Data Governance: Roles and Responsibilities

Several roles and responsibilities govern the management of, access to, and accountability for institutional data.

Data Governance Group

This group is responsible for creating and maintaining data governance resources and policies for the college in collaboration with Data Stewards and Data Trustees at the college. The five members are the Director of Institutional Research, Analysis, and Planning; the Director of Systems Development and Integration; the Registrar; the Assistant Dean of the Faculty for Strategy and Analysis; and the Director of Information Security, Privacy, and Compliance.

Data Trustees

Data Trustees are senior college officials (e.g., vice presidents) or their designees who have planning, policy-level, and management responsibility for data within their functional areas.

Data Stewards

Data Stewards are college officials who have direct operational-level responsibility for the management of one or more types of institutional data. Data Stewards are assigned by the Data Trustee.

Data Administrators

Data Administrators are individuals (outside of ILS) who are responsible for data collection and management and who have been granted authority to grant internal access to data from their functional area by the Data Steward and/or Data Trustees.

Data Users

Data Users are college units or individual college community members who have been granted access to institutional data in order to perform assigned duties or in fulfillment of assigned roles or functions within the college; this access is granted solely for the conduct of college business.


Below is the organizational scheme for trustees and stewards by administrative data area.

Administrative Data AreaData TrusteeData Steward
Academic AffairsVice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the FacultyAssistant Dean of Strategy and Analysis
AdmissionVice President for Enrollment and Dean of AdmissionInformation Systems Manager
Advancement & AlumniVice President for College AdvancementAssistant Vice President for Advancement Services
FinanceVice President for Finance and Administration and TreasurerAssistant Vice President and Controller
Financial AidVice President for Enrollment and Dean of AdmissionDirector of Student Financial Services
Human Resources (Faculty/Staff)Vice President for Finance and Administration and TreasurerAssistant Vice President for Human Resources
Information & Library ServicesVice President for Information and Library Services College LibrarianDirector of Systems Development and Integration;
Associate College Librarian for Systems and Bibliographic Services
Institutional Statistics & AnalyticsPresidentDirector of Institutional Research, Analysis, and Planning
Student AffairsVice President for Student AffairsAssistant Vice President and Dean of Students
Student EnrollmentVice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the FacultyRegistrar

Last updated: November 2024