Lamar College has a brand new chief monetary officer coming into the autumn.
LU President Jaime Taylor named Mark Robinson to the place. Robinson will assume the position on Oct. 1, in accordance with a Monday information launch.
“With greater than 35 years of monetary management in greater training and company sectors, Robinson will oversee monetary companies departments, shared enterprise companies and the college’s working price range,” the information launch mentioned. “He additionally will work carefully with the college president and senior management to make sure that Lamar College maintains its distinctive monetary standing to help development, innovation and scholar success.”
Robinson mentioned within the launch that he is “extraordinarily honored” to turn out to be part of Lamar College.
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“I’m excited to be part of the Cardinal household and be instrumental in implementing the imaginative and prescient that President Taylor has for the College,” Robinson mentioned within the launch. “I stay up for assembly and partnering with my new colleagues.”
Robinson comes from West Virgina’s Marshall College, the place he spent the previous 5 years as senior vp for finance and chief monetary officer. Taylor was the provost and senior vp for educational affairs at Marshall earlier than coming to Lamar.
“Inside that position, he was answerable for the general monetary energy and stability of the establishment and held direct management over a number of places of work together with price range, accounts payable/payroll, monetary data know-how, bursar/scholar monetary methods, shared companies and accounting,” the discharge mentioned. “Robinson additionally was answerable for management methods designed to protect group belongings, report correct monetary outcomes, monitor adherence to the price range and develop long-term monetary and operational methods.”
Robinson additionally served as government director of enterprise operations on the College of Miami Faculty of Enterprise Administration, the place additionally earned a grasp of enterprise administration.
“Mark Robinson has the experience and the expertise vital to assist Lamar College thrive throughout a really turbulent time in Greater Training,” Taylor mentioned within the launch. “I couldn’t be extra excited that Lamar College was in a position to recruit somebody of his caliber to be our new CFO.”
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