Yudof Announces Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Strategic Management
Geri Hockfield Malandra has been appointed to the newly created position of vice chancellor for strategic management in The University of Texas System. The executive appointment, announced August 24 by Chancellor Mark G. Yudof, is effective September 1. Dr. Malandra is currently associate vice chancellor for institutional planning and accountability and interim executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
In her new role, Malandra will lead and coordinate implementation of the UT System Board of Regents new 10-year strategic plan as well as management planning for the UT System Administration. She led development of the strategic plan, and also is responsible for the creation, implementation and improvements of the system's accountability reports, and ensuring alignment between system-level and campus-level planning efforts.
Before joining the UT System Administration in 2002, Malandra held administrative, policy, and teaching positions in college and central administration at the University of Minnesota where she was the architect of that system's first integrated accountability report. She served as a liaison with other higher education systems in Minnesota, coordinated the expansion of a multi-campus education center in Rochester, Minnesota, established the university's first off-campus technology education center, and directed the office of research development in the College of Liberal Arts.
Malandra holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology and archeology from Carleton College and a master's and doctoral degree in ancient studies from the University of Minnesota.
Updated: 2006-09-08
