Data Governance Organization
Data Governance Council
Brian Verkamp, Co-Chair, Information Technology Services
Abby Willcox, Co-Chair, Institutional Research
Scott Bennett, Administration and Finance
John Kantner, Office of the Provost, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs & the Graduate School
Erin Richman, Enrollment Services
Jason Jones, Enterprise Systems
The Data Governance Council provides key leadership to the institutional data governance initiative by providing oversight and strategic decision making on the following areas: data policies and standards, data security and privacy, data access, data quality and consistency, data retention, archiving and disposition, and adherence to federal and state compliance laws.
*The following individuals provide additional guidance and serve in an advisory capacity on the Data Governance Council:
Dmitriy Bond, Enterprise Systems
Jeff Durfee, Information Security
Data Stewards and Data Domains
Chad Learch, Student
Carrie Guth, Human Resources
Anissa Agne, Financial Aid
Valerie Stevenson, Finance
Olga Igolnikov, University Development and Alumni Engagement
Role of Data Stewards:
Primarily Responsible for managing definitions of data and data elements in their specialized business area, in conjunction with their colleagues, other data stewards, and functional subject experts across campus. They identify data quality and usage issues and join Data Governance project teams to resolve specific problems. They approve the use of area data in data deliverables (reports, dashboards, integrations, etc.) for internal and external use.
Data Management Working Group
Abby Willcox, Co-Chair, Institutional Research
Jason Jones, Co-Chair, Information Technology Services, Business Intelligence
Claritza Day, Information Technology Services, Project Management Office
Jeff Durfee, Information Technology Services, Information Technology Security
Tony Turrin, Information Technology Services, Project Management Office
The Data Management Working Group provides oversight to the data governance initiative to document new and existing data integrations in the Data Cookbook.