Erin Hutchinson joined OIT to lead the finance, procurement, and asset management teams in September of 2021. With over 18 years of experience in higher education, she is committed to the principles of inclusive leadership, strategic financial planning, and data-informed decision-making. Erin enjoys being a part of CU Boulder’s OIT team because of the key role technology plays in achieving the research and teaching missions of CU Boulder.
Erin is an active volunteer with the Western Association of College and University Business Officers and is a four-time alum of the University of Colorado. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business, a master’s degree in public administration from UCCS, a master’s degree in the studies of law in ethics and compliance from CU Boulder’s School of Law, and a doctorate in education with focus on leadership for equity in higher education from CU Denver. Erin recognizes the critical importance of advancing diversity and inclusion within OIT, the campus, the CU System, and the higher education industry by identifying and fixing inequitable practices, processes, policies, thought patterns, and cultures to assure equitable outcomes for historically and currently marginalized groups.