Acknowledgements
There are many thanks to extend to many people in the shared endeavor of a strategic plan.
The core strategic planning team and all of the conversations and realizations they facilitated
- Monica Chavez-Silva
- Graham Miller
- Jim Powers
- Georgeanna Robinson
- Kaitlin Wilcox
- Caleb Elfenbein
The administrative team members who provided feedback and direction
- Joe Bagnoli
- Germaine Gross
- Myrna Hernández
- Beronda Montgomery
- Sarah Moschenross
- Ben Newhouse
- Marc Reed
- Ellen de Graffenreid
Student leadership for our discussions from 2021-23
- Loyal Terry ’23
- Sarah Toay ’23
- Jivyaa Vaidya ’23
- Fernando Villatoro ’22
- Molly Nelson ’21
- Kate Kwasneski ’21
- Ashton Avelin ’22
- Natalia Ramírez Jiménez ’25
- Diogo Tartarotti ’24
Members of Executive Council and Staff Council for the many sessions that hosted strategic planning presentations and discussions over the past two years.
Executive Council
- Clark Lindgren, chair of the faculty
- Ed Cohn
- Tim Dobe
- Kelly Herold
- Angelo Mercado
- Vida Praitis
- Gemma Sala
- Lee Sharpe
- Andi Tracy
- Tamara Beauboeuf
Staff Council
- Ben Cooprider, co-chair
- Micho Adler
- Alexis Steele, co-chair
- Rachel Arsenault
- Gina Donovan
- Allison Haack
- Erika Jack
- Carrie Jones
- Randye Jones
- Sarah Smith
- Terri Stark
- Carissa Tigges
The readers of the “Common Good” strategic principles essays, the audiences of the “Once and Future Grinnell” podcast in 2021, and the faculty and staff participants in the spring 2021 town halls.
The faculty, staff, and students who attended the 10 open sessions, as well as the alumni, parents and families, trustees, and community leaders who attended the sessions specially designed for them.
The Trustees of Grinnell College, for their engagement, creativity, and support of all things Grinnell.