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WSU Data Governance Structure

Data Governance Structure

Wichita State's Data Governance structure includes individuals at multiple levels: Data Trustees, and the Data Governance Council, which is comprised of the Data Management Committee (DMC), and Data Custodians. Specific representatives are outlined below, along with a visual representation of the organizational structure at the bottom of this webpage.

Data Trustees

  • Represents Divisions with functional data owners and users who access data systems
  • Establishes charge(s) to meet university strategic planning and reporting needs
  • Dispute resolution from Data Management Committee (DMC)

Divisions Representing Core Functional Data Owners and Users Who Access Data Systems

  • President
  • Academic Affairs
  • Administration and Finance
  • Research

 

Data Governance Council

Data Management Committee (DMC)

Divisional Units Representing Functional Users Who Access Core Managed Data Systems

  • Represents divisions with functional users, data assets and university compliance officers
  • Serves as an executive committee with voting rights and may serve as Data Custodians (technical support groups non-voting)
  • Shares business knowledge and new or in-development business practices
  • Identifies strategic planning data needs
  • Establishes governance policies and procedures
  • Sets data and reporting standards
  • Manages metadata documentation and data quality assurance
  • Assigns security/access to data systems and reports
  • Performs annual evaluation of system components and use
  • Can assign sub-committees/task forces

Data Owners/Data Stewards

  • Academic Affairs Student - Gina Crabtree
  • Academic Affairs Admissions - Bobby Gandu
  • Academic Affairs Financial Aid - Sheelu Surender
  • Administration and Finance - Kristie Courtney
  • Research - Karen Davis
  • At-Large (Representing Functional Users) - Vince Altum
  • Human Resources - Triniece Robertson

Compliance Officers

  • Chief Data Officer and DMC Coordinator - Dr. David Wright Ph.D.
  • Chief Information Officer - Ken Harmon
  • Chief Information Security Officer - Mark Rodee
  • Chief Privacy Officer - Gina Riggs
  • HLC and University Assessment - Dr. Ashlie Jack Ph.D.
  • General Council - Misha Jacob-Warren

Technical Support Groups

  • Information Technology Services - Designee(s)
  • Office of Planning and Analysis (OPA) - Tiffany Franks
  • Office of Data Governance- Emma Ray

Data Custodians

  • Represents functional areas used within the data systems
  • Serves as an advisory committee (non-voting) to the Data Management Committee
  • Data accountability-- responsible for correcting data entry errors
  • Identification of new business practices to DMC prior to implementation
  • Registrar - Gina Crabtree
  • Undergraduate Admissions - Krissy Archambeau
  • International Education - Michelle Barger
  • Graduate School - Aaron Coffey
  • Financial Aid - Julie Scott
  • Finance and Payroll - Kristie Courtney
  • Human Resources - Nathan Huerter
  • Housing - Christine Yim
  • Research - Annie Nguyen

Data systems encompass Banner, non-Banner Enterprise systems, 3rd-Party systems and managed data systems including Business Intelligence & Predictive Modeling (BIPM), University Assessment Data Storage (UADS) and External Reporting Data (ERD). While largely dependent upon transactional databases (e.g., Banner), managed data systems are curated configurations designed for ETLs, data quality audits, reporting queries and statistical analysis, and include data customizations, aggregation, imputation, forecasting, simulations and AI related machine learning.

Visual Representation

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Visual representation of data governance structure. All text is described on webpage above

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