Business Continuity Planning (BARC)
- What is BARC?
The University of Washington's Business, Academic & Research Continuity (BARC) program helps departments prepare for disruptions and continue critical services during and after unexpected events such as cyber incidents, severe weather, utility outages, or facility disruptions.
- Why is FPB doing this?
Continuity planning helps FPB identify its most critical functions, understand key operational dependencies, and develop strategies to maintain services when normal operations are disrupted. All UW administrative, academic, and research units are expected to maintain continuity plans under UW policy.
- What will we be doing?
Over the coming year, FPB teams will work together to:
- Identify mission-critical services and activities.
- Assess the impacts of potential disruptions.
- Document key staffing, technology, and process dependencies.
- Develop continuity and recovery strategies.
- Build and maintain our plan in Husky Ready, UW's continuity planning platform.
- Resources
Jim Tritten (jtritten@uw.edu) is leading the FPB Planning process and an excellent resource for FPB Planners.
FPB BARC Planning Process
| Date | Event | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2026 10:30-11:30am | Gold Team Meeting: BARC Overview | PowerPoint Presentation |
| December 2, 2026 10am-Noon | Session 1: Official BARC Kick-Off | |
| December 16, 2026 10-11am | Office Hours | |
| January 6, 2027 10-11am | Session 2 - Key Business Functions | |
| January 20, 2027 10-11am | Office Hours | |
| February 3, 2027 10-11am | Session 3 - Building Dependencies | |
| February 17, 2027 10-11am | Office Hours | |
| March 3, 2027 10-11am | Session 4 - Resource Dependencies | |
| March 17, 2027 10-11am | Office Hours | |
| April 7, 2027 10-11am | Session 5 - Technology Dependencies | |
| April 21, 2027 10-11am | Office Hours | |
| May 5, 2027 10-11am | Session 6 - Strategy Development | |
| May 19, 2027 10-11am | Office Hours |
FPB Staff Roles
| Plan Name | Plan Managers | Plan Editors | Plan Viewers | Others Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FPB General Plan (COS, BPS, IADS, HR, IT, MAA, Tax, FSS) | Heather Gates, Laura Ripley, Kate Merriwether | Heather Gates, Laura Ripley, Kate Merriwether, Chris Yeager, Gabriella Aguayo, Ashley Piercy, Colleen Bettis, Ryan Swinney, Paul Schurr, Gio McCabe | Chong Yi Lucas, Dan Addess, Christine Leibbrand-Lapinsky, Erika Hargadine, Bryan Hall, Alison Monroe, Mary Maynard, Anthony Curreri, Travis Juntara, Erin Guthrie | Jessica Bertram, Jed Bradley |
Controller's Office (Controller's Office & Capital Accounting Operations) | Julie Fricks | Yi Guo, Jacklyn Paule (CAR), Erik Bennigson, Chiaka Amadi, Andrew Fricks (CAR) | Susan Stolle | |
| Institutional Assessment & Evaluation | Jillian Morn | Jeremy Caci, Raquel Chavez, Luda Kourenina | Angela Davis-Unger, Kylie Parks, LizAnne Ngo | |
| Procurement | Ray Hsu | Rob Tramontozzi | Monica Acevedo-Soto, Lynn Magill, Tricia Olsen Demarest, Tina Padilla, Abdul Njie, Teresa Athan, Talitha Batts, Claudia Christensen | |
| Real Estate | Lauren Bell | Lauren Bell | Carol Haire, Jeanette Henderson, Salone Habibuddin | |
Treasury (Treasury & DMA) | Daniela Choto | Annette Sommer, Robert Bradshaw, Shannon Thompson, Mark Park, Jen Brown | ||
Creative Communications (Mail & Digital) | Jessica Colinares | Jessica Colinares | ||
| Merchant Services | Gordon Scherer | Hana Kenny, Melissa Hall | Fahm Chou, Kyle Braucher | |
| Payroll | Ginny Montgomery | Ginny Montgomery | ||
| Student Fiscal Services | Marisa Martin | Hua Nguyen | Carla Perez | Andrew Monusko |
| Research Compliance & Operations | Kirsten DeFries | Vincent Gonzalez, Matt Gardner, Meg Russo | David Parks, Khanh Le, Cheryl Haycox |