Provost Scott Strobel is Yale’s chief educational and budget officer. The Office of the Provost oversees academic policies and activities university-wide. The provost is an ex-officio member of every faculty and governing board and of all committees concerned with educational policy or faculty appointments. They have direct oversight of all academic support units and hold institutional responsibility for the allocation of resources. In collaboration with the vice president for finance, the provost presents the university’s annual operating and capital budgets to the president and to the Yale Corporation. The vice, associate, and assistant provosts, together with the provost’s administrative and operations staff, support the provost in carrying out these responsibilities.