Achieving Operational and Organizational Excellence
interview series in collaboration with nacubo
As you navigate the current challenges facing higher education, it’s vital to have an intensified focus on advancing resiliency, managing risks and transforming. Brought to you by NACUBO and Huron, this video series, filmed in the late summer/early fall of 2020, features interviews with business and financial leaders from a wide variety of colleges and universities, alongside Huron experts. Hear their perspectives on the most pressing topics in higher education, lessons learned, and how they are transforming amid the current situation brought on by the pandemic.
Series Introduction With Susan Whealler Johnston, Ph.D.
In the kickoff to this video series, NACUBO President Susan Whealler Johnston introduces the series and its relevance to transformation and risk minimization in this challenging time.
Susan Whealler Johnston, PH.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
NACUBO
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Empowering Agile Decision Making in Higher Education
Rarely has the road to crisis recovery meant taking unprecedented precautions for managing health risks of faculty, staff and students while making difficult decisions about which functions remain on campus. Operating in an unstable environment requires agile decision making and detailed scenario planning in order to emerge stronger and better prepared than before.
david j. gray
Senior Vice President for
Finance and Business/Treasurer
penn state
Focusing on Performance Improvement: Innovative Plays to Consider
Cathy Provencher
Vice Chancellor for Financial
Affairs and Treasurer,
University System of New Hampshire
Upcoming Episodes
Episode 2: Focusing on Performance Improvement: Innovative Plays to Consider
Episode 1: Empowering Agile Decision Making in Higher Education
It is more critical than ever to reduce costs and create efficiencies in order to ensure
sustainable institutional success. Learn about balancing near-term needs and long-term objectives with the University of New Hampshire System’s vice chancellor for financial
affairs and treasurer, Cathy Provencher.
Focusing on Performance Improvement: Innovative Plays to Consider
Cathy Provencher
Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs and Treasurer
University System of New Hampshire
Episode 3: Financial Forecasting in Volatile Times
Episode 4: Lead With Clarity: Creating a
Data-Driven Culture
Is Enhanced by
Cloud Technology
RonALD S. Cortez
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Vice Chancellor, Division of Finance and Administration
University of California, Irvine
How does a volatile economy affect tuition, appropriations, investment income and other sources of funds? How can higher education institutions perform strategic financial planning in an unstable economic environment? Learn more about financial planning in
the best of times and the worst of times.
Financial Forecasting in Volatile Times
Brett Dalton
Chief Business Officer (CBO)
Baylor University
While some institutions have struggled to quickly and effectively respond to the disruption created by the pandemic, others have accessed, analyzed and acted on data to more readily stabilize and continue their mission in the current environment. With a newly implemented financial cloud platform, Baylor University didn’t skip a beat. Learn more about the benefits of business continuity and data transparency provided by cloud systems.
Lead With Clarity: Creating a Data-Driven Culture Is Enhanced by Cloud Technology
Upcoming Episodes
Ronald s. Cortez
Chief Financial Officer & Vice Chancellor,
Division of Finance and Administration,
University of California, Irvine
Financial Forecasting in Volatile Times
Hesham El-Rewini, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs,
Marymount University
Optimizing Your Academic Program Mix
Brett Dalton
Chief Business Officer,
Baylor University
Lead With Clarity: Creating a Data-Driven
Culture Is Enhanced by Cloud Technology
Pam Cain
Senior Vice President for Operations and Finance, Iowa State University
Kristi Darr
Vice President of University Human Resources,
Iowa State University
Focus on People to Drive Greater Organizational Effectiveness as Part of Your Cloud Migration Journey
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Cathy Provencher
Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs and Treasurer
University System of New Hampshire
Focusing on Performance Improvement: Innovative Plays to Consider
It is more critical than ever to reduce costs and create efficiencies in order to ensure sustainable institutional success. Learn about balancing near-term needs and long-term objectives with the University of New Hampshire System’s vice chancellor for financial affairs and treasurer, Cathy Provencher.
ronald s. cortez
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Vice Chancellor, Division of Finance and Administration
University of California, Irvine
Focusing on Performance Improvement: Innovative Plays to Consider
It is more critical than ever to reduce costs and create efficiencies in order to ensure sustainable institutional success. Learn about balancing near-term needs and long-term objectives with the University of New Hampshire System’s vice chancellor for financial affairs and treasurer, Cathy Provencher.
brett dalton
Chief Business Officer (CBO)
Baylor University
Financial Forecasting in Volatile Times
How does a volatile economy affect tuition, appropriations, investment income and other sources of funds? How can higher education institutions perform strategic financial planning in an unstable economic environment? Learn more about financial planning in the best of times and the worst of times.
Episode 5: Optimizing Your Academic Program Mix
Hesham El-Rewini
Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Marymount University
Discover how CFOs partner with provosts to create an academic program mix that aligns to the institution’s strengths and mission. By simultaneously assessing the academic and financial aspects of your institution, you can innovate efficient solutions that center teaching, research and service. Build the trust and investment needed for this campuswide collaboration through clear and frequent communication, transparency and engagement.
Optimizing Your Academic Program Mix
Lead With Clarity: Creating a Data-Driven Culture Is Enhanced by Cloud Technology
While some institutions have struggled to quickly and effectively respond to the disruption created by the pandemic, others have accessed, analyzed and acted on data to more readily stabilize and continue their mission in the current environment. With a newly implemented financial cloud platform, Baylor University didn’t skip a beat. Learn more about the benefits of business continuity and data transparency provided by cloud systems.
Episode 6: Focus on People to Drive Greater Organizational Effectiveness as Part of Your Cloud Migration Journey
Pam Cain
Senior Vice President
for Operations and Finance, Iowa State University
Institutions of higher learning are fundamentally people-driven organizations. As you move through your planning and migration to cloud enterprise systems, it is an opportune time to align your workforce and service delivery model to improve efficiency and organizational effectiveness.
Focus on People to Drive Greater Organizational Effectiveness as Part of Your Cloud Migration Journey
Kristi Darr
Vice President of
University Human Resources
Iowa State University
Pam Cain
Senior Vice President
for Operations and Finance,
Iowa State University
Optimizing Your Academic Program Mix
Discover how CFOs partner with provosts to create an academic program
mix that aligns to the institution’s strengths and mission. By simultaneously assessing the academic and financial aspects of your institution, you can innovate efficient solutions that center teaching, research and service. Build the trust
and investment needed for this campuswide collaboration through clear and frequent communication, transparency and engagement.
Kristi Darr
Vice President of
University Human Resources
Iowa State University
