Anderes to be chief operating officer for UW System
Racine native Thomas Anderes will be the University of Wisconsin System's new senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs.
UW System President Kevin Reilly announced the appointment Monday.
Anderes will serve as chief operating officer for the UW System, which had an enrollment of more than 170,000 students this past school year in two doctoral universities, 11 comprehensive campuses, 13 freshman-sophomore UW Colleges and the UW-Extension program.
Anderes is currently the senior vice president for administration and finance at Texas Tech University, a post he has held since 2004. He was the senior vice chancellor for finance and administration at the Oregon University System from 2000 to 2004. Anderes, with more than 30 years of experience in higher education, previously held various leadership and financial management positions at the Nevada System of Higher Education and the Connecticut Department of Higher Education.
Anderes is currently responsible for Texas Tech's $600 million annual operating budget, a $250 million capital budget, and all related finance functions at the 29,000-student campus. In Oregon, Anderes oversaw a $2 billion annual operating budget for a system of seven universities with 76,000 enrolled students.
Anderes now will work closely with Reilly on all matters relating to the UW System's commitment to operational efficiency and accountability.
Anderes succeeds UW System executive senior vice president Don Mash, who will retire in June. Mash was appointed to that UW System post in 2005, after serving as chancellor of UW-Eau Claire for seven years.
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