The University Executive Committee, an advisory committee to the university president, underwent various name changes through the years. It's date on inception is not clear, but is was in existence at least since 1982. It discontinued in 2003.

Through the years these advisory committees have undergone changes in name and in committee composition. The main purpose of these committees was to advise the president on university matters. The University Executive Committee existed since at least August 4, 1982. It probably existed earlier, but there is no record of it in the archives prior to 1982. It was made up of the president of the university and the vice presidents. Other university officers were invited to attend its meetings as they were needed. The University Executive Committee should be distinguished from the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees which is composed of Board members, officers of the Corporation and, in more recent times, the chairs of the Board's standing committees.For the first two meetings of the 1982-83 academic year, this committee was called "The Executive Council (see the 8/4/82 and 8/18/82 minutes). After that it was named "The Executive Committee" in all of its minutes, until August 24, 1990, when it became the "University Executive Committee." The University Executive Committee ceased to exist on August 25, 2003, when it was replaced by the "President's Administrative Council." The President's Administrative Council consisted of approximately 25 members. It was phased out in 2009 and was replaced by "The President's Cabinet" which had been created two years earlier. The President's Cabinet was formed in August 2007. It consisted of 12 members plus the deans of the Colleges who attended as non-voting members. For two years from 2007 to 2009, the President's Administrative Council and the President's Cabinet existed together. As of August, 2012, the President's Cabinet still exists.