Data Stewardship Governance Structure

The Data Sponsors represent a subcommittee of the University Planning Committee (UPC) consisting of the deans of all five schools of Pepperdine and leadership from other major units across the University. The Data Sponsors' responsibilities include executive sponsorship and support of the Data Stewardship process, strategic oversight of Data Stewardship goals and priorities, as well as final say on unresolved or controversial items initiated by the Data Partners and/or Data Stewards.

The Data Sponsors represent the following units and roles:

Associate Vice President, Human Resources and Business Services
Chief Financial Officer
Dean, Caruso School of Law
Dean, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Dean, Pepperdine's Graziadio Business School
Dean, School of Public Policy
Dean, Seaver College
Senior Vice President for Strategic Implementation
Vice President for Advancement and Chief Development Officer
Vice President for Community Belonging and Chief Diversity Officer
Vice President, Student Affairs
Vice Provost

The Data Stewards are key collaborators with oversight of a given data domain, responsible for reviewing and approving the work of the Data Partners (e.g., data definitions, data integrity/quality, business process, and data standards). Data Stewards provide as-needed moderation of unresolved issues, consult with executive leadership (i.e., Data Sponsors) accordingly, and oversee access to University data. They represent the following units and roles:

Admissions and Financial Aid (Dean of Enrollment Management, Seaver College and Associate Provost, University Financial Assistance)
Advancement (Associate Vice Chancellor)
Alumni Affairs (Sr. Vice Chancellor)
Business Intelligence (University Data Officer)
Caruso School of Law (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs)
Finance (Executive Director of Finance Operations)
Graduate School of Education and Psychology (Sr. Director, Student Success)
Human Resources (Director)
Information Technology (Chief Information Officer)
Office of Community Belonging (Assistant Vice President)
Office of Institutional Effectiveness (Associate Provost)
Office of International Student Services (Executive Director)
Office of the Registrar (University Registrar)
Online Learning (Sr. Director)
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management)
School of Public Policy (Assistant Dean for Administration)
Seaver College (Manager of Data and Analytics)
University Student Accounts (Sr. Director)

The Data Partners consist of individuals ("data experts") who are most intimately familiar with the data, who work with the data on a regular basis and can speak most directly to the business processes surrounding data collection, management, and usage. The Data Partners meet monthly and represent the following units/groups across the University:

Admissions
Advancement
Alumni Affairs
Athletics
Auditing Services
Business Intelligence
Career Services
Constituent Relationship Management (CRM)
Enterprise Information Systems
Finance and Financial Planning
Financial Aid
Information Technology
Integrated Marketing Communications
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Office of International Student Services
Office of Student Accessibility
Online Learning
Student Affairs
Student Records and Enrollment

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