Plan Update (22-23)
Through the process of developing a new Strategic Plan, the institution determines its key priorities for the next five years and how it will direct resources (human and financial) to achieve them.
Most Strategic Plans also include the following:
- Mission Statement – A statement of purpose. Explains in one or two sentences what the institution seeks to accomplish, why it exists, and what ultimate result should be expected from the institution’s work.
- Values Statement – Says what the institution stands for and the way it intends to conduct its activities.
- Vision Statement – Describes what the institution intends to achieve or become within a certain timeframe. Contains the specific characteristics or features that will describe the institution in its future state.
Typically, Strategic Plans describe the institution’s future priorities broadly, in a few categories or themes, and leave the specific nearer- and longer-term actions/initiatives under each to the institution’s staff to develop and assess annually.
Ultimately, the purpose of a Strategic Plan is to effect change and improvement of the institution and form the basis of its accreditation.
Timeline & Process
In October 2021, President Finegold empaneled a Strategic Planning Steering Committee (SPSC) – including students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and Trustees - to oversee the process of developing Chatham’s next Strategic Plan (replacing the one developed from 2016-17). The SPSC works closely with five Work Groups organized around five broad areas (Students – Academics, Students – Co-Curricular, Employees, Capacity, and Partnerships). The SPSC meets monthly, and some of the Work Groups meet even more frequently. The membership rosters of the SPSC and the Work Groups are listed below.
The SPSC is also working in tandem with the Chatham committees that are developing separate strategic plans for DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) and the Falk School/Eden Hall Campus, ensuring that the work of the other two committees is reflected in and enriches the University’s next Strategic Plan.
Our goal is to have Chatham’s next Strategic Plan approved by Chatham’s Board of Trustees by October 2022 if not earlier.
Contact the Strategic Plan Steering Committee
The membership rosters for the Strategic Plan Steering Committee (SPSC) and the five Work Groups are included below. If you know someone on one of the rosters, please feel free to reach out to them with any questions, suggestions, or ideas about the strategic plan or the strategic planning process. Otherwise, please feel free to email the SPSC’s Vice Chair, Sean Coleman.
Executive Leadership Team (ELT)
- David Finegold, President
- Amy Becher, VP of Enrollment Management
- Bill Campbell, VP of Marketing & Communications
- Sean Coleman, VP for Planning, Secretary to the Board, Title IX Coord.
- Walt Fowler, Sr., VP for Finance & Administration
- Carey Miller, VP of University Advancement
- Chris Purcell, Dean of Students & VP of Student Affairs
- Jenna Templeton, VP of Academic Affairs & Dean of Faculty
- Leonard Trevino, VP of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation
Board of Trustees
- Joanne Fiedler ’72, Chatham Trustee
- Rebecca Lucore, Chatham Trustee
- Mary Templeton ’68, Chatham Trustee
Alumni Representative
- Dana Donaldson ’05, President, Alumni Assoc. Board
Staff Representatives
- Brian Dwyer, Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
- Giovanni Garofalo, Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Brittney Tyler, Senior Executive Assistant to the President
- Alden Watters, Director of Student Accounts
Student Representatives
- Charlotte Larson, FSSE UG Student
- Sarah Miller, PA/IDP
- Ryan Tahbaz, UG Student & CSG President
Faculty Representatives
- Will Pfalzgraff, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Ashley Singh, Assistant Professor of Nursing
- Kyra Tucker, Chair and Program Director, Interior Architecture
- Roy Weitzell, Aquatic Laboratory Director