KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 2, 2017 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has appointed the assistant vice chancellor for planning and real estate at the University of California, Merced to serve as its vice president for Administration and Finance.<\/p>\n
Abigail Rider, who is also the chief real estate development officer at UC Merced, will begin her duties at 溏心vlog免费B站 in early March. She succeeds Christina Valentino, who left the University in September 2016 so she could be closer to her family in California.<\/p>\n
Rider, who served at Brown University from 2002 to 2007 and Yale from 2007 to 2014, brings with her a distinguished record of accomplishments in higher education, particularly in the areas of real estate development and management, project design, transportation systems and environmental management.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased to welcome Vice President Rider to the University during an exciting time in our history,\u201d 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley said. \u201cAs we begin our celebration of the 125th anniversary of the University\u2019s founding, we are embarking on a $150 million transformation of our engineering facilities, planning a new residence hall for juniors and seniors and developing a new Welcome Center, which will position us strongly for continued excellence and growth for decades to come. With her expertise in banking, real estate development and project management, Vice President Rider is uniquely suited to serve the University during this crucial period of expansion and change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to put my experience to work in support of the 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d Rider said. \u201cHaving lived, worked and raised my family in Rhode Island, I feel a special connection to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s mission and appreciate its key role in the state\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reporting directly to President Dooley and serving as a member of the president\u2019s senior leadership team, Rider will be responsible for the overall direction and management of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s business services, capital planning and projects, finance, purchasing, human resources, labor relations, public safety and facilities of the University. \u00a0Rider will play an essential role ensuring that the institution has streamlined, contemporary, and efficient administrative and operations processes that support the University\u2019s core missions of teaching, research and outreach.<\/p>\n
In addition, Rider will serve in a leadership role in the establishment of fiscal policy for the University and integrate all business affairs functions to achieve a level of efficiency and effectiveness that supports the overall mission and goals of the University. Rider will supervise the planning and implementation of capital construction, renovation, and asset protection.<\/p>\n
Other areas and departments under her supervision are: budget and financial planning<\/a>, Controller\u2019s Office<\/a>, W. Alton Jones Campus<\/a>, Ryan Center and the Boss Arena<\/a>.<\/p>\n At UC Merced, Rider has served as a key member of the six-person project team for the 2020 Project, a change management process to implement a $1.4 billion, 1 million-plus-square-foot public-private partnership, which is doubling the size of the UC Merced campus and is the first project of its kind on a university campus in North America.<\/p>\n From 2007 to 2014, Rider was assistant vice president and director for University Properties at Yale University, managing Yale\u2019s commercial property portfolio of approximately 1 million square feet of retail, residential and office space and working closely with community stakeholders on the reanimation of downtown New Haven.<\/p>\n At Brown, she served as director of Real Estate and Administrative Services, during which she managed transportation services and implemented the safeRIDE shuttle service operated by the University. She also oversaw auxiliary housing, commercial real estate, real estate gifts, acquisitions and community development.<\/p>\n Rider earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from Smith College. She was a Fulbright Scholar and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. She received the 2016 Outstanding Woman Award at UC Merced, and has volunteered on numerous community and civic boards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 2, 2017 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has appointed the assistant vice chancellor for planning and real estate at the University of California, Merced to serve as its vice president for Administration and Finance. Abigail Rider, who is also the chief real estate development officer at UC Merced, will begin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}