About the Task Force
The Process Improvement Task Force reports to the Strategic Organizational Improvement Subcommittee which is charged with considering how to optimize the campus organizational structure in support of best executing its core mission.
Task Force Charge
The Process Improvement Task Force will identify opportunities at a more tactical level to improve existing processes at UC Santa Cruz, toward enhancing effectiveness and efficiency, removing obstacles in our operations, eliminating waste, lowering expenditures, encouraging new ideas, and improving employee productivity and satisfaction.
Objectives
- Engage academic and administrative staff in identifying process improvements.
- Assess the impact and feasibility of proposed improvements.
- Identify resources needed to implement proposed improvements.
- Prioritize and submit process improvement recommendations for review by the Budget Advisory and Revenue Augmentation committees and approval by the Chancellor and CP/EVC.
- Once approved, develop an implementation plan that includes engagement of process and subject-matter experts and strategies for monitoring outcomes.
- Implement, monitor, and report on the improvements.
Timeline
The work of this task force will begin in FY25. Initial proposals will be developed during the Fall quarter. At the end of the FY, the task force will report on its progress toward informing future direction.
Task Force Membership
Aisha Jackson
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology; Chief Information Officer (Co-Chair)
Paul Koch
Distinguished Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences (Co-Chair)
John Bono
Associate University Librarian
Amy Bruinooge
Senior Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff, Humanities Division
Tyler Burke
Director, Privacy & Information Practices, Chancellor’s Office
Angela Cline
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Budget & Financial Management, DSAS
Csilla Csaplár
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of Research
Gregg Edgar
Interim Director, Enterprise Solutions, Financial Affairs, FOA
Jeremy Hourigan
Academic Senate Representative, Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Kalin McGraw
Associate Registrar, Curriculum Management, Undergraduate Education
Michelle Montemayor
Graduate Information Systems Manager, Grad Studies Division
Hudson Smith
IT Service Manager, ITS
Liz Trask
Business Operations Manager, ITS
Phyllis Treige
Associate Vice Chancellor, Experience Strategy & Design, ITS
Mary Watkins
User Experience Manager, ITS
Elani Zissimopoulos
Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Dean for Personnel and Finance, Undergraduate Education