Purpose: Serve as the Alliance’s primary academic‑affairs advisers—ensuring that HSRU initiatives align with institutional priorities, leverage faculty expertise, and advance campus‑wide strategies for student and faculty success, as needed and relevant.

Purpose: Provide research‑focused counsel to the Alliance—vetting HSRU initiatives against institutional research priorities, connecting campus experts, and shaping collective strategies that amplify member strengths.

Purpose: Coordinate federal‑ and state‑level policy engagement for the Alliance by aligning advocacy strategies, sharing timely intel, leveraging institutional delegations, and ensuring that HSRU interests are effectively represented.

Purpose: Provide analytic leadership for the Alliance by creating and stewarding shared data resources, integrating trusted external datasets, and translating quantitative findings into clear narratives that guide strategy and demonstrate collective impact—laying a foundation that can expand as new data‑sharing opportunities emerge.

Purpose: Provide guidance and leadership in graduate‑education efforts across the Alliance by sharing effective campus approaches, building synergies among HSRU institutions, and advising on strategies that strengthen doctoral pathways and student success—translating individual strengths into collective impact.