Administrative Organization
Source: Office of the President
The President
The President is the chief executive officer of the
university and is elected annually by the Board of Regents.
The powers of the President are those ordinarily implied by the
office and those set forth in The Policy Manual of the Board of
Regents. The President is the chief spokesman of the
university and has the responsibility for defining goals, for
taking administrative action, and for facilitating public
understanding. The President utilizes the judgments of the
faculty and also seeks outside evaluations by organizations and
scholars of acknowledged competence. The President will
present, through the Chancellor to the Board of Regents, views of
faculty and students, including dissenting views, in those areas
and on those issues where responsibilities are shared. The
President confers all degrees and presides at commencement
ceremonies. The President authorizes the issuance of all
diplomas and certificates. As provided in policies of the
Board of Regents, the President is the chairman of whatever
legislative bodies the faculty establishes and is an ex-officio
member of all committees, councils or boards. The President
has the authority to appoint, reappoint, promote and dismiss
members of the Administration and the Corps of Instruction with
Board of Regents approval. The President identifies and
defines the responsibilities of other members of the Administration
who, serving at the President's discretion, guide and direct other
functions necessary to the complex academic institution.
Through memoranda and organizational charts, the President advises
the University of organizational changes and shifts in
responsibilities of members of the Administration.
The Provost
The Provost is the chief operating officer of the academic
enterprise of the Institution and chief academic officer.
This officer serves as the President's chief advisor in matters
relating to academic, research and student affairs and is
administratively responsible for all those functions.
Directly reporting to the Provost are the Deans of Allied Health
Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Studies, and Nursing, the Vice
President for Research, the Vice President for Enrollment and
Student Services and the Associate Vice President for Academic
Affairs. The Provost provides guidance and oversight to the
Dean of the Medical College of Georgia in matters relating to the
academic enterprise. In addition, the Provost is responsible
for the Library and Area Health Education Center, the Office of
Faculty Affairs, and Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity of the
Georgia Health Sciences University. This Officer is an
ex-officio member of the GHSU Foundation, serves in the absence of
the President and other duties as assigned by the President.
The Vice President for Administration
The Vice President for Administration serves as chief
business operations officer for the institution. This officer
is administratively responsible for the following support service
divisions: Comptroller, Environmental Health and Safety,
Human Resources, Management Services, Public Safety, and Supply
Administration. The Vice President serves as the President's
principal advisor in all business and fiscal operations matters
including budgeting, resource allocation, facility planning and
space allocation. This Officer is an ex-officio member of the
GHSU Foundation and has other duties assigned by the President.
Dean, Medical College of Georgia
The Dean of the Medical College of Georgia is the
President's chief advisor relative to the clinical enterprise of
the Institution and liaison with the GHSU Health System and
referring physician and patient communities. This Officer is
responsible for clinical affiliations, practice activities of all
faculty and relationships with the clinical system. In
addition, this officer works with the President's Cabinet in
developing and promoting the patient care mission of the
Institution, is responsible for overseeing the strategic
initiatives relating to the clinical mission of the Institution,
and other duties as assigned by the President.
The Vice President for University Advancement
The Vice President for University Advancement is
the President's chief advisor and operating officer relative to
acquiring private support for programs of instruction, research,
public service, student financial assistance and physical
facilities. The office is administratively responsible for
providing services to alumni; promoting participation of the
public, philanthropic organizations, businesses, and alumni in the
institutional fund-raising initiatives; developing strategies and
action plans to achieve the institution's long-range fund-raising
goals; and other duties as assigned by the President.
The Vice President for Research
The Vice President for Research reports to the Provost and
is the Institution's chief advisor on the institution's biomedical,
behavioral, and clinical research programs. This officer is
responsible for leading the development of the strategic plan to
achieve the institution's goals and objectives relative to the
quantitative and qualitative increase of sponsored research
programs and in identifying resources for enhancing the research
mission. This is accomplished by working with the deans who
are administratively responsible for programmatic action
plans. The Vice President for Research is responsible for
calculation, management, and negotiations of the Facilities and
Administrative (indirect costs) fees associated with extramural
funding. The Vice President for Research is administratively
responsible for the Office of Grants and Contracts, the Office of
Laboratory Animal Services, the Office of Clinical Trial
Compliance, the Office of Biotechnology Transfer and Economic
Development, the Office of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and the
Office of International and Post-doctoral Services and is
accountable for all research compliance on campus. In that
capacity, the Vice President serves as the administrative liaison
with the Human Assurance Committee, the Committee of Animal Use in
Research and Education, the Conduct of Research Policy Committee,
and the Patent and Copyright Committee. The Vice President is
the chief liaison for economic development initiatives for the
Institution to include core laboratory business plans and
management, technology transfer and licensing, incubator
operations, and research park business plans. In addition,
the Vice President will work closely with the GRA, GMCA, and
Chambers of Commerce. Performs other duties as assigned by
the Provost and President.
The Vice President for Enrollment and Student
Services
The Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services
provides leadership for enrollment management and campus-wide
student affairs functions, and serves as the institution's chief
student affairs officer. The position reports to the
Provost. The Vice President advises the President and the
Provost on matters related to enrollment management, student
services, and the academic programs of the institution and is a
member of the President's Cabinet team of the institution.
The Vice President has responsibility for designing, implementing,
and evaluating the initiatives of the strategic plan of the
university related to student enrollment and student
services. The following offices fall within the Vice
President's area of responsibility: Academic Admissions,
Student Financial Aid, Registrar, Student Health Center, and
Student Affairs. The Vice President will also perform duties
as assigned by the Provost and the President.
The Vice President for External and Government Relations
The Vice President for External and Government
Relations reports directly to the President and assists the
President with the advocacy on behalf of the institution to local,
municipal, state, regional and national constituencies. This
position cultivates internal and external relationships utilizing
public relations and marketing strategies to communicate the
academic, research and clinical enterprise missions of the Georgia
Health Sciences University. The Vice President is responsible
for developing and coordinating institutional marketing and
outreach strategies. In discharging this role, the Vice
President: develops university external and government
affairs policies and creates the public enhancement program for
GHSU; mobilizes alumni and friends to communicate university
priorities with external stakeholders, including state and national
government officials; facilitates university access to local, state
and national government officials; builds positive relationships
with and serves as the institutional resource and official point of
contact for public, corporate, civic, municipal, state, regional
and national government officials; monitors and serves as a
resource regarding legislation that impacts university strategic
goals and operations; communicates important legislative news to
the university and external community; coordinates external and
government affairs with the University System of Georgia external
affairs office; provides oversight and guidance to university
marketing initiatives; and manages media relations.
The Vice President for Information Technology/Chief
Information Officer
The Vice President for Information Technology is
responsible to provide leadership and vision for planning,
management, integration and implementation of integrated
information systems and technologies supporting the mission and
strategic goals of the institution. The Vice President will
anticipate, develop, implement and monitor the operational and
capital budgets for information technology. The Officer is
responsible for prioritizing and managing contracts, vendors,
consultants, staff and other resources that ensure implementation
of new systems and software in accordance with time, budget and
performance expectations. The Vice President will establish
and enforce policies and procedures that promote information
exchange while ensuring data safety and security for the
institution. The Vice President will recruit, mentor, lead
and evaluate the information technology services staff to ensure
excellent access, client service and collaboration with GHSU Health,
Inc. The Office will empower, educate and enable users of
information technology, systems and applications at all levels
within the institution. The Vice President performs other duties as
assigned by the President.
The Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
The Vice President of Finance serves as
chief financial officer responsible for providing administrative,
financial and strategic leadership of the institution’s
budget and fiscal affairs. The Vice President will provide
planning, administering, monitoring and controlling the overall
financial plans, policies and programs. The Officer will develop
financial models and perspective to assist the leadership team with
strategic planning. The chief financial officer protects university
assets and ensures fiscal viability. The Vice President will ensure
the integrity and requirements of all accounting and financial
reporting. The Officer will analyze, recommend, prepare and review
documents for the President related to financial contract
obligations, agreements and other financial commitments for the
university. The Officer will ensure communication and collaborative
business activities with all campus agencies and cooperative
organizations including GHSU Health Inc. PPG, Dental Foundation,
Board of Regents, GHSU Foundation and GHSU Research Institute.
Directly reporting to the vice president are the controller,
budget, human resources, and supply administration. The Vice
President will serve on the Finance Committee of GHSU Health Inc.
and is an ex-officio member of the GHSU Foundation and Research
Institute and has other duties as assigned.
Deans of Schools and Director of Libraries
Appointment: The Dean of each school within the university
and the Director of the Libraries shall be appointed by the
President with the approval of the Chancellor and the Board of
Regents and shall hold office at the pleasure of the President. The
recommendation of the president relating to each appointment shall
be made after consultation with a representative committee of
faculty which involves members of the academic unit involved.
Powers: The Dean shall be the chief executive officer of the school and the Director of Libraries shall be the chief executive officer of the library. The powers and duties of both the Deans and Director of Libraries are further listed in the statutes as approved by the Board of Regents.
