Georgia State University Names Cynthia Villaverde Inaugural Vice President for Financial Planning and Operations

ATLANTA—Cynthia Villaverde, formerly the associate vice president for Budget and Financial Analysis at The George Washington University, has joined Georgia State as vice president for Financial Planning and Operations. The new role will oversee the budget and long-range business planning for the university.

At George Washington, Villaverde led the university’s budget office and developed the annual operating and capital budgets. In addition, she led the analysis and modeling for university-wide strategic initiatives for the largest higher education institution in Washington, D.C.

Prior, she was financial manager at the food and beverage giant Sysco and served as interim chief financial officer there for four months.

Before joining Sysco, she was the finance manager at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, a leader in clinical research and patient care. Villaverde managed the medical center’s budget and planning process.

“We are so excited to welcome Cynthia as the university’s first vice president for financial planning and operations,” said L. Jared Abramson, Georgia State’s executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer. “Georgia State is renowned for using data analytics to facilitate student success. The idea behind the new Financial Planning and Operations unit is to take the same empirical approach to drive innovation and excellence in financial modeling and planning. To that end, I couldn't be more pleased to have Cynthia joining us to provide leadership over this new function. Cynthia is the best in the business when it comes to financial planning analysis and we will all benefit by bringing her expertise to Georgia State."