President's Cabinet

Role

  • Serve as role model and example for university
  • Provide clear vision and direction
  • Implement the vision and mission
  • Be single minded and focused
  • Facilitate communication throughout the university and involve people in the dialog
  • Take and monitor the pulse of the university and the key success indicators
  • Build and transform the organization
  • Empower and provide incentive for people to change and be world class
  • Promote excellence

Purpose

  • Establish vision and goals for university
  • Maintain focus on the vision for the university
  • Lead, communicate, model, and monitor the operationalization of goals
  • Lead the university from good to great

Values

  • Treat each other with dignity and respect and recognize the worth and value of each individual
  • Shoot straight
  • Get in the trenches
  • Adopt a problem-solving attitude. Be part of the solution and not the problem
  • Build a team that works so well it is having fun

Members

Mr. Robert Crew, Executive Assistant to the President

Dr. Lisa Abney, Acting Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs

Mr. Jerry Pierce, Vice President for External Affairs

Mr. Carl Jones, Vice President for Business Affairs and Controller

Dr. Darlene Williams, Vice President for Technology, Research, and Economic Development

Dr. Marcus Jones, Vice President for University Affairs

Minutes