Council – Enteprise Data Governance

One council. Every domain at the table.

The Council's objective

Build an AI-ready data ecosystem where metadata, data, and context converge to deliver transparent, trustworthy, and actionable intelligence — empowering both human decision-makers and autonomous systems.

Decision-Making Communication Conflict Resolution

Cadence

Bi-weekly — curation status, DG scorecard, milestones to AI readiness.

Facilitation

The EDG team orchestrates the council and maintains alignment with S&TO and Legal.

Structure

Cross-functional: Business Owners, Stewards, and Technical Custodians integrated.

Executive Sponsorship

Quarterly readout to executive sponsors for enterprise priority and strategy.

Governance hierarchy

Tactical execution ↔ strategic authority

Executive Governance Council

Quarterly

Proxied by the Executive Leadership Team — the ultimate authority for enterprise priority and strategy. Unresolved issues escalate here.

Enterprise Data Governance Council (EDGC)

Bi-weekly

Tactical implementation, standards, and functional oversight — keeping execution aligned with AI-readiness objectives.

Bi-weekly agenda

What the Council runs through

1 EDG strategic updates
2 Domain scorecard & curation
3 Policy review & standards
4 Access controls (row access policies)
5 Data quality & conflict management
6 Compliance / GRC audits
7 Semantic layer & knowledge context
8 Action items & owners

Protocol: decisions seek consensus; the EDG team ensures productivity; unresolved items escalate to the Executive Governance Council.

The people behind the Council

The cross-functional body proposed for the Enterprise Data Governance Council — managers on top, members reporting beneath them. Names appear verbatim from the Council deck.