One of the University’s top finance officials is leaving Foggy Bottom for a position on the West Coast.
Dave Lawlor, the senior associate vice president for finance, will serve as chief financial officer and vice chancellor of finance and resource management at the University of California, Davis, the institution’s chancellor Linda Katehi announced Tuesday. He will begin his new position Nov. 3.
“I feel very fortunate to move from one world-class institution to another,” Lawlor said in a UC Davis press release. “The financial challenges, opportunities for growth in research and fundraising, globalization factors, and new modes of instruction present similar business decision points.”
Lawlor leaves GW after seven years, during which he also served as chair of the Innovation Task Force, University President Steven Knapp’s signature program to cut costs and create revenue-generating initiatives. Knapp asked the group to find $60 million in savings annually, a goal the ITF has faced setbacks in reaching.
Knapp praised the departing administrator in the UC Davis release, saying “his dedication and his collaborative style enabled the ITF to identify savings and new revenue sources that are having a transformational impact on our university.”
Before coming to GW, Lawlor was chief financial and chief operating officer at PCTEL Maryland, Inc. and also served as vice president of strategy and business development at the Chicago branch of PCTEL, Inc.
With Lawlor’s departure, the University will have to fill the vacancies of three senior administrator who chose to step down this month.
Elliott School of International Affairs Dean Michael Brown will step down at the end of the academic year, and Mike Morsberger, vice president for development and alumni relations, announced last week he will leave at the end of the month.
This post was updated to reflect the following correction:
The Hatchet incorrectly reported that Lawlor was the third senior administrator to announce his departure from the University this month, following Dean Michael Brown and Mike Morsberger. Though he is stepping down from his position as dean, Brown will continue to work at GW as a professor. We regret this error.
