The Chronicle of Higher Ed runs a flattering
piece largely about Secretary to the Regents Anne Shaw:
Six times a year, 10 days ahead
of each meeting of the University of California system’s Board of Regents, a
notice goes out to the public. In that document is a carefully prepared agenda,
complete with extensive background write-ups and relevant attachments —
compliance reports, audits, budget documents.
Anne Shaw, secretary and
chief of staff to the board, is responsible for these meticulous preparations.
But Ms. Shaw, like many university board secretaries, fills far more roles than
just that of fastidious note taker and organizer. Board secretaries are
diplomats — strategic advisers who have the ear of the president and the
responsibility of liaising with the governing board...
Ms. Shaw and her staff of
about eight essentially exist as the bridge between the two most powerful
entities in a university: the chief executive and the trustees. Much of the
work of the president’s office will eventually come to the governing board for
approval: new degrees and programs, approval of tuitions and fees, budgets, all
end up on board agendas.
Ms. Shaw is a conscientious
record keeper, archiving information from public commenters
at board meetings — for example, their opinions on the system’s immunization
and vaccine policy. Following up after a meeting, Ms. Shaw and her staff will
take down "reminders" about questions regents had that couldn’t be
answered at the time. She and her staff will then work to compile and present
that information to the inquiring regent...
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