President’s Cabinet


Committee
Charge

Committee Name:  President’s Cabinet

Committee Type:  Administrative – Operations

Mission/Purpose: The President’s Cabinet (PC) serves as the major operational decision-making body of the College and is responsible for creating and sustaining a vibrant entrepreneurial culture that is focused on helping students achieve their learning goals in a safe and supportive environment.  The PC develops, nurtures, and facilitates collaborative decision-making through inclusive and intentional communication with the effective allocation of resources throughout the College.

Scope of Responsibility: The PC shall:

  1. Oversee College operations and ensure employee efforts are optimized towards the attainment of the College’s strategic goals and the Board’s strategic outcomes.
  2. Review and make recommendations on ideas, strategies, emerging from campus-wide dialogue and review progress in achieving goals.
  3. Promote collaboration among divisions, departments, programs, and employees throughout the College to facilitate the achievement of goals, initiatives and projects.
  4. Facilitate input from, and communication with, a broad-based campus and community population.
  5. Evaluate and recommend improvements to the College’s strategic and annual planning processes.
  6. Assess the College’s budget and recommend allocation priorities.
  7. Ensure college compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
  8. Recommend Marketing & Public Relations initiatives.
  9. Review Institutional Effectiveness efforts and use key performance metrics to improve operational practices.
  10. Delegate operational decision-making authority to the most appropriate level in the organization and ensure alignment of employee effort.
  11. Provide guidance to all levels of the organization to assist with planning, implementation, and evaluation of organizational strategy/initiatives.
  12. Ensure operational processes and activities promote institutional effectiveness, through informed data-driven decision-making, collaboration, assessment, communication, coordination, and refinement.
  13. Make recommendations to the President regarding the implementation and progress of major college-wide planning and initiatives.
  14. Develop and monitor implementation of the College’s strategic plan.
  15. Review Strategic Plan Board Monitoring Reports.
  16. Receive and review periodic updates and reports from operational committees and employees.

Policy Responsibility: None.