Committee Charter

Purpose

The 2026-2029 VTCSOM Strategic Plan guides our medical school into a vibrant future.  In collaboration with our parent university (Virginia Tech), our health system partner (Carilion Clinic) and other community stakeholders, we will understand the challenges and opportunities we face as a medical school and respond with a comprehensive plan to achieve feasible, sustainable and measurable objectives.

Project Scope

The Strategic Planning Committee will consist of members from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic. The responsibility and focus of the committee will be to develop our strategic plan within the context of the following priorities of the university’s strategic plan:

• Advance Regional, National, and Global Impact
• Elevate the Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) Difference
• Be a Destination for Talent
• Ensure Institutional Excellence

Goals

The goals of our strategic plan review and update were to address the following general areas:

• VTCSOM Vision Statement
• VTCSOM Mission Statement
• VTCSOM Values 
• Opportunities for VTCSOM to: 
  • Advance the local, regional, national and global impact of our school
  • Elevate the Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) Difference made by our school in our community and beyond
  • Be a destination for biomedical sciences and medical education talent
  • Ensure institutional excellence in all areas of VTCSOM

We created a process for ensuring input from a variety of internal and external stakeholder groups.  Our final committee report reflected specific and measurable objectives and success metrics, including recommendations concerning workflows and estimated costs. This process encouraged feedback on the above general areas, including opportunities to improve areas or outcomes which may not currently ideally reflect our vision, mission, or values in the most productive manner.

Strategic Planning Committee

Chairs

• David Musick, PhD, Senior Advisor for Accreditation
• Rebecca Pauly, MD, Professor and Vice Dean for Education, Department of Medicine

Committee Members

• Aysha Alani, Student Representative
• Dani Backus, MS, PMP, SSGB, Senior Director, Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation
• Sharon Barett, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration
• Caitlin Bassett, Assessment and Evaluation Manager
• Paul Davenport, Carilion Clinic System Senior Vice President
• Kristin Eden, Associate Professor, Basic Science Education
• Daniel Harrington, MD, Retired Vice Dean VTCSOM and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Jamie Hollimion, Human Resource Manager
• Taral Jella, Student Representative
• Tracy Jones, Senior Director, Enrollment Management and Assistant Registrar
• Alexandra Kaiser, Student Representative
• Dan Karolyi, Chair, Department of Radiology
• Adele Matter, Student Representative
• Tristi Metcalf, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Amanda Murchison,  Associate Dean for Student Affairs
• Arthur Ollendorff, Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
• Sarah Parker, Chair, Health Systems and Implementation Science
• Courtney Powell, Director, Community Engagement
• Lee Rakes, Senior Director of Educational Affairs
  
• Paul Skolnik, Interim Associate Dean for Research
  Chair, Basic Science Education
• Lisa Uherick, Chief Well-Being Officer
• Shari Whicker, Assistant Dean, Faculty Development
  Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
• Dustin Womack, Director, Information Technology