The 150 Executive Committee
To articulate the mission and values needed to guide the University of Nebraska–Lincolnand to determine the impact the university wants to have and the overarching goal(s) the university seeks to achieve in the next 25 years. The 150 Executive Committee will lead the strategic planning process and guide the development of key elements of the plan including strategies and the key metrics by which fulfilment of the mission will be gauged. Individual members of the Executive Committee will either serve on the Mission and Values subcommittee or likely co-chair one of the other subcommittees. Together, The 150 Executive Committee will ensure that the strategic planning process accomplishes its work in a timely way and with robust input from a broad range of stakeholders.
Donde Plowman (co-chair)
Executive Vice Chancellor
Will Thomas (co-chair)
Professor of History
Jim Alfano
Professor of Plant Pathology
Katherine Ankersen
Dean of Architecture
Ayat Aribi
ASUN External Vice President
Tammy Beck
Associate Dean of Business
Laurie Bellows
Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Layton Brooks
Director, Compensation & Employment
Tom Field
Director, Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
Eileen Hebets
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Tiffany Heng-Moss
Interim Dean of Ag. Sciences and Natural Resources
Lisa Kaslon
Extension Educator (Northeast R&E Center)
Marc LeBaron
Chairman and CEO, Lincoln Industries
Daniel Linzell
Chair of Civil Engineering
Liz Lorang
Associate Professor of Libraries
Jane Miller
President, The Gallup Organization
Richard Moberly
Dean of Law
James Pillen, DVM
University Board of Regents
Julia Reilly
President, Graduate Student Assembly
Jeff Rudy
Faculty Senate
Joe Selig
Senior VP, University of Nebraska Foundation
Susan Sheridan
Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children,
Youth, Families & Schools
Harris Smith
Director, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
Joe Starita
Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications
Hunter Traynor
Incoming ASUN President
Bob Wilhelm
VC for Research & Economic Development
Mike Zeleny (ex-officio)
Chief of Staff and Associate to the Chancellor
The 150 Commission Subcommittees
This Commission consists of all members of the subcommittees and is responsible for helping create the specific elements of the campus plan for the next 25 years. The 150 Commission, largely through its subcommittees, will support and advise The 150 Executive Committee in the work of determining the overarching goal(s) for the a campus strategic plan and articulating the mission and values needed to guide the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the coming years. The Commission will focus on developing strategies to achieve thegoal(s) and fulfill the mission. Each subcommittee of The 150 Commission will focus on a key area of the University’s workand will be led by co-chairs, at least one of whom will typically serve as a member of The 150 Executive Committee.The subcommittees will provide timely input to the strategic planning process, based on the expertise of the members and input from a broad range of stakeholders.
Campus Community and Faculty and Staff Roles
This subcommittee will articulate the characteristics of the university’s culture going forward and, in particular, the role(s) of faculty as leaders of the campus community.Guiding questions will likely focus on identifying the principlesand aspirations that underpin the community, the mechanisms by which this culture is created and maintained (including incentives and rewards), and the role faculty play in creating and sustaining this ethos. Guiding questions would likely focus on the systems of incentives and rewards for students, faculty and staff to ensure alignment with this culture, modes of communication and standards of transparency in decision-making utilized within the university, and clarifying faculty roles as intellectual and community leaders.
Tiffany Heng-Moss (co-chair)
Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Beth Theiss-Morse (co-chair)
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Janelle Bernaky
Undergraduate Student
Kristen Blankley
Associate Professor, Law
Michael Burton
Associate Professor of Practice, Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design
D'Vee Buss
Assistant Dean, College of Business
Alex Fernando
Undergraduate Student, College of Journalism & Mass Communications
Amy Lanham
Senior Associate Director, Campus Recreation
Brian Reetz
Promotion & Publications Coordinator, Glenn Korff School of Music
Jeanne Wicks
Director, Sponsored Programs
Tim Gay
Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Steven Jara
Residence Hall Director, Massengale Residence Life
Liz Lorang
Associate Professor, University Libraries
Jake Messersmith
Associate Professor, Management
Jeff Rudy
Professor of Practice, Nutrition & Health Sciences
Lily Wang
Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Catherine Wilson
Associate Professor, College of Law
Diversity and Inclusion
This subcommittee will focus on bringing to life Chancellor Green’s words: “We are the flagship and land-grant University for Nebraska, and diversity and inclusion are central to our mission and pursuit of excellence. Each person has something to gain from and offer to our community of learning, discovery and outreach. All are welcome here.” Guiding questions will most likely include how the university can improve its efforts to attract and retain faculty, staff, and students of color, how can the university become of model land grant university that embraces diversity as a strategy towards excellence, how and in what manner can the university most effectively implement the recommendations in the Halualani Diversity Mapping Report, how to increase the diversity in leadership positions within the university, what can the University do to make our community and region welcoming for the diverse students, faculty and staff.
Amy Goodburn (co-chair)
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor & Dean, Undergraduate Education
Anna Shavers (co-chair)
Professor, College of Law
Rousol Aribi
Undergraduate Student, College of Architecture
Layton Brooks
Employee Relations, Compensation & Employment, Director
Ann Chang
Artistic Director, Lied Center for Performing Arts
Trina Creighton
Associate Professor, Broadcasting
Catia Guerrero
Administrative Associate, Child, Youth & Family Studies
Margaret Jacobs
Director, Women's & Gender Studies
Deepak Keshwani
Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
Christine Wittich
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Rik Barrera
Associate Dean, College of Business
Eric Buhs
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Gwen Combs
Associate Professor, Management
Pat Dussault
Professor, Chemistry
Jan Gradwohl
NU Alumni
Jason Headrick
Graduate Student, IANR
Karen Kassebaum
Director, Staff Diversity and Inclusion
Charlene Maxey-Harris
Associate Professor, University Libraries
Robert Tualauleiei
NU Alumni
Scott Young
Director of Lincoln Food Bank
Economic Development and Innovation
This subcommittee will focus on identifying community needs for economic development and ensuring alignment between those needs and both the research capacity of the university and its academic programs. Guiding questions will likely focus on enhancing this alignment, developing mechanisms to ensure degree programs meet societal needs, securing access to funding for research and educational activities, and ensuring the effective leveraging of the Nebraska Innovation Campus in these efforts.
Cheryl Horst (co-chair)
Assistant Director, NuTech Ventures
Shane Farritor (co-chair)
Professor, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Wendy Birdsall
President, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Kiyomi Deards
Associate Professor, University Libraries
Alyssa Ehler
Undergraduate Student, IANR
Tony Goins
Vice President for Operations, Capital One
Connie Hancock
Extension Educator, Panhandle Research & Extension Center
Marc LeBaron
Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Industries
Lisa Smith
NU Alumni
Deb Brown
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Ryan Downs
President & CEO, Proxibid
Ted Hamann
Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education
Dan Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer, Invest Nebraska Corporation
Dan Linzell
Professor, Civil Engineering
Brett Stohs
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Law
Larry Van Tassell
Professor, Agricultural Economics
Jay Wilkinson
CEO, Firespring
Walker Zulkoski
Business Development Consultant, Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Engagement in Nebraska and Beyond
This subcommittee will focus on the ways in which the UNL campus community engages with and contributes to communities across Nebraska, nationally and globally. Alumni engagement as well as partnerships with businesses, NGOs and governments are key areas of focus for this group—particularly connecting faculty and students with diverse communities and aligning campus-based research and creative activities with societal needs. Questions guiding this subcommittee’s work would likely focus on the capacities the university needs to create and sustain connections with external stakeholders that support student recruitment and placement, dissemination of research to relevant communities, fostering enduring affinity for and connections with the university, and useful measures for tracking progress with engagement.
Amy Struthers (co-chair)
Interim Dean, College of Journalism & Mass Communications
Chuck Hibberd (co-chair)
Dean & Director, Cooperative Extension
Barb Cooksley
Past President, Nebraska Cattlemen
Kirk Dombrowski
Professor, Sociology
Terry Kroeger
President & Publisher, Omaha World-Herald Company
Brianna McKay
Graduate Student, lANR
Sam Nelson
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship
Tom Pansing
NU Alumni, Pansing Hogan Ernst & Bachman LLP
Joe Selig
Senior Vice President for UNL Development, University of Nebraska Foundation
Joel Cramer
Associate Professor, Nutrition & Health Sciences
Clarence Waters
Professor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
Linda Major
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Julia Messineo
Undergraduate Student, College of Business
Rhonda Seacrest
Community Volunteer
Jessica Shoemaker
Associate Professor, College of Law
Zhenghong Tang
Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources/Community & Regional Planning
Brodey Weber
Undergraduate Student, College of Arts & Sciences
Shelley Zaborowski
Executive Director, Nebraska Alumni Association
Internal Operations and Infrastructure
Organizational effectiveness and the physical and technological infrastructure on which the university depends will be the focus of this subcommittee. This includes recruitment and retention of faculty and staff aligned with the university’s needs and values, the organizational structures in which they work, as well as the physical facilities and information technology necessary to facilitate their work. Guiding questions will likely focus on identifying the characteristics of the people, organizational structures and infrastructure the university will need in the next decade, as well asensuring the collection and effective use of data in decision-making.
Mary LaGrange (co-chair)
Controller, Business & Finance
Kay Richter (co-chair)
Business Officer, University Libraries
Tammy Beck
Associate Dean, College of Business
Rick Bevins
Professor, Psychology
Carrick Detweiler
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Jackson Grasz
Undergraduate Student, College of Business
Deb Hamernik
Associate Dean/Associate Director, Agricultural Research Division
Lara lsmert
Graduate Student, College of Arts & Sciences
Tyrell Ross
Assistant Finance Manager, College of Business
Barry Shull
Facilities Director, IANR
Trevor Spath
Undergraduate Student, IANR
James Volkmer
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Executive Vice Chancellor
Lori Bennet Baumli
Business Manager, Architecture
Ken Bloom
Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Brooke Hay
Assistant Director, Facilities, Maintenance and Planning
John Jentz
Chief Financial Officer, Athletics
Mark Schroeder
Facilities Director, Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center
Dori Smidt
Assistant Dean, Business Operations, College of Education & Human Sciences
Joe Turner
Professor, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
John Wirtz
Chief Product Officer, Hudl
Becky Zavala
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
Mission and Values
This subcommittee will articulate a future-oriented, over-arching mission statement and core values that encapsulate the shared purpose of the university. These statements, and the goal(s) they encompass for the future, will be the focus of the strategic plan. Guiding questions for this group would likely focus on articulating the meta-level goal(s) for the university over the next decade, and then articulating the mission and values in ways that will achieve those goals while retaining the enduring character of the university as a community and a resource for the state.
Donde Plowman (co-chair)
Executive Vice Chancellor
Will Thomas ( co-chair)
Professor, History
Kathy Ankerson
Dean, College of Architecture
Stephen Baenziger
Associate Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Eric Berger
Associate Professor, College of Law
Andrew Jewell
Professor, University Libraries
Eric Keen
Chief Executive Officer, HDR
Jane Miller
President, The Gallup Organization
Jim Pillen
DVM University Board of Regents
Julia Reilly
President, Graduate Student Assembly
Harris Smith
Director, Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film
Ayat Aribi
Undergraduate Student, College of Business
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
John Hibbing
Professor, Political Science
Lisa Kaslon
Extension Educator, Northeast Research & Extension Center
Jeff Kutash
Executive Director, Peter Kiewit Foundation
Richard Moberly
Dean, College of Law
Sara Skretta
Certification Officer, College of Education and Human Sciences
Joe Starita
Professor, News & Editorial
Linda Young
Associate Professor, Practice, Nutrition & Health Sciences
Research, Scholarship and Creativity
For faculty and students alike (particularly graduate students), this subcommittee will articulate the attributes UNL needs to deepen and extend its capacity for discovery. This includes aspects of campus culture, rewards and recognition, organizational support for every step of the process by which discovery and creation occurs, and articulation of community expectations for quality in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary work. Guiding questions will likely point to quality expectations, incentives and rewards, research support needs, relevant measures of achievement, and students’roles in supporting and contributing to research and creativity on campus.
Jim Alfano (co-chair)
Professor. Plant Pathology
Sue Sheridan (co-chair)
Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools
Jason Adams
Graduate Student, IANR
Andy Benson
Director, Nebraska Food for Health Center
Colton Harper
Undergraduate Student, College of Arts & Sciences
Sherri Jones
Director /Chair, Special Education & Communication Disorders
Suping Lu
Professor, University Libraries
Angie Pannier
Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
David Sellmyer
Director, Nebraska Center for Materials & Nansocience
Angelica Solomon
Undergraduate Student, College of Engineering
Bob Wilhelm
VC for Research & Economic Development
Kwame Dawes
Professor, English
Katrina Jagodinsky
Associate Professor, History
Rebecca Lai
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Yongfeng Lu
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sandy Placzek
Professor, College of Law
Don Voelte
NU Alumni
Larry Williams
Professor, Management
Student Experience
This subcommittee will define both the cultural and academic elements of student life, combining a focus on the learning experiences and outcomes the university seeks for students with the ways students should experience that learning and participate in the campus community. Questions guiding this subcommittee’s work would likely focus on the attributes students need to succeed at all degree levels, the intellectual experiences and range of supports they need to succeed, the organizational capacities necessary to support their learning, and key metrics useful in ensuring the efficacy and quality of their experiences.
Laurie Bellows (co-chair)
Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Aaron Holz (co-chair)
Associate Professor, Art History & Design
Molly Brummond
Assistant Dean for Students/ Alumni Relations, College of Law
Eric Einspahr
Academic Advisor, College of Education and Human Sciences
Charlie Foster
Asst. to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Michelle Hassler
Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Journalism & Mass Communications
Michael Hoffman
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dan Hohensee
Director, The Career Academy
Stephanie Kuenning
Student Success Coordinator, College of Architecture
Martha Mamo
Professor, Agronomy & Horticulture
Eddie Brown
Investor Relations, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Alex Chapman
Undergarduate Student
Megan Elliott
Director, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Tom Field
Director, Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
Eileen Hebets
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Dennis LeBlanc
Executive Associate Athletic Director
Tawnya Means
Assistant Dean, College of Business
Jewel Rodgers
Undergraduate Student
Pat Tetreault
Director, LGBTQA
Bill Watts
Director, University Advising & Career Services