At its first meeting in September 1967, President Hawkins informed the other four members of the Executive Council of Towson State College that its creation was part of a three-pronged replacement for the Administrative Council. The Executive Council was made up of the Deans and Directors of the school’s four divisions: General Administration, Academic Administration, Student Personnel Administration, and the Business Management Administration. Charles Haslup, the Associate Dean of the College, served as Secretary to the Council.

The Council advised the President on matters relating to the everyday functions of the College, such as parking issues, staff and faculty positions, campus speakers, campus expansion, and student services.

Under James Fisher, Hawkin’s successor, the Council became an advisory board not just for school decisions, but also on public relations matters for the President. They advised on tactics that should be taken in regards to various crises the Administration faced such as the response to the Kent State University and Jackson State College killings in 1970, the dire fiscal picture of the 1970s, the reactions of peer institutions to the decision to re-name the school Towson State University, and Fisher’s own political aspirations.

In 1972, the heads of the four school divisions were named Vice Presidents, and so often the meetings were referred to as “VP Meetings”. When Towson State College became Towson State University in July of 1976, the Executive Council Meetings were re-named the President’s Staff Meetings.