Budget Transformation Initiative
Building a Vision-Aligned Budget Framework
Since launching the Next-Gen K-State strategic plan, we have seen tremendous accomplishments, success and growth of university priorities and initiatives. Student enrollment is making great strides, enhancing our campuses’ vibrant, active communities of students, faculty and staff. We are providing students with a top-notch academic experience, driving impactful innovative research, and creating a positive impact in Kansas and the world — and we must build a budget model and framework that continues to drive us forward together.
Our new Budget Transformation Initiative will empower us to:
- Achieve our goal of building a revised budget model that drives the university’s strategic priorities forward.
- Establish a wrap-around budget framework that will help us create and foster the agility required to position our institution for future success and greater impact toward our mission.
Budget Transformation Initiative Leadership Team
The Budget Transformation Initiative will be led by a senior leadership steering group and five functional working groups. The working groups will identify opportunities within their areas of focus, maximize resource flexibility and utilization, and make recommendations to align our financial resources with our Next-Gen K-State strategic plan. Final recommendations will be delivered to President Linton by the end of the fall 2025 semester.
Core Executive Team
- Richard Linton, President
- Jesse Perez Mendez, Provost and Executive Vice President
- Marshall Stewart, Executive Vice President for External Engagement and Chief of Staff
- Hans Coetzee, Vice President for Research
- Ethan Erickson, Vice President for Administration and Finance
- Kevin Gwinner, Dean of the College of Business Administration
- Debbie Mercer, Dean of the College of Education
- Sara Luly, Faculty Senate President, Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Director of the University Honors Program in the Staley School of Leadership
Contact us
Have questions about the planning initiative? Email budget@k-state.edu or view our communications page for the latest updates.