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    Designing a New Budget Model

2025 Review of Budget Model 

Since adopting Responsibility Center Management (RCM) in FY2015, Temple has regularly assessed its budget model with input from faculty and leadership to align academic priorities with resource allocation and to empower our schools and colleges with more agency in their financial decision-making. In February 2025, President Fry charged a Steering Committee, supported by a team of advisors from NACUBO Consulting, to conduct a comprehensive review informed by extensive campus engagement—including stakeholder interviews, data analysis, and benchmarking against peer institutions - to recommend the optimal model for Temple.

The perspectives shared throughout this process—while diverse—coalesced around a common conclusion: Temple should transition away from RCM. While our current model has provided a degree of stability, it has also limited our ability to advance strategic priorities, foster collaboration, and align resources with our long-term goals. Temple faculty and staff can view the findings and report in TUportal.

Designing a New Model and Timeline

Basic design of a new model will occur during the fall 2025 with refinement and finalization by spring 2026 to inform FY2027 budget development. The development process will define core features of the new framework, including incentive structures and allocation methodologies. This timeline allows for intentional planning, continued engagement, and preparation for successful adoption. Year one will remain intentionally straightforward while analysis identifies areas for deeper transformation around three coordinated initiatives:

  • Budget Model Design
  • Academic Program and Cost of Instruction Review
  • Review of Administrative Functions and Costs 

It is important to acknowledge that no budget model—by itself—can fix today’s challenges or deficits. Rather, it is the leadership and clarity of purpose behind the model that will guide our collective success. Our new model must serve as a tool for strategic decision-making, investment, and cultural alignment, not just as a method for distributing dollars.

 

Governance Structures

RCM Review Steering Committee
  • Chip Hunter, Dean, Fox School of Business and Management / School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Co-chair 
  • Jaison Kurichi, Senior Associate Vice President Budget & Planning, University Budget Office, Co-chair
  • Michael Bognanno, Professor and Department Chair, College of Liberal Arts
  • Sharmayne Burns, Vice Provost for Finance
  • Cheryl Carreno, Vice Dean of Finance and Administration, Tyler School of Art & Architecture
  • Kathryn D’Angelo, Senior Associate Vice President for Administration & Planning
  • Jason Gallagher, Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy
  • Josh Gladden, Vice President Research Administration
  • Jennifer Ibrahim, Dean, College of Public Health
  • Amid Ismail, Dean, Kornberg School of Dentistry
  • Mohammad F. Kiani, Professor, College of Engineering
  • Jonathan Latko, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology Services
  • Vicki McGarvey, Vice Provost for University College
  • Jonathan Reiter, Senior Associate Vice President, Business Affairs & Administration
  • Ellen Unterwald, Chair and Professor, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Budget Model Task Force
  • Chip Hunter, Dean, Fox School of Business and Management / School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Co-chair 
  • Jaison Kurichi, Senior Associate Vice President Budget & Planning, University Budget Office, Co-chair
  • Amanda Barber, Assistant Dean for Finance, Fox School of Business
  • Michael Bognanno, Professor and Department Chair, College of Liberal Arts
  • Sharmayne Burns, Vice Provost for Finance
  • Cheryl Carreno, Vice Dean of Finance and Administration, Tyler School of Art & Architecture
  • Erik Cordes, Professor, College of Science & Technology
  • Kathryn D’Angelo, Senior Associate Vice President for Administration & Planning
  • Josh Gladden, Vice President Research Administration
  • Jennifer Ibrahim, Dean, College of Public Health
  • Amid Ismail, Dean, Kornberg School of Dentistry
  • Sheri Ozard, Vice Dean for Finance, College of Public Health
  • Vicki McGarvey, Vice Provost for University College
Cost and Services Committee
  • Farrah Al-Mansoor, Senior Director, Finance & Operations
  • Sharmayne S. Burns, Vice Provost for Finance & Administration
  • Susan Cahan, Dean, Tyler School of Art & Architecture
  • Katie D’Angelo, AVP Administration & Planning
  • Richard Deeg, Dean, College of Liberal Arts
  • Marylouise Esten, Vice President & Deputy Provost
  • Amid Ismail, Dean, Kornberg School of Dentistry
  • Jaison Kurichi, Chair, AVP Budget & Planning
  • Sheri Ozard, Vice Dean, College of Public Health
  • Robert Stroker, Dean, Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts
Budget and Planning Council
  • Jaison Kurichi, Senior Associate Vice President Budget & Planning, University Budget Office, Co-chair
  • Sharmayne Burns, Vice Provost for Finance, Co-chair
  • Sue Alcedo, Center for the Performing & Cinematic Arts
  • Farrah Al-Mansoor, Finance and Operations
  • Amanda Barber, Assistant Dean for Finance, Fox School of Business
  • Jerry Barber, Kornberg School of Dentistry
  • Cheryl Carreno, Vice Dean of Finance and Administration, Tyler School of Art & Architecture
  • Danielle Colon, Beasley School of Law
  • Kathryn D’Angelo, Senior Associate Vice President for Administration & Planning
  • Drew DiMeo, College of Engineering
  • Tim Funk, School of Pharmacy
  • Andrea Gaudini, Marketing and Communications
  • Kevin Glass, College of Liberal Arts
  • Richie Holland, Temple Libraries
  • Rebecca Horvath, Institutional Advancement
  • Julia Kershaw-St. George, College of Education and Human Development
  • Donna Lamborne, Klein College of Media and Communications
  • Jonathan Latko, Information Technology Services
  • Danielle Martinez, Klein College of Media and Communications
  • Sheri Ozard, College of Public Health
  • Greg Wacker, College of Science and Technology
  • Paula West, Katz School of Medicine
  • Bill Winston, Research Administration
Administrative Council

Administrative Council represents 5 domestic campuses, 17 schools and colleges, and the various departments that support the university enterprise. We meet periodically for timely updates on policy, procedures, systems, and information related to fiscal roles and responsibilities.

All faculty and staff have access to the Budget and Finance resources in TUportal, designed to support your key business roles (look under “My Offices”). Here you will find the resources and tools you need to help you efficiently plan travel, navigate the budget process, and manage procurement through payment procedures from start to finish.

Based on your feedback, we continue to develop the expense reduction guides, training resources and one stop solutions to better organize these role-centric tools. Announcements will always have the latest news and updates for budget and finance planners along with aptly titled Quick Links for the sources you search for the most.