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Data Stewardship Governance Structure

Overview

Business Intelligence partners with multiple stakeholders of the University. Our data stewardship governance structure includes three major groups:

  1. Data Partners
  2. Data Custodians
  3. Data Sponsors

Data Partners

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
  • ...and more

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Data Custodians

The Data Custodians are stakeholders whose primary functions are to review and approve the work of the Data Partners (e.g., data definitions, data integrity, business process, and data standards), provide as-needed moderation of unresolved issues, and consult with the Data Sponsors accordingly. The Data Custodians are the "core group" of the Data Stewardship program, representing 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 Institutional Effectiveness (Associate Provost)
  • Office of International Student Services (Executive Director)
  • Office of the Registrar
  • Online Learning (Director)
  • Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management)
  • Seaver College (Manager of Data and Analytics)

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Data Sponsors

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 Custodians.

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, Student Affairs

  • Vice Provost

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