As Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the University of Colorado, Chad provides budget and financial advice to the President and the Board of Regents, leads the development of the university’s annual budget, collaborates with campus CFOs and their teams, manages the CU system team in the Budget and Finance Division, Controller’s Office and CU real estate operations, and provides administrative oversight of CU’s Treasurer. Chad also works closely with CU’s Government Relations team, and other governing boards and state agencies on higher education budget and policy issues.
Chad has more than 15 years of experience in budgeting and public policy, with close involvement in K-12 and higher education funding issues in Colorado. Since joining the CU system in 2014, Chad has held various budget and finance roles with increasing responsibility, including Senior Associate Vice President for Business Operations and Deputy CFO, and Acting CFO from July 2021 until being named Vice President and CFO in August 2022.
Before working at CU, Chad held positions in the Colorado Department of Higher Education, the Colorado Department of Education, the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting, and Pacey Economics.
Chad holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Colorado Denver and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colorado State University. He is a Colorado native and lives in the Denver metro area with his wife, Laura, and their three young children.