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, History, CLA Ruth Okediji, Professor, Law
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	System Task Forces (Team Leader: Robert Jones) Senior Vice President Robert Jones will lead task forces that work on coordinate campus reports. Coordinate Campus Report: UMC Joe Massey, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean, UMC Chuck Muscoplat, Vice President for Agricultural Policy and Dean, COAFES Coordinate Campus Report: UMD Kathryn A. Martin, Chancellor, UMD Vince Magnuson, Vice Chancellor for Academic Administration, UMD Coordinate Campus Report: UMM Angel (Andy) Lopez, Professor, Computer Science, UMM Coordinate Campus Report: Rochester David Carl, Provost, University of Minnesota, Rochester Dick Westerlund, Program Director, University of Minnesota, Rochester
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	Administrative Task Forces (Team Leader: Kathleen O'Brien) Vice President Kathleen O’Brien will lead seven administrative task forces on the single enterprise, culture, administrative structure, best practice management tools, student services, people, and resource optimization. The Administrative Service and Productivity Steering Team will ensure alignment and collaboration among the administrative and academic task forces, identify cross task force issues and impacts, prioritize and sequence projects, define measures of success, and leverage resources and support the success of the administrative change effort. Each of the seven administrative action areas is assigned to a system-wide task force. Each task force is responsible for refining and periodically verifying its scope and direction as well as providing direction and resources to a portfolio of project implementation efforts. Single Enterprise Gail Klatt, Associate VP and University Auditor, Audits Culture¹ Linda Thrane, Vice President, University Relations Administrative Structure³ Terry Bock, Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff, Academic Health Center, SVPHS Best Practice Management Tools Steve Cawley, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, OIT, SVPSA Services² Jerry Rinehart, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Office for Student Affairs, SVPP People Carol Carrier, Vice President, Human Resources Optimize Resources Richard Pfutzenreuter, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Finance
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	Metrics and Measurement (Team Leader: Al Sullivan) Executive Associate Vice President Al Sullivan will lead a team on metrics and measurement.
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Resource Alignment Team (Team Leader: Kathy Brown) Vice President Kathy Brown will lead a team of experts in human resources, finance, information technology, communications, and other areas to support the work of the various teams and task forces. The Resource Alignment Team includes representatives from Office of Budget and Finance Office of the General Counsel Office of Human Resources Office of the Senior VP for Health Sciences Office of Information Office of Institutional Research & Reporting Office of University Relations Office of Senior VP and Provost Office of Space Management Office for Service and Continuous Improvement University of MN Foundation Office of the President University of MN Alumni Association Office of the Senior VP for System Administration Controller's Office Office of the VP for Research Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
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Footnotes 1. Faculty and Administrative Culture task forces to coordinate with one another. 2. Undergradate Reform and Services task forces to coordinate with one another. 3. Administrative Structure and College Design task forces to coordinate with one another.

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