Council	Name	Reports to	Purpose
0	UC	University Council	President	The purpose of the University Council and its internal and related components is to assist the president of the university in formulating and implementing university policy in a manner that attempts to ensure that Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University always strives effectively toward its goals, which are: 1. To provide an environment conducive to the pursuit of learning, teaching, scholarship, research, and service. 2. To anticipate and meet the educational needs of society in general and the Commonwealth and nation in particular.
1	UCC	University Council Cabinet	UC	The purposes of the University Council Cabinet are to provide a small-scale forum for in-depth conversation among shared governance leaders, with a particular focus on the interests and concerns of senate leaders; to help shared governance leaders remain well-informed of the state of the university; and to facilitate collaborative decision-making and coordinated effort across the components of shared governance.
2	President	President	BOV	The Board appoints a President to initiate proposed policies, to execute approved policies, and to administer the University. The President serves as the authorized officer through whom communication takes place between the Board and the faculty, the Board and the students, and the Board and the other officers of administration or instruction employed by the University. The Board, as the governing authority of the University, delegates to the President the authority to oversee and to administer the policies of the Board and to manage the administrative, instructional, research, and public service programs of the University.