Dear Members of the Campus Community,
Following an extensive and highly competitive national search, University of Puget Sound has named Dr. Kimberly Kvaal executive vice president and chief financial officer effective July 5, 2022. Kim comes to Puget Sound from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, where she served as vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer leading strategic initiatives and overseeing all aspects of the finance and business functions of the university. She is an outstanding leader and financial manager with over 24 years of experience in higher education and a national reputation for her knowledge of academic business models.
Kim holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, an M.B.A. from Regis University, and an Ed.D. in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California. Her areas of research focus on increasing organizational capacity for financial sustainability at colleges and universities. She is a highly sought after commentator and speaker at national organizations such as the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Association of Governing Boards. In 2016, NACUBO presented Kim with the Daniel D. Robinson Award for outstanding contributions to the field of college and university accounting and reporting. Kim served as a part-time faculty member at the University of San Francisco from 2006-2014 and currently teaches at St. Edward’s University Doctorate in Educational Leadership program.
We will plan to formally welcome her with a reception at the beginning of the fall semester.
A press release will be available shortly at pugetsound.edu. Meanwhile, I would like to thank the search committee for its excellent work in identifying a strong pool of candidates, all of whom clearly had a great deal to offer us. Please join me in welcoming Kim to Puget Sound.
Sincerely,
Isiaah
Isiaah Crawford, Ph.D. | President