Budget Committee

For Fiscal Year 2025-2026, a Budget Planning Committee has been established, co-chaired by the Vice-President, Academic and Research (VPAR) and the Vice-President, Finance and Administration (VPFA). See a list of committee members below.

The committee meets to discuss the budget planning, processes and timeline. There are scheduled meetings leading up to the budget approval and ongoing discussions with individual budget owners to focus on strategic requests. The committee is supported by expert staff in Finance Services.    

Committee Members:

Ayo Makanjuola
Vice-President, Finance and Administration - Co-Chair

Dr. Madine VanderPlaat
Interim Vice-President, Academic and Research - Co-Chair

Erin Sargeant Greenwood
Vice-President, Advancement and External Affairs

Dan Seneker
Associate Vice-President, Enrolment; University Registrar

Dr. Adam Sarty
Associate Vice-President, Research; Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research

Tom Brophy
Associate Vice-President, Student Affairs and Services

Todd Williams
Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Information Technology

Dennis Gillis
Senior Director, Facilities Management

Scott Gray
Director, Athletics and Recreation

Dr. Mary Ingraham
Dean, Faculty of Arts

Dr. Sam Veres
Dean, Faculty of Science

Dr. Michel Delorme
Dean, Sobey School of Business

Suzanne van den Hoogen
University Librarian

Molly Hayes
Manager, Financial Services, Planning and Analysis

Dr. Michael Zhang
Associate Professor, Finance, Information Systems & Management (academic representative)

Dr. Robert Singer
Professor, Chemistry (academic representative)

Dr. Clarissa Sit 
Associate Professor; Department Chair, Chemistry  (alternate academic representative)

Dr. Rahman Khokhar
Associate Professor; Programme Coordinator, Master of Finance - Finance, Information Systems & Management Science (alternate academic representative)