Steering Committee
The Steering Committee provides governance for the FI$Cal Project. The roles and responsibilities of the Steering Committee include1:
Purpose of the Steering Committee
- Provide statewide leadership and support for the project
- Establish project goals and prioities
- Participate in coordination and allocation of departmental and project resources
- Review and approve actions by the Change Control Board
- Support the project by communicating the vision externally from the project and working to reduce barriers and mitigating risk
- Facilitate the interdepartmental collaboration of a statewide system
- Provide risk and issue resolution across agencies
- Participate in the identification of issues that have statewide impact and require the Enterprise Leadership Council's review
- Provide advice regarding consistency with statewide strategies, direction and policies
- Adhere to the FI$Cal Steering Committee Principles as adopted by the membership
Steering Committee Members
- Todd Jerue, Project Sponsor, Department of Finance
- Veronica Chung-Ng, Program Budget Manager, Department of Finance
- Esteban Almanza, Chief Deputy Director, Department of General Services
- William Ashby, Acting Chief Operating Officer, State Controller's Office
- Mark Hariri, Director, Centralized Treasury and Securities Management Division, State Treasurer's Office
- Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency (non-voting member)
- Karen Finn, Program Budget Manager, Department of Finance
- Jim Butler, Deputy Director Procurement Division/Chief Procurement Officer, Department of General Services
- Jim Lombard, Chief Administrative Officer, State Controller's Office
- Jill O'Connell, Chair, Customer Impact Committee
1Excerpt from the Project Charter, Section 2.5.2