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OE Team:

  • Georgia McRae, Senior Transformation Manager

Leadership Team:

  • Nate Knuffman, Vice Chancellor for Finance & Operations
  • Rick Wernoski, Associate Vice Chancellor for Operational Excellence
  • Wendy Halsey, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Services
  • Carly Ann Perin, Executive Director of Business Strategy & Shared Services
  • Evan Yassky, Executive Director of Facilities Planning and Design, University Architect
  • Bruce Warrington, Director of Property Office

Objectives: 

  • Define Space Use Expectations
    • Lead a design team to define utilization for administrative space in three categories (low, medium, high) using both qualitative and quantitative data.
    • Create expectations for administrative space use based on utilization definitions.
    • Create space assignment recommendations for workstation type (cubicle, shared office, private office, etc.) based on job category.
  • Collect Data
    • Define the process for space data use and governance.
    • Create a process to sustainably collect the data identified in the definition step.
    • Pilot data collection with 5-10 buildings of various levels of use to test the data over two months and adjust the definitions of low, medium, and high utilization to include specific data ranges.
    • Create a process for sharing individual MCU utilization reports with individual MCU leaders.
  • Implement
    • Publish the expectations for administrative space use and recommendations for workstation type.
    • Initiate the collection of data for all campus and lease space.
    • Create an educational change management plan for the project that highlights the cost and productivity benefits of renovations.

Transformative Service: Solution Design

Project Dates: Fall 2024 –

  • Tiffany Bailey, Office of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Compliance
  • Collette Brown, Service Center of Excellence
  • Lauren DiGrazia, University Registrar
  • Cam Enarson, School of Medicine
  • Tyler Enlow, Office of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Compliance
  • Nick Goettsch, School of Law
  • Wendy Halsey, Finance and Operations
  • Kate Henz, Office of the Provost
  • Andy Johns, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Tanya Jones, School of Dentistry
  • Rob Kark, School of Medicine
  • Allison Legge, Enrollment
  • Powell Marshall, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Darin Padua, Office of the Provost
  • Lauren Partin, School of Government
  • Jeff Post, Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • Scott Savage, School of Pharmacy
  • Bruce Warrington, Real Estate and Campus Enterprises
  • Brent Wishart, School of Global Public Health
  • Evan Yassky, Facilities Planning and Design
  • Rob Zelt, Information Technology Services
  • Stan Ahalt, School of Data Science and Society
  • Maria Estorino, University Libraries
  • Cam Enarson, School of Medicine
  • Val Howard, School of Nursing
  • Darin Padua, Office of the Provost
  • Evan Yassky, Facilities Planning and Design