Wayne Stefler, Vice President Finance & Administration, and Janet Morrison, Provost & Vice President Academic are pleased to announce that Sara Rumsey will be assuming leadership for Sheridan’s new Integrated Planning framework and function.
Reporting to both Vice Presidents, Sara will support pan-institutional decision-making by helping to ensure the alignment of resources with academic priorities. As the Director, Sheridan Integrated Planning (SIP), she will work in partnership with Mark Chapman (Director, Institutional Research) and Amanda Pike (Director, Centre for People and Organizational Development) to support leaders in developing strategic and operational plans. Ultimately, these will be tied to multi-year, rolling budget planning. Inherent in this new role will be a continuing focus on supporting and guiding Sheridan’s journey to become a polytechnic university and achieve future membership in Universities Canada.
We are further pleased to announce that Sara Lashari has been hired to fill a short-term contract as the Coordinator, Integrated Planning. Sara L. began her role at Sheridan on Monday, Nov. 27th, 2017 and will be on contract with us until July 31st, 2018. Reporting to Sara Rumsey, her primary focus will be the development of our SIP framework.
Sara L. earned an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto; she is also a proud Sheridan graduate having completed our Business Process Management graduate certificate. Sara L. obtained her Project Management Professional (PMP) designation in November, 2017. Prior to joining Sheridan, Sara L. was a Project Manager and Senior Consultant at CIBC, where her roles focused on business process efficiencies, project management and communications. Sara L. brings valuable skills to her new role and is a very welcome addition to our Sheridan community.
Please join us in congratulating Sara and Sara on their new roles; both are located on the 2nd floor of B-wing at TRA.