SUNY Board Appoints Curtis L. Lloyd Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration and Chief of Staff ¿ Office of the Chancellor

Albany – The State University of New York Board of Trustees today voted unanimously to appoint Curtis L. Lloyd associate vice chancellor for finance and administration and chief of staff – Office of the Chancellor, effective immediately.

Lloyd will also retain the duties and responsibilities of his current position as assistant vice chancellor and chief human resources officer and director of University-wide Human Resources.

“Curtis Lloyd’s skillful management of complex financial and personnel matters provides me with confidence in his capability to take on additional responsibility as my Chief of Staff,” said SUNY Interim Chancellor Dr. John B. Clark. “Mr. Lloyd is very well respect within the SUNY system and I look forward to working more closely with Curtis in his new position.”

“I am grateful for the confidence of the chancellor and the Board of Trustees,” said Lloyd.  “I look forward to my new responsibilities and, along with the chancellor, SUNY faculty, students and staff, to accelerating the positive momentum now underway across the system.”

Lloyd’s new appointment as chief of staff will involve increased responsibilities in the day-to-day administration and management of the Division of Finance and Business, including human resources, budget and administrative systems. 

He will serve as the chancellor's liaison with SUNY System Administration and campus administrators and staff, as appropriate, and will serve as the chancellor's chief of staff. He will be responsible for coordinating the operations of the Office of the Chancellor, including briefings, responses to inquires, meeting preparation and follow-up and projects and activities involving multiple University areas. 

Lloyd may be assigned other specific tasks during the ongoing interim chancellor period to strengthen the operations of the Chancellor's Office and to prepare the way for the upcoming leadership transition.

Lloyd has been assistant vice chancellor and chief human resources officer and director of University-wide Human Resources since February 2000 and will continue in this capacity as part of his new appointment. As such, he supervises the University-wide and System Administration Human Resources Operations, including liaison between SUNY campuses and state agencies for administering benefits programs, maintenance of the University’s Human Resource Management System, maintenance of the University’s Title and Position System, University-wide data collection and analysis, administration of Union Contracts, and System Administration’s Human Resource business functions, such as appointments, terminations, and departmental support. 

From 1990-2000, Lloyd served as assistant director of business affairs at SUNY System Administration.  He was responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the accounting, budgeting, purchasing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, contract administration, and payroll and travel functions of the Office of Business Affairs.

In 1992, Lloyd held the position of interim director of administration at the Martin Luther King Institute.  From 1980 - 1990 he held several positions, increasing in scope and responsibility, at the State University of New York at Albany.

Lloyd earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1980 and a Masters in Business Administration in 1988 from the State University of New York at Albany. His annual salary will be $162,500.

The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating more than 427,000 students in 7,669 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunity, visit www.suny.edu 

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