Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

January 30, 2004

Strategic plan group named

by Diana Pounds
The newly appointed Strategic Planning Committee will start work Saturday morning (Jan. 31), when it meets with President Gregory Geoffroy to discuss his expectations for the university's next five-year plan. The committee also will review the process for gathering input and developing a new plan by the end of the calendar year.

Vice president for academic affairs and provost Benjamin Allen, who leads the effort to develop the strategic plan, said the next plan should sharpen the university's academic focus and serve as a useful guide for allocating resources during difficult budgeting times.

Allen appointed the 41-member committee, which includes representatives of the colleges, various university groups, students, alumni and parents.

Strategic Planning Committee members are:

Ben Allen, vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Sanjeev Agarwal, professor of marketing.
Claire Andreasen, professor and chair of veterinary pathology.
Julia Badenhope, associate professor of landscape architecture.
Mike Banasiak, Government of the Student Body (GSB) and senior in management.
Patrick Barr, assistant professor of history.
Diane Beckman, associate director, administrative technology services.
Igor Beresnev, associate professor of geologic/atmospheric science.
Grant Blythe, GSB director of academic affairs and junior in electrical engineering.
Charlotte Bronson, professor and chair of plant pathology.
Corly Brooke, professor of human development and family studies.
Mark Chidister, assistant to the president for budget planning and analysis.
Samuel DeMarie, associate professor of management.
Paul Flakoll, professor of food science and human nutrition.
Jerry Garcia, assistant professor of Latino/a Studies.
Lawrence Genalo, professor of materials science and engineering.
Jack Girton, associate professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology.
Rupayan Gupta, senator, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, and graduate student in economics.
Connie Hargrave, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies.
Madeleine Henry, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures.
Todd Holcomb, associate vice president for student affairs.
Kevin Kane, program manager, academic information technologies.
Sonja Klocker, assistant to the vice provost for research and advanced studies.
Surya Mallapragada, associate professor of chemical engineering.
Richard Martin, professor of biomedical sciences.
John Mayfield, professor of genetics, development and cell biology and associate dean in the Graduate College.
Brian Meyer, director of college relations, Ag Information Services.
Kristi Meyer, treasurer of Graduate and Professional Student Senate, and graduate student in mathematics.
Deland Myers, professor of food science and human nutrition.
Johnny Pickett, associate vice president for business and finance.
Diana Pounds, manager in university relations.
Donald Reed, manager in athletic academic services.
Paula Sandlin, secretary in ecology, evolution and organismal biology.
Gary Steinke, assistant to the president and director of governmental relations.
Gebre Tesfagiorgis, director of institutional research.
E. Ann Thompson, professor of curriculum and instruction.
Karen Tuttle, Ames, president of ISU Parents Association.
Greg Tylka, professor of plant pathology.
Catherine Woteki, dean of the College of Agriculture.
Tanya Zanish-Belcher, associate professor, library.
Donald Zuck, Ankeny, ISU Alumni Association board of directors.