will start at Florida Tech on July 8
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Kimberly D. Williams, who has more than 20 years of experience in finance, higher education, and law, has been named Florida Tech’s vice president of administration and finance and chief financial officer.
Williams most recently served as the vice president for business affairs, CFO and treasurer at the University of Findlay in Ohio. She will start at Florida Tech on July 8.
“The campus community feedback received when Kim visited us was overwhelmingly positive,” President John Nicklow wrote in an email to the university announcing her hire. “I’m confident that she has the skill set to help move our university forward, together.”
Williams graduated from Fayetteville State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and earned an MBA from Western Kentucky University. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law.
She served as a civil litigation attorney in Missouri for five years before becoming chief financial officer and corporate counsel for a global, consolidated corporation in the aviation industry.
There, she oversaw the company’s overall financial health and gave project oversight across several fields as a strategic leader.
In 2016 Williams entered higher education, becoming business manager and director of business services for the University of Arkansas. After two years at UA, she was named assistant vice president for administrative and business services at Middle Tennessee State University.
As the senior administrator, she supported the department’s mission to provide effective and innovative business and administrative services to enrich learning and academic excellence on campus.
Williams stayed in Tennessee until 2022, when she became the vice president for business affairs, CFO and treasurer at University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. There, she oversaw all matters related to the financial management of the university, serving as the primary steward of its financial and physical resources.
Williams is a member of several professional associations, including the National Association of College and University Business Officers, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, the Ohio Association of College and Business Officers and the National Association of Educational Procurement.
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