[Ucrfacultyandstaff] Search Announcement: Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration & Chief Financial Officer

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Dear Campus Community:



I write to announce the launch of a national search for the Vice Chancellor
for Finance and Administration & Chief Financial Officer
<https://chancellor.ucr.edu/vice-chancellor-finance-and-administration-chief-financial-officer>
(VCFA&CFO) at UC Riverside, the position currently known as the Vice
Chancellor for Planning, Budget, and Administration. The search officially
launched on Monday, January 26, and we are encouraging prospective
candidates to submit their materials no later than 11:59 p.m. (PST) on
March 01, 2026.



The campus has retained Opus Partners
<https://opuspartners.net/searches/current/vice-chancellor-for-finance-and-administration-and-cfo>,
a national executive search firm with experience placing senior leaders at
research universities, liberal arts colleges, academic medical centers,
research institutes, and nonprofit organizations. Screening of complete
applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of
the search process. Candidates will be recruited over the coming months,
and we plan to conduct finalist interviews in early April.



As a valued member of our campus community, we encourage you to participate
in the process by offering feedback and submitting nominations of
individuals who may be well-suited for this opportunity. Nominations and
inquiries can be directed, confidentially, to Thomas Lapierre (
Thomas.lapierre at opuspartners.net) at Opus Partners.



I also want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Search
Advisory Committee, listed below, and especially Elizabeth Watkins, Provost
& Executive Vice Chancellor, for serving as Chair.



Elizabeth Watkins, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor (Chair)

Ryan Choi, Vice President of Finance, ASUCR

Anna Kafie, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, SOB

Christopher Lynch, Dean, Bourns College of Engineering

Paige Mejia, Financial Operations Manager

Jacqueline Norman, Associate Vice Chancellor, Campus Architect

Jennifer Nuckles, UCR Board of Trustees

David Oglesby, Professor and Planning & Budget Chair of the Academic Senate

Mary Lou Ortiz, Chief Financial Officer & Vice Chancellor, Finance and
Administration, UCI

Heidi Scribner, Associate Vice Chancellor, Auxiliary Services

Veronica Ruiz, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, ASSET (Compliance
Liaison)

Cindy Williams, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, CHASS



Your willingness to provide feedback, along with input from other campus
constituents and the search committee, helps to shape the overall picture
and ideal candidate characteristics for this vital campus leadership
position.



For questions regarding the search, please contact our search partners at Opus
Partners
<https://opuspartners.net/searches/current/vice-chancellor-for-finance-and-administration-and-cfo>.
You may also reach out to *Tanya Adams, Director of Human Resources &
Executive Search*, at tanya.adams at ucr.edu.



Best regards,



S. Jack Hu, Ph.D.

Chancellor

University of California, Riverside
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