Barbara Chernow is an American educator and since March 2015, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Brown University. She served as Senior Vice President for Administration at Stony Brook University from 2012 to 2015. On December 12, 2014 Chernow was named as the next Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration at Brown University.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Long Island, raised in

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and Staten Island, Chernow attended Susan E. Wagner High School in Staten Island. She went on to attend Brown University and graduated with a BA in

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and a minor in

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. At Brown, she was active among Brown Student Agencies. Chernow currently resides in

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with her husband. Her daughter is a graduate of the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

and her son graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

Work

As Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Chernow oversees Brown University's administrative side, which includes Facilities and Services, Budget, Human Resources, Audit and Finance, with direct responsibility for all administrative, business and facilities operations, including design and construction activity throughout Brown University. In this role she assists the President of Brown University

Christina Paxson Christina Hull Paxson (born February 6, 1960) is an American economist and public health expert serving as the 19th president of Brown University. Previously, she was the Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics & Public Affairs at Princeton Univers ...

in defining the future goals and administrative plans for the University. Her current assistant's name is Carlyn Hansen-Decelles. Chernow is a member of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). At Stony Brook University Chernow held the Chair of the Project 50 Forward Operational Excellence Program Management Office, which oversaw efforts to streamline procedures, optimize programs and improve support services campus-wide. From October 2007 to October 2013 Barbara served as President of Stony Brook University's Faculty Student Association, the not-for-profit organization that provides dining, retail and other auxiliary services to the Stony Brook campus community. Chernow was a member of State University of New York Business Officers' Association (SUBOA). Chernow first joined Stony Brook University in 1998 as a special assistant to then President of Stony Brook University,

Shirley Strum Kenny Shirley Strum Kenny (born 1934) is an English scholar and retired university president. Kenny was the fourth president of Stony Brook University from 1994 until the end of the 2008-2009 academic year. She was the first woman to hold that positi ...

. During her more than 35-year career, Chernow has held a variety of senior management positions in facilities and operations including serving as the

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

of Administration for the New York City School Construction Authority and as Director of the New York City Board of Education's Office of Pupil Transportation. She was also a past recipient of the Executive Leadership Award presented by the National Association of Professional Women in Construction.

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Brown University Announces Chernow Appointment
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