8. Advisory Structure — Working Group → Governing Body
This isn't a narrow industry advisory board — it's a cross-discipline group spanning industry, academia, Jesuit mission, and school leadership, because the program itself spans curriculum, formation, and workforce pipeline simultaneously.
Composition (6–12)
2–3 industry executives (GM as anchor seat; one AI-native company; one Tampa-based)
1 academic (USF has a strong AI/cyber bench; UF's AI initiative is the state flagship)
1 recent alum working in AI/tech (credibility with students)
Principal/academic dean + program faculty lead (internal owners)
Optional: 1 real-estate/digital-assets seat, 1 motorsports/engineering seat (could be the Cadillac F1 relationship), up to 2 additional seats as the program's footprint grows
Phase 0 — Working Group
Start lean and action-oriented: a small working group (not yet a standing committee) tasked with a single deliverable — charter the program, validate the comp set findings, and recommend Phase 1 scope. Meets more frequently (monthly, not quarterly) because it's building something, not stewarding something that already exists.
Phase 1+ — Permanent Steering Committee / Governing Body
Once Phase 0 validates the program, the working group formalizes into a standing Steering Committee — quarterly cadence, chaired by school leadership, facilitated by JMH Studio — with the annual "what's changed in the field" review as its signature recurring act (this is where Tier 3 technologies get re-evaluated per §5).