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CU Boulder has named Brad Weiner the new chief data officer for campus, effective July 1. Weiner has been serving as the interim chief data officer since September 2021. In an email to campus leadership, campus CFO Carla Ho’a described Weiner’s selection as the result of a highly competitive national...

Executive sponsors of the budget model redesign project launched in December 2020 have approved a new budget model recommendation for the Boulder campus. The recommendation, submitted by the project’s Strategic Alignment and Design committees earlier this month, is the result of 15 months of work completed by CU Boulder deans,...

Chief financial officer Carla Ho'a has appointed Derek Silva to the role of associate vice chancellor for business strategy, effective May 1, 2022. This change recognizes Silva's increased responsibility in promoting and advancing the CU Boulder Enterprise Corporation (CUBEC) and expanding Finance and Business Strategy's integrated auxiliary structure. Silva has...

A national search for the university’s next vice chancellor and chief financial officer is underway, with the goal of identifying a final candidate by September. Ann Schmiesing, executive vice provost for academic resource management, is chairing the CFO search committee , whose membership includes representation from shared governance, administrative support...

Join chief financial officer Carla Ho'a, deputy chief financial officer Katrina Spencer, and executive vice provost for academic resource management Ann Schmiesing as they host their biannual overview of the CU Boulder budget and discuss the new budget model prototype set to roll out next fiscal year. This online event...

Carla Ho’a, vice chancellor and chief financial officer at CU Boulder, has announced her retirement, effective November 2022. Ho’a has served the University of Colorado for more than 30 years. Her first job with CU was with the former CU Health Sciences Center campus, where she worked as a high...

Kathryn Tisdale returns to Finance and Business Strategy (FBS) as director of communications and strategic initiatives, effective November 1, 2021. In this role, Tisdale will report directly to the chief financial officer and provide support for communication priorities and projects across Finance and Business Strategy. Tisdale will also supervise the...

Join chief financial officer Carla Ho'a, deputy chief financial officer Katrina Spencer, and executive vice provost for academic resource management Ann Schmiesing as they host their biannual overview of the CU Boulder budget and discuss the financial challenges and opportunities we face as an institution. This event is open to...

Chief financial officer Carla Ho'a has announced that Brad Weiner will serve as interim assistant vice chancellor and chief data officer, effective September 10, 2021. In this role Weiner will oversee the Office of Data Analytics (ODA). Seth Spielman , the previous chief data officer, accepted a position with Microsoft...

Mandy Cole has been hired as the assistant vice chancellor for budget management, effective August 23. Cole will lead the budget management team in Budget & Fiscal Planning (BFP). BFP coordinates campus-wide budget and fiscal planning and identifies and facilitates the allocation of resources necessary for CU Boulder to excel...