Data governance at the University of Washington Tacoma is a shared endeavor between the Office of Institutional Research, the Chancellor's Office, the Office of Student Affairs, UW Tacoma IT, Finance and Administration, and our tri-campus appointed subject matter experts.

The University of Washington campus-wide Data Governance Initiative provides the overarching framework for our tri-campus system.  The University of Washington Tacoma has established a local Data Governance team to support both University-wide works as well as UWT specific communication and training needs. 

The goals of data governance in Tacoma are:

  • Advise on and help enforce University-wide data management policies, standards, guidelines and operating procedures related to University Institutional Data assets.
  • Support University-wide strategic plans for data management including sourcing, distribution, maintenance and quality of University Institutional Data assets.
  • Advise on University-wide data management practices for decision making including data warehousing, business intelligence, master data management, and metadata management and communicate those practices to Tacoma campus users.
  • Recommend and evaluate locally, plans for assessing data management value and risk.
  • Communicate and educate our Institutional Data with consistent definitions and classifications according to data management standards and guidelines.
  • Coordinate compliance requirements related to laws and regulations that have information management implications and impart a duty upon the University.

Current members of the University of Washington Tacoma Data Governance Team are: 

 
Position Office Representative
UW Data Governance Steering Committee Member Chancellor's Office Joe Lawless
UW Data Governance Operational Committee Member  Office of Institutional Research Alice Few
Local Custodian - academic data and FERPA training Registrar Andrea Coker-Anderson
Local Custodian - financial aid data Financial Aid Office Andrea Coker-Anderson
Local Custodian - faculty data Academic HR Sarah Davies Breen
Local Custodian - employee data Human Resources Abby Zorn
Local Custodian - finance data Office of Finance & Administration Cherie Berthon
Local Custodian - technology Information Technology Patrick Pow
Subject Matter Expert  Office of Research Cheryl Greengrove
Subject Matter Expert  Marketing Brian Anderson
Subject Matter Expert  Enrollment Services and Admissions Shannon Carr
Subject Matter Expert Data Security and Data Use - Institutional Technology Bill Fritz
Data Fellows UW Tacoma Campus (see Data Fellows Initiative)