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University Budget Committee (A Chancellor Committee)

Charge

The University Budget Committee advises university leadership on resource allocation to meet strategic goals and ensure fiduciary responsibility. This includes advising the chancellor on resource investment matters; consulting with leadership on strategic priorities for fiscal year budget planning; annually reviewing budgets for ARCs, SURCs and AURCs; annually reviewing and recommending changes to the University Budget, Rules, Roles and Responsibilities for effectiveness; annually monitoring, reviewing and recommending changes to the Resource Investment Model (RIM); and communicating with the campus annually, at a minimum, about issues and concerns regarding the RIM design and processes.

Roster

Faculty and administration

  • C. Mauli Agrawal | Chancellor
  • Jennifer Lundgren | Provost
  • Sharon Lindenbaum | Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
  • Carol Hintz | Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
  • Karen Wilkerson | Budget and Planning Director
  • Barb Glesner Fines | Dean | School of Law 
  • Russ Melchert | Dean | School of Pharmacy  
  • Kevin Truman | Dean | School of Science and Engineering
  • Tom Mardikes | Faculty Senate | Conservatory
  • Michelle Maher | Faculty Senate | School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences
  • Erik Olsen | Faculty Senate (Budget Committee Chair) | School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Karen King | Staff Council Chair | School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences
  • Tim Nguyen | SGA President or Delegate
  • Vacant | Director of Institutional Effectiveness 

Ex-officio

  • Mark Johnson | Ex-Officio
  • Chris Liu | Ex-Officio
  • Brandon Martin | Ex-Officio
  • Sheri Gormley | Ex-Officio
  • Leigh Salzsieder | At-Large

Committee Minutes, Documents and Files

UMKC committees keep records of committee minutes to document meeting details and satisfy Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accreditation requirements.

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Meeting Times, Dates and Deadlines

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. in the Administrative Center. This committee does not meet in July, and the August meeting will be on Zoom.

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University Budget Committee

Contact the Committee

To get in touch with this committee, please email Erik Olsen.