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  • Standing Committees



Standing Committees

Four Standing Committees have been established in order for Commission members to be directly involved in the early deliberation of issues and to be more supportive of the staff in the course of their work. The committee areas and the members assigned are as follows:

Academic Affairs

Riley Darnell
Charles Mann
Jack Murrah
Robert White

Fiscal Affairs


Gen. Wendell Gilbert
Gregory P. Isaacs
Wm. Ransom Jones
Dale Sims

Policy & Planning

Sue Atkinson
John Morgan
Gary Nixon
A.C. Wharton Jr.
Katie Winchester

Audit Committee


Gen. Wendell Gilbert
Wm. Ransom Jones
Katie Winchester
 
Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

* The Executive Director of the Commission shall serve as an ex-officio member of each committee. 

 


Specific working provisions for each committee:

  • The Academic Affairs Committee will principally address proposed programs and program changes, major academic initiatives, and regional and national issues that impact the state.
  • The Fiscal Affairs Committee will principally address operating and capital appropriation requests, fiscal policies, budgetary concerns, and campus master plans.
  • The Policy and Planning Committee principally will address master planning issues, performance funding, evaluation of the lottery scholarship program, and policy analyses.
  • The Audit Committee of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission will assist the Commission in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in preventing fraudulent financial reporting and the misappropriation of assets.