Staff Assembly invites you to attend an in-person Lunch with Leadership event with Mary Lou D. Ortiz, Chief Financial Officer, Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration at UCI. This event provides staff members the opportunity to engage in casual conversation with various UC leaders.
Registration required. Lunch will be provided.
Date: February 14, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB)
419 Physical Sciences Quad, Room 6610, Irvine, CA 92697
About Mary Lou D. Ortiz
Mary Lou manages a large, $4.35 billion operating budget and a $2 billion capital expenditure budget, ensuring responsible allocation of public and private financial resources to meet objectives including the health enterprise (health sciences and medical center).
Mary Lou has broad experience leading administrative and financial operations at public and private research universities, strengthening those operations to best support the needs of each institution’s core programs. She most recently served as associate vice president for budget and university budget officer at Pennsylvania State University, serving as a senior member of the university’s financial leadership team and responsible for overseeing the University Budget Office and for the development and assessment of the university’s budget and resource allocation policies. She implemented the university’s annual operating budget and had budgetary responsibility for Penn State’s complex $7.7 billion organization with 24 campuses, leading discussions about maintaining affordability for Penn State students while continuing to innovate.
Prior to joining Penn State, Mary Lou served as vice chancellor for finance and administration at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, providing financial and operational leadership to the university’s flagship campus and overseeing $1.7 billion in total resources. She is the former director for finance and resource administration of University Services for Princeton University and former director of planning and financial administration at Columbia University’s student health services. In addition to her higher education experience, she was the senior director of budget and financial planning at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization, where she oversaw the annual operating budget for the IRC’s 26 overseas offices and affiliates and 32 domestic operations.
Mary Lou earned her Master of Business Administration, Master of Public Administration, and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Columbia University, and is a candidate for the Doctorate in Education in Penn State’s Higher Education program.
For questions, contact Clare Cheng, clare.cheng@uci.edu