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Chancellor's Advisory Committee

UC San Diego's Chancellor Pradeep Khosla instituted 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.

This ESR Advisory Committee is charged with 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 financial systems implementation, the Committee consults 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 is briefed by the CFO, CIO and Controller once a quarter. As part of the briefing, the Committee receives a statement of resolved issues, those underway and those that have not been addressed. The meeting frequency may be adjusted at the Committee’s discretion.

The Committee meets with the Chancellor and EVC every six months to provide a brief report out with recommendations. The CFO, CIO and Controller also attend the meeting. The report out focuses on the Committee's assessment of the ESR financial systems program in each area listed above. It summarizes the progress of the unit and the campus. In addition, the report out indicate opportunities for growth and improvement.

The Committee strives to maintain the confidentiality of all individual respondents when writing reports. 

Membership for AY2022-23

  • Zea Borok (Chair/ Professor, Medicine), Co-Chair
  • Vicki Grassian (Professor/ Chair, Chem Biochem), Co-Chair
  • Bruce Appelgate (Associate Director, Nimitz Marine Facility)
  • David Barner (Professor, Psychology; Chair, Academic Information Technology)
  • Patricia Camacho (Business Officer; Divisional DBO, DBS)
  • Jeff Daskalakis (Professor/ Chair, Psychiatry)
  • Anne Footer (Chief Administrative Officer, Marine Physical Laboratory)
  • Tara Javidi (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
  • John McCartney (Chair/ Professor, Structural Engineering)
  • Alma Palazzolo (Assistant Dean, Arts & Humanities)
  • Michael Provence (Professor, History; Chair, Planning & Budget)
  • Nick Spitzer (Professor, Neurobiology)
  • Kai Wang (Vice Chair/ Admin, Pathology)