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The AI Steering Committee typically meets monthly throughout the year. 

Charge of the GGC AI Steering Committee  

Guide campus-wide Responsible AI Adoption Strategy via the following activities: ​ 

• Conduct environmental scanning to understand the AI landscape in higher education, especially at peer and aspirant campuses.​ 
• Create and curate resources that will provide the most value to GGC faculty, staff, and students. ​ 
• Maintain and share an inventory of AI tools, capabilities, and use cases to facilitate responsible and effective adoption. ​ 
• Offer audience-based professional development opportunities to create an AI-literate campus.​ 
• Develop AI-related policies that are equitable to all stakeholders. ​ 
• Explore and recommend investments aligned with strategy, goals, and objectives. These could be academic and administrative uses of AI.   ​ 
• Develop guidance on the use of AI by community members including guidance on the use of AI by faculty and students for teaching, learning, and scholarship – consider ethics, data privacy, and academic integrity.  ​ 
• Prepare all students to use AI as they enter the workforce – consider academics and the student experience. ​ 
• Identify and promote AI applications that support student success, including AI-driven academic advising and student support services.  

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GGC AI Steering Committee Members AY 25-26 

Ali Kooti, Assistant Professor of Accounting  

Chavonda Mills, Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs/Provost, co-chair 

Christine Miller Divine, Vice President for Information Technology and Institutional Research/CIO, co-chair  

David Gibbs, Student Information Systems Analyst  

Hannah Prince, Academic Coach

Jason Palmer, Instructor of English  

Kara Latopolski, Dean of Students  

Kestrina Shrestha, Prospect Development Manager

Lindsey Vinson, Assistant General Counsel  

Negar Orangi-Fard, Assistant Professor of Mathematics  

Paul Vermeren, Head of Research Services, Assistant Professor/MSLIS  

Sha-shonda Porter, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Sean Yang, Professor of Information Technology, Interim Information Technology Department Chair  

Teresa Araque, Director of Public Relations  

Tracy Adkins, Associate Vice President for Academic Technology and Service Delivery  

Victoria Hanson, Director of Auxiliary Services  

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