Organizational Resilience / Financial Stability

Steering Committe and Planning Group

Steering Committee

For Phase II of the Organizational Resilience/Financial Stability process, CSU has retained the consulting firm EY-Parthenon, who can provide additional support and extensive experience in navigating such matters in higher education. A steering committee that includes both members of the CSU Board of Trustees and the Senior Leadership Team has been charged with coordinating EY-Parthenon's engagement with the campus community.

Steering Committee Membership (in alphabetical order)

  • Laura Bloomberg, President
  • Nikki Byrd, Trustee
  • Patty Franklin, Chief of Staff (CSU-EY liaison)
  • David Jewell, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer
  • Roy Gifford, Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
  • Lisa Kunkle, Trustee
  • Nigamanth Sridhar, Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
  • Alan Starkoff, Trustee
  • Jonathan Wehner, Vice Preisdent and Dean of Admissions, Enrollment Management and Student Success

Planning Group

For Phase I of the Organizational Resilience/Financial Stability process, President Bloomberg charged a miltidisciplinary team of faculty and staff to make recommendations in four key areas:

  • immediate strategis for cost containment
  • short-term, non-recurring strategis to close FY24 budget deficit
  • Mid-to-longer term strategis to reduce recurring expenses that may require time to implement
  • recommendations for strategic investments that carry a high likelihood of generating significant revenue

Planning Group Leadership

  • Julie Rehm, Vice President, Development
  • Andy Kersten, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Patty Franklin, Chief of Staff

Planning Group Membership (in alphabetical order)

  • Tachelle Banks, Presidential Faculty Fellow
  • Jordan Burress, Communications Director, Alumni Affairs
  • Douglas Dykes, Associate Vice President, Human Resources
  • LaJuan Flores, Director, Office of Institutional Equity
  • Joanna Ganning, Associate Dean, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education
  • Scott Garrett, Vice President, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
  • John Holcomb, Vice Provost, Academic Programs
  • Anup Kumar, Professor of Communication; Chair of Faculty Senate
  • Jenn Visocky O'Grady, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Janet Stimple, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Services
  • Michele Szantay, Director, Financial Operations, Office of the Provost
  • Tatyana Guzman, Professor of Public Finance and Policy; Chair of Faculty Senate Budget and Finance Committee
  • Monica Waid, Associate Vice President, Budget and Financial Analysis


Staff to the Planning Group

  • Phil Eaves, Director of Communications, Office of the President
  • Michael Artbauer, Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost