Chancellor's ESR Financial Systems Advisory Committee

I am instituting the Chancellor's ESR Advisory Committee to review the Enterprise Systems Renewal (ESR) financial systems program, a multi-year initiative reshaping the way UC San Diego manages its financial operations.

The committee membership is:

Zea Borok (Chair/ Professor, Medicine), Co-Chair
Vicki Grassian (Professor/ Chair, Chem Biochem), Co-Chair
Bruce Applegate (Associate Director, Nimitz Marine Facility)
Patricia Camacho (Business Officer; Divisional DBO, DBS)
Jeff Daskalakis (Professor/ Chair, Psychiatry)
Gedeon Deak (Professor, Chair of Budget & Planning)
Anne Footer (Chief Administrative Officer, Marine Physical Laboratory)
Ian Galton (Professor, ECE; Chair of Academic Information Technology)
John McCartney (Chair/ Professor, Structural Engineering)
Y. Shirley Meng (Professor, Nanoengineering)
Alma Palazzolo (Assistant Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Nick Spitzer (Professor, Neurobiology)
Kai Wang (Vice Chair/ Admin, Pathology)

This ESR Advisory Committee is charged with conducting a comprehensive review and advising the Chancellor on the status of the financial system implementation, with a focus on the following areas:

What is working and going well, from the perspective of the end users? What outstanding issues remain for fund managers and PIs?
Which of the measures taken to mitigate concerns have helped? Where are more or different actions still needed?
Recommendations on engagement strategy and correcting gaps in communication.

To evaluate the ESR program's implementation, the Committee will consult with appropriate UC San Diego Cabinet Members, Deans, department chairs, administrators, Academic Senate, faculty, staff and others whom the Committee deems appropriate. In addition, the Committee may conduct interviews or solicit written opinions and may include a summary of these in their report.

The Committee will be briefed by the CFO, CIO and Controller twice a month. As part of the briefing, the Committee will receive a statement of resolved issues, those underway and those that have not been addressed. This frequency may be reduced at the Committee’s discretion.

The Committee will meet with the Chancellor and EVC twice a quarter to provide a brief report with recommendations. The CFO, CIO and Controller will also attend the meeting. The report should focus on the Committee's assessment of the ESR financial systems program in each area listed above. It should summarize the progress of the unit and the campus. In addition, the report should clearly indicate opportunities for growth and improvement.

The Committee will strive to maintain the confidentiality of all individual respondents when writing the report.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Committee for this very important service to the campus.

Pradeep K. Khosla
Chancellor