OU President Gallogly

[Rover]

Operating OU inefficiently as was done under Boren doesn’t make OU a better place… Many millions of dollars in savings have already been found at OU…. that can be used to reduce the increased debt load.

We always will have limited resources.

When it came to making hard decisions that he knew would be unpopular and often painful Boren kicked the can down the road too many times.
Thankfully we now have leaders with enough personal courage to deal with these hard problems !

Lol. Starting to think you are a Gallogy staffer.
Boren raised billions for OU and increased its academic standing immeasurably. Let’s see if Gallogy can do any of that. Cutting is easy. Building is hard. Especially building character.

[bluedogok]

^^^Are you using a 7 year old blog post as the basis of your argument?
The next thing I see is “Texas and Oklahoma never got along”. How is it that Nebraska and Texas A&M have left the Big 12 while OU, OSU and UT stand together?

No one got along with DeLoss Dodds, not even those within UT. He made a lot of money and greased a few key, big time donors that kept him in place but some of them have passed on. Not bad for a former K-State track coach. They were a train wreck after him for awhile but the current AD seems to have stabilized the situation somewhat. They are always on the verge of a train wreck between the AD, President, administration, big donors and the legislature.

[mugofbeer]

Lol. Starting to think you are a Gallogy staffer.
Boren raised billions for OU and increased its academic standing immeasurably. Let’s see if Gallogy can do any of that. Cutting is easy. Building is hard. Especially building character.

Building is going to be really hard, especially when the state is constantly cutting your financial support.

[checkthat]

If Gallogy is such a smart, savvy, fiscally responsible Business Man (TM), why did he donate $50,000,000.00 to an organization that he claims is terribly irresponsible at financial management? That seems like an odd business decision. Well, unless he is looking for some sort of return on that investment.

[citywokchinesefood]

Building is going to be really hard, especially when the state is constantly cutting your financial support.

Building can be more than a new residence hall or academic facility. By properly auditing and fixing inefficient processes you can create a positive culture change. I worked for the university for about two years, some of my duties involved working directly with Boren, deans of different colleges, and quite a few individuals that did not make it past the initial culling. I generally believe that the majority of the people involved before Gallogy were driven and wanted the university to succeed. I also believe that some horrific policies and decisions were being made behind the scenes that negatively impacted the university.

I am more interested in seeing what happens in year two, three, and four compared to year one. I would consider Gallogy's tenure a success if by the end of it if the accounting is transparent and research and publishing has increased significantly. The next buildings that go up should be renovation of the more forgotten buildings on the South oval. A lot of those buildings were old and outdated when I went to OU over a decade ago. The more modern lecture halls on campus are drastically easier to take notes and be actively engaged in, not to mention they are typically fully wired for modern AV needs. I remember the lectures in Dale were particularly obnoxious.

[Pete]

^

FYI, Dale just received a bunch of upgrades a couple of years ago.

[jedicurt]

If Gallogy is such a smart, savvy, fiscally responsible Business Man (TM), why did he donate $50,000,000.00 to an organization that he claims is terribly irresponsible at financial management? That seems like an odd business decision. Well, unless he is looking for some sort of return on that investment.

well... he didn't say this till he had the job, so it's possible that he didn't know when he made the donation and that didn't become apparent to him until after he had taken the job

i'm not saying that is the case... but not all donations are done looking for something in return. remember that he also is a big donor to the University of Colorado

[citywokchinesefood]

That is a good look. It has been about five years since I have been regularly on campus. I may have to make a trip to Norman for a walk around.

[Rover]

Through all this, no one mentions student learning and development. All talk about dollars and football affiliation. Winning, losing, and how much money do we make is the primary focus.

[Jersey Boss]

^^ trurh.

[Pete]

For all the talk of football and conference realignment, the reality is the athletic dept. functions pretty separately from the university. OU's AD actually makes a bit of profit and gives a little back to the university, but it in no way affects the budget or profitability of the school in any meaningful way.

So, it's disingenuous to make the point that this is all about running the school like a responsible business and the need to get our financial house in order, while simultaneously claiming conference affiliation as anywhere close to an important priority.

And I will add that virtually 98% of what has been stated as fact in this matter is merely repeating rumors from elsewhere. Especially that Boren was somehow a moron in all these dealings and wasn't acting in what he thought was OU's best interest.

[okatty]

^Agree - also there was an article in Oklahoman recently by Scott Meacham regarding the differences in the public v private sector (which I am sure can be easily looked up on their site). The point being that for all the talk of making OU more efficient in a private sector way - its apples and oranges.

If you have a scale of moron on one end and genius on the other - Boren is way, way, way up the genius side of the scale.

[soonerheart]

For all the talk of football and conference realignment, the reality is the athletic dept. functions pretty separately from the university. OU's AD actually makes a bit of profit and gives a little back to the university, but it in no way affects the budget or profitability of the school in any meaningful way.

So, it's disingenuous to make the point that this is all about running the school like a responsible business and the need to get our financial house in order, while simultaneously claiming conference affiliation as anywhere close to an important priority.

And I will add that virtually 98% of what has been stated as fact in this matter is merely repeating rumors from elsewhere. Especially that Boren was somehow a moron in all these dealings and wasn't acting in what he thought was OU's best interest.

The last I knew OU athletics moves around 8 to 9 million dollars each year to OU academics.

With the exception of down periods, moving OU athletic money to OU academics dates back at least to the 1950’s. This is not an insignificant sum of money. Over this time it has helped make OU a stronger university.

Furthermore, OU athletics helps reduces student fees and does not take state tax money as OSU does for its varsity athletics. This also adds up to a significant sum of money.

If OU moved to the Big Ten, eventually after a buy in period millions more of OU athletic money could be transferred to OU academics. Athletic membership in the Big Ten includes automatic membership in the Big Ten’s Academic conference which would provide several million dollars of additional academic / research benefits. It would provide a boost to OU’s academic image that would be further capitalized on.

Big Ten membership for OU would open new doors for OU research and collaboration that over time would help OU reach some of it's university goals.

[Pete]

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Even if it is $8MM (and I know for a fact it's been substantially lower in some previous years):

1. The AD is not obligated to move that money to academics and can merely use it all for their own projects. Even if they take in a bunch more money (a big assumption) you can bet most or all that money will be spent within the AD.
2. Even at $8MM going to academics, that is less than 1% of the total budget; which is the basis for my orginal points.

[okatty]

OU was 7th in national athletic revenue in 2017. And by the way, far ahead of most all B10 schools (Mich and Ohio State are ahead of OU) Complete nonsense to say that financially OU is better in the B10. Go talk to Nebraska and see how it has gone and I do not mean on the field....about $35 mill behind OU.

[checkthat]

Through all this, no one mentions student learning and development. All talk about dollars and football affiliation. Winning, losing, and how much money do we make is the primary focus.

Student learning and development should absolutely be the top priorities.

[Rover]

Student learning and development should absolutely be the top priorities.

Absolutely. And, it isn't that we shouldn't expect fiscal accountability, but the mission of a university is vastly different than a for profit corporation with shareholders demanding profit each quarter. For instance, Gallogy has repeatedly referenced the new colleges life centers like they are apartments and totally fails to understand their mission of value for the students.... environments for academic thinking, peer group development, etc. hasn't been discussed, but rather how quickly they can be filled for maximum financial benefit. Disgusting.

[soonerheart]

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Even if it is $8MM (and I know for a fact it's been substantially lower in some previous years):

1. The AD is not obligated to move that money to academics and can merely use it all for their own projects. Even if they take in a bunch more money (a big assumption) you can bet most or all that money will be spent within the AD.
2. Even at $8MM going to academics, that is less than 1% of the total budget; which is the basis for my orginal points.

The OU AD is absolutely obligate to move the money to OU academics when he has been ordered to do so by higher authority and he was! I’m not assuming anything but it sure looks like you are!
Because as seen below in a journalistic sourced article Boren indicates this money goes toward “University Faculty, library and academic support."

https://www.normantranscript.com/spo...f958b2c70.html
In a Jun 19, 2018 article Clay Horning wrote
“The athletic budget remains in the black. For some time, the department Castiglione runs has been writing a $9 million dollar check to the university. OU doesn’t subsidize athletics, though the reverse is sort of true.”

http://www.oudaily.com/sports/oklaho...50eeefdf1.html
This is from the oudaily on Feb 8, 2016…. OU President David Boren said in a statement. "In fact, the Athletics Department has contributed $25 million to the University Faculty, library and academic support."


I’m sure the yearly amount of money the OU’s athletic dept. has moved to the academic side of the university has gone up over the years….. I’m not sure what time frame Boren is speaking of… but the 25 million dollar figure has been added too since this article.

25 million is more money than the OU softball and baseball projects combined. 1% or whatever, clearly this is not an insignificant amount of money particularly when its cost adjusted for its purchasing power. It would do plenty of good at OU today. Not thinking that this is not significant amount of money is the type of mind set that has led to part (not all) of the OU budget /debt problems. It all adds up.

PS: Cross was moving OU football money to academics in his day….According to a book Jim Weeks wrote

[soonerheart]

OU was 7th in national athletic revenue in 2017. And by the way, far ahead of most all B10 schools (Mich and Ohio State are ahead of OU) Complete nonsense to say that financially OU is better in the B10. Go talk to Nebraska and see how it has gone and I do not mean on the field....about $35 mill behind OU.

You need to review the projections of conference distributions in the years to come and take into account the academic / research benefits of Big Ten membership. The projections I have seen and they are not hard numbers but they would eventually, significantly increase OU’s sports revenue and help OU academics.

[Pete]

$9MM a year is still well less than 1% of the total budget of the Norman campus.

The athletic department does not have a significant impact on the finances at OU.

[soonerheart]

$9MM a year is still well less than 1% of the total budget of the Norman campus.

The athletic department does not have a significant impact on the finances at OU.

Its 9 million that’s coming out of OU’s athletic budget…

That is not an insignificant amount no matter how it’s sliced or diced.
Adjusted the money for inflation and our exceptionally low cost of living index and then add it up over a long period of time…. it adds up to a very significant sum of money that OU athletics could have used in many different ways….

15 to 20 years at 9 million per year probably buys OU a very nice new basketball arena that is wanted.

It's still money that very few other athletic dept. provide to their respective universities. Many take student fees and or state tax money to subside their varsity athletic programs.

[Pete]

The athletic department does not have a significant impact on the overall finances at OU.

[Lazio85]

Nov. 28, 2018
Letter from the President: Executive Selections

Dear Sooner Family,

Over the past few months we have been working diligently to fill vacancies in executive leadership positions. We are following a process approved by the Board of Regents as we search for the best possible candidates for these positions. Ten executive and top-level positions were posted in August and September and advertised nationally to help ensure a wide and diverse set of candidates.

Once applications are received by the university, each is screened based on the requirements described in the job descriptions. Each position is assigned a search committee that recommends several candidates to me before I take the final recommendation to the Board of Regents. As would be expected, search committees for positions involving significant faculty, staff and student interaction have greater representation from those constituencies. Similarly, positions with multi-campus responsibilities have committees that include representatives from each campus. Input from Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, and Student Government was considered for the composition of the search committees.

I am pleased to announce that we are making great progress on the executive searches and that I will be presenting multiple individuals to the Board of Regents for formal approval at the December Regents meeting. If the candidates begin their service with the University prior to Board action, their service will be clearly noted as being contingent upon Board approval.

Sincerely,
Jim Gallogly
OU President


Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

This position is responsible for leading financial planning, providing strategic management of accounting and finance functions, record-keeping, and financial reporting. Scope of responsibility for the CFO includes oversight of Information Technology, Financial Services, Budget Office, and Bursar’s Office. This role plays an integral part in developing and implementing financial procedures to improve and maintain the financial well-being of the university.

Reports directly to the President

Candidate: Ken Rowe (internal candidate)

Ken Rowe has more than three decades of finance and administration experience in higher education and in the private industry. He joined the University of Oklahoma in 1998 and is currently the Interim Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for the University. Prior to this role, he was the Vice President of Finance and Administration for the OU Health Sciences Center, a position he held since 2001. Rowe also held progressively more responsible positions at Bank One, Liberty Bancorp, and First City Texas.

He is a certified public accountant in Texas and holds a Master of Accountancy from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from East Central University.


Chief Audit Executive

This position will provide leadership, direction, and administrative oversight to the internal audit operations of all campuses governed by the OU Board of Regents: The University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Rogers State University.

This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to both the President and the OU Board of Regents. The position will oversee coordination of and responsibility for activities that promote accountability, integrity, and efficiency in university operations, ensure that university activities reinforce ethical conduct, and maximize compliance with applicable laws, regulations, rules, financial policies and procedures to assist in the management of university risk.

Reports to the Board of Regents and to the President

Candidate: Charles Wright (external candidate)

Charles Wright has over 20 years of professional experience in the audit field and recently served as the Director of Audit Services at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. He also held senior audit positions for ATMI, Citizens Communications Company, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, GE Real Estate and Security Capital Group and Affiliates. Additionally, he has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Texas State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Wright has extensive experience in the development and leadership of multiple audit functions to establish value-added internal audit activities. He facilitated Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs to drive risk ownership and accountability as well as diversified experience to strategically improve business processes and enhance internal controls. Wright is also a seasoned executive and has experience in communicating and collaborating with board members, senior management and all levels within organizations.


Vice President, Marketing and Communications

This position is responsible for the development of updated unified strategic marketing plans and dynamic public relations campaigns supported by best practices and data analytics and currently manages the video marketing, digital marketing, web marketing, special events, and media relations teams. The position’s goal is to build awareness of the university’s current strengths while also delivering engaging messages that advance and protect the university’s reputation and mission. The Vice President has oversight of internal and external communications for the Norman campus, Health Sciences Center, OU Medicine enterprise in OKC, and Tulsa campus through collaboration and teamwork with the President, executives, and academic leadership to ensure consistency and cohesiveness in delivered messages.

Reports directly to the President

Candidate: Lauren Brookey (external candidate)

Lauren Brookey has over 40 years of in-depth communications, public and media relations, external affairs and marketing experience in both higher education and corporate environments. She currently serves as the vice president of external affairs and the president of the TCC Foundation at Tulsa Community College, a position she held since 2015. Prior to that role, she was the vice president of external affairs for fifteen years. Before joining Tulsa Community College, she was a vice president and partner at Schnake, Turbo, Brookey and Associates, a public relations counseling agency providing strategic public relations counsel, advertising, marketing services, media relations and public affairs. She also held various positions with increasing responsibility in the areas of marketing, media relations and journalism with Ward Creative Communications, Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority, Tulsa Tribune and Tulsa World.

Brookey has a Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and has achieved Accreditation status in the Public Relations Society of America and was later honored as a Fellow in the Public Relations profession.


Executive Director of Governmental Affairs

This position oversees and coordinates the University’s positions and communications with state, federal, municipal, and tribal governments in furtherance of the University’s mission of excellence in teaching, research, and service. The Executive Director has a firm understanding of the workings of the various governmental entities and accurately and promptly identifies emerging areas of significance to the University. The Executive Director coordinates with appropriate University officials and offers recommendations to advance the University’s interests in the various governmental spheres. The Executive Director ethically cultivates and strengthens the University’s relationships at all levels of government.

Reports to the Vice President and General Counsel

Candidate: John Woods (external candidate)

John Woods has an extensive background in policy advancement, political advocacy, and government relations in working with federal, state and local municipalities over the last eighteen years. Additionally, he has had a multi-faceted career of press engagement, public speaking and media management. He is currently serving as the Executive Director for the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund and previously served for five years as the President and CEO of the Norman Chamber of Commerce. He also held the position as the Policy Advisor for the Oklahoma House of Representatives - Office of the Speaker and various roles supporting U.S. Congressmen.

Woods has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma.

[ctchandler]

The athletic department does not have a significant impact on the overall finances at OU.

Pete,
I totally agree, but to be fair, OU is one of the few athletic programs in the country that doesn't draw a dime from anybody. Completely self supported. That's a significant fact considering that most universities depend on tax payer and student fees to keep their athletic programs afloat.
C. T.

[OKCretro]

The athletic department does not have a significant impact on the overall finances at OU.

Gotta disagree with this.

Found this article about the impact of winning 1 football game vs OU by Boise state.

https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2...on-university/

https://newsok.com/article/5607699/e...-its-home-city
“It starts with the 2007 Fiesta Bowl game,” Kustra said. “As a result of that game, and the actions we took on our campus, it has had an enormous impact what this university has become.”

If OU went into a tailspin for multiple seasons this would hurt the overall finances at OU.