Scenario and Financial Solutions Task Force (SFSTF)
Charge: This joint task force between the DU Board of Trustees and University personnel is charged with scenario planning regarding the impact the crisis will have on fiscal year 2021 and beyond. The SFSTF will consider and research a range of scenarios that may occur starting with the 2020 fall term. These scenarios will be characterized by a range of reductions in enrollments, revenue and in the endowment. The SFSTF will then analyze financial data against these scenarios and recommend solutions.
Co-Chairs
Denise O’Leary
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Leslie Brunelli
Senior vice chancellor for business and financial affairs
Members
Ed Anderson
Trustee, BFA ’71
Mary Clark
Provost and executive vice chancellor
Mary Sue Coleman
Trustee
Karlton Creech
Vice chancellor for athletics, recreation and Ritchie Center Operations
Deborah DeHass
Trustee
Navin Dimond
Trustee, MBA ’86
K.C. Gallagher
Vice chair of the Board of Trustees, MBA ’03
James Griesemer
Trustee
Jeremy Haefner
Chancellor
Sam Kamin
Vicente Sederberg Marijuana Law Chair and Professor, Sturm College of Law
Paul Kosempel
Associate director and teaching professor, Pioneer Leadership Program, and chair of Faculty Senate’s financial planning committee
Linda Kosten
Vice provost for University budget, planning and administration
Karen Riley
Dean, Morgridge College of Education
Greg Moore
Trustee
Alana Phanichpatom
Director of Finance and Operations, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Doug Scrivner
Trustee, JD ’77
Andrea Stanton
Assistant professor and department chair of religious studies, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Staff support: Claire Brownell
Director of University protocol
Timeframe: The SFSTF will provide updates throughout the summer and will continue its work at least into the fall term.
Because this task force consists of trustees and University personnel, it is important to keep in mind the fiduciary and strategic responsibilities of the Board of Trustees and the operational and administrative roles of University personnel.
A subcommittee of this group comprised of University personnel will develop a rubric to assess programs or units outside the division of academic affairs based on their impact and productivity. The subcommittee will collect data on each program or unit and ultimately make recommendations to the full SFSTF regarding the prioritization of these non-academic programs or units.