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New vice chancellor for finance and operations chosen by UNCA |
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Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
| Patricia Hunt
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Patricia W. Hunt, director of finance and facilities for the West Virginia Higher Education System, has been named vice chancellor for finance and operations at UNC Asheville.
The appointment was made by the UNCA Board of Trustees at its meeting May 16, upon recommendation by UNCA Chancellor Anne Ponder. Hunt will start her new post in mid-July.
In her current position, Hunt serves both the West Virginia Higher
Education Policy Commission, which is the statewide coordinating agency
for 11 public undergraduate and graduate institutions, and the West
Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education, the
coordinating agency for 10 community and technical colleges.
Hunt provides leadership to the institutions?? chief financial
officers; coordinates budget development and state allocations; and
oversees the campuses?? master planning, capital projects and bond
financing.
Hunt has held a number of finance positions in higher education and private industry during the past 25 years.
Prior to her current position, she served as vice president for
financial and administrative services at Lord Fairfax Community
College, a 6,000-student institution in Middletown, Va.
Previously, she was controller at Hollins University, a private liberal arts college in Roanoke, Va.
Earlier in her career, she was controller for a number of petroleum companies, including the Haywood Oil Company in Waynesville.
She holds a master??s degree in information systems from Virginia Tech
in Blacksburg, Va., and a master??s degree in accountancy and a
bachelor??s degree in business administration from the University of
North Florida, Jacksonville.
She is currently pursuing her executive doctorate in higher education
management from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa.,
and is a licensed certified public accountant.
Hunt and her husband have two grown children, Shawn Hunt and April
Sutton. April lives in Waynesville with her family, which includes the
Hunts?? first granddaughter.
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