The Staff Budget Engagement Committee (SBEC) was launched in January, 2024, to better meet the commitment by the Office of the Provost to engage the U-M Ann Arbor community around budget transparency and the budget process. Members of the SBEC are staff from across schools, colleges, and units.  The SBEC members serve for two years, meeting approximately four times per academic year.

2024-2025 MEMBERS

    • Jena Ault
      Associate Director of Finance
      Office of the Vice President for Research
    • Krystle Bednark
      Associate Director, Organizational Effectiveness
      Office of University Development
    • Erin Cutrell
      Financial Specialist Senior
      Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
    • Mike Daniel
      Senior Director of Policy and Chief Operating Officer
      Center for Academic Innovation
    • Ethan Farrelly
      Financial Specialist Associate
      University of Michigan Museum of Art
    • Laura Gonzalez-Garcia
      Operations and Events Coordinator
      Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
    • Edmund Graham
      Associate Director
      National Center for Institutional Diversity
    • Thomas Hayward
      Financial or Business Analyst Intermediate
      Michigan Medicine Financial Services
    • Adam Kraft
      Research and Instructional Lab Manager
      School of Kinesiology
    • Heidi Madias
      Research Administrator Lead
      School of Social Work
    • Luke McCarthy
      Director, Faculty Senate Office
      Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA)
    • Sarah McLusky
      Assistant Archivist
      Bentley Historical Library
    • Adeeb Mozip
      Executive Director of Business Operations
      Office of Enrollment Management
    • H. Renee Nguyen
      Financial Specialist Senior
      Institute for Social Research
    • Daniel Rife
      Director, Facilities and Operations
      College of Literature, Science and the Arts
    • Nickie Rowsey
      Financial Specialist Senior
      School of Information
    • Rebekah Smith
      Chief of Staff & Strategy, Biomedical Engineering
      Director of Financial Operations
      College of Engineering
    • Caitlin Walton
      Chief Financial Officer
      Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

      Office of the Provost

    • Thomas A. Finholt (Chair, SBEC)
      Senior Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs
      Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
      Professor of Information
      School of Information
    • Karen Zaruba
      Assistant Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs
      Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
    • Kimberly Brown (Committee Support)
      Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs
      Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs