Barbara Chernow is an American

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and since March 2015, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

. She served as Senior Vice President for Administration at

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public university, public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is on ...

from 2012 to 2015. On December 12, 2014, Chernow was named as the next Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration at

Early life and education

Born in

New Hyde Park New Hyde Park is a village in the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is the anchor community of the Greater New Hyde Park area. The population was 10,257 at the time of the ...

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, raised in

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and

Staten Island Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the ad ...

, Chernow attended Susan E. Wagner High School in

. She went on to attend

and graduated with a BA in

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and a

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. Chernow currently resides in

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

with her husband.

Career

Chernow has held a variety of senior management positions in facilities and operations including serving as the

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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. Chernow joined

in 1998 as a special assistant to then President of

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 ...

. At Stony Brook, 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. From October 2007 to October 2013 she was 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 oversees Brown University's administrative side, which includes Facilities and Services, Budget, Human Resources, Audit and Finance. In this role she assists the President of

Christina Paxson in defining the future goals and administrative plans for the university. Chernow is a member of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP).

References

External links

Brown University Announces Chernow Appointment
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