The Chancellor convenes the university shared governance leaders to implement a shared governance structure at the university’s executive level.  The group meets three times a semester. The Chancellor and Cabinet rely on these elected shared governance leaders to represent the perspectives of the faculty, students, graduate students, and staff at the university on strategic matters, university policies, and topics of concern to the entire campus.  The shared governance leaders also identify key discussion topics that have or will have an impact on the entire campus. The conversations are intentional and with an eye toward uncovering areas of collaboration between the groups.

Members:

  • Chancellor
  • Provost
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Boulder Faculty Assembly – Chair and Vice Chair
  • Staff Council – Chair or Co-Chairs
  • CUSG Executives  - Tri-executives
  • GPSG Executives  - Executives
  • Senior Vice Provost
  • Director of Human Resources
  • Student Affairs Representative
  • Dean of the Graduate School
  • Chief of Staff

2023 Shared Government Leaders

CUSG

www.colorado.edu/cusg/

GPSG

www.colorado.edu/gpsg/

BFA

www.colorado.edu/bfa/

Staff Council (Tri-Chairs)

www.colorado.edu/staffcouncil/

Appendix A

Mission:  The Chancellor convenes the university shared governance leaders to implement a shared governance structure at the university’s executive level.  The Shared Governance Coordinating Team is a subset of the Shared Governance Group and meets to develop and implement proposed strategies and topics for the Chancellor’s Shared Governance group.  The Team does so by introducing, facilitating and maintaining open communication amongst team members, the Shared Governance leaders and the Chancellor.

Roles and Responsibilities of Members:

  • Chief of Staff (COS) – implement the Chancellor’s vision for the Shared Governance Group Meetings; lead the Coordinating Team meetings to ensure meetings are well-planned with topics of mutual strategic interest to the Chancellor, Cabinet and Shared Governance leaders.  They are responsible for the following tasks:
    • Soliciting from the Chancellor the goals for Shared Governance each academic year
    • Communicating the Chancellor’s goals to the Shared Governance Coordinating Team
    • Notifying the Chancellor/Cabinet of Shared Governance Leadership elections and other leadership issues.
    • Communicating with the Chancellor/Cabinet and their executive teams on the development of meeting agendas and shared governance issues.
    • Developing and implementing the meeting agenda publishing the agenda at least 2 weeks before the meeting
    • Scheduling and convening the seven Coordinating Team meetings
    • Developing business processes and process improvement for a well-functioning Shared Governance Group
    • Preparing, distributing and maintaining documentation to support the Shared Governance Groups, including the annual welcome letter
  • Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Assessment
    • Notify the COS of BFA elections and other leadership issues.
    • Track and address issues raised by BFA
    • Interact with the BFA executives to ensure BFA is engaged and submitting appropriate topics for discussion at the Shared Governance meeting; guide them in preparing advance materials.
    • Assist in or refer for resolution BFA issues which have been identified but are not appropriate for Shared Governance.
  • Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Senior Vice Provost
    • Notify the COS of GPSG Leadership elections.
    • Track and address issues raised by GPSG.
    • Interact with the GPSG executives to ensure GPSG is engaged and submitting appropriate topics for discussion at the Shared Governance meeting; guide them in preparing advance materials.
    • Assist in or refer for resolution GPSG issues which have been identified but are not appropriate for Shared Governance.
  • Assistant Director of Operations, Human Resources
    • Notify the COS of Staff Council Leadership elections
    • Track and address issues raised by Staff Council.
    • Interact with the Staff Council executives to ensure Staff Council is engaged and submitting appropriate topics for discussion at the Shared Governance meeting; guide them in preparing advance materials.
    • Assist in or refer for resolution Staff Council issues which have been identified but are not appropriate for Shared Governance.
  • Student Affairs Representative​
    • Notify the COS of CUSG Leadership elections.
    • Track and address issues raised by CUSG.
    • Interact with the CUSG executives to ensure CUSG is engaged and submitting appropriate topics for discussion at the Shared Governance meeting; guide them in preparing advance materials.
    • Assist in or refer for resolution CUSG issues which have been identified but are not appropriate for Shared Governance.