General Committees
Academic Financial Leadership Group
Purpose: Information sharing, feedback on new proposals and initiatives and identification of issues to be resolved to make Duke processes more effective and efficient
Membership: The chief financial officers of all the schools of the university as well as major academic support units
Meeting Frequency: Biweekly during the academic year
Agenda Officer: Kimberley A. Harris (kimberley.harris@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
Academic Space Planning Working Group
Purpose: Information sharing, space allocation planning and mutual problem solving
Membership: Deans, associate deans and space planners from several of the schools
Meeting Frequency: Once a semester in plenary and monthly in subcommittees devoted to arts/humanities/social sciences and science/engineering space planning issues
Agenda Officer: Pat Hull (pat.hull@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
Global Administrative Support Steering Committee
Purpose: Information sharing, identification and resolution of administrative bottlenecks, risk assessment and new project planning
Membership: Vice presidents, vice provosts and senior staff
Meeting Frequency: Monthly
Agenda Officer: Brendan Murphy (brendan.j.murphy@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
Scholars@Duke Steering Committee
Purpose: Information sharing, strategy planning and priority setting for enhancements
Membership: Faculty affairs representatives from each of the schools and IT representatives charged with developing, maintaining and improving the Scholars@Duke website and tool set
Meeting Frequency: Every other month
Agenda Officer: Julia Trimmer (julia.trimmer@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
SISS Management Group
Purpose: Planning, priority setting and problem resolution
Membership: Functional and technical leaders responsible for Duke’s PeopleSoft Student Administration implementation (ACES and STORM) and related tools
Meeting Frequency: Biweekly
Agenda Officer: Kathy Bader (kathy.bader@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
Budget and Finance Committees
Academic Business Managers
Purpose: Information sharing, university-wide updates on policies, procedures and initiatives
Membership: School and unit financial managers
Meeting Frequency: Third Thursday of every month during the academic year
Administrative Contact: Tracy McNeil (tracy.mcneil@duke.edu)
Budget Working Group
Purpose: Budget strategy and policy development, Board of Trustee Business and Finance Committee agenda planning, priority setting and problem-solving
Membership: Provost and Executive Vice President and senior finance staff
Meeting Frequency: Weekly during the academic year
Agenda Officer: Jim Roberts (james.roberts@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
Human Resources Committees
PAMC HR Payroll Group
Purpose: Information sharing, university-wide updates on HR policies, procedures and initiatives
Membership: HR officers from campus schools and large academic support units
Meeting Frequency: Monthly
Agenda Officer: Gwendolyn Purnell (gwendolyn.purnell@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Gwendolyn Purnell (gwendolyn.purnell@duke.edu)
PAS Emergency Management
Purpose: Information sharing, university-wide updates on emergency management policies, procedures and initiatives
Membership: Designated representatives from Provost's Academic Support units
Meeting Frequency: Annually
Agenda Officer: Kimberley Harris (kimberley.harris@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)
dFac Advisory Group
Purpose: Information sharing, university-wide updates on faculty records policies, procedures and initiatives.
Membership: Primary faculty affairs/records representatives from campus schools
Meeting Frequency: Quarterly
Agenda Officer: Dale LaPointe (dale.lapointe@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Dale LaPointe (dale.lapointe@duke.edu)
Duke Kunshan University Support Unit Committees
China Operations Group
Purpose: Information sharing, identification and resolution of administrative bottlenecks, risk assessment and new project planning
Membership: Vice presidents, vice provosts and senior staff
Meeting Frequency: Biweekly
Agenda Officer: Julie Barker (julie.barker@duke.edu)
Administrative Contact: Amanda Zarate (amanda.zarate@duke.edu)