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Athens, OH-based Ohio University has Appointed Deborah J. Moon Shaffer as Senior Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration
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Established in 1804, Ohio University is the oldest university in the Northwest Territory. Located in Athens, OH, the University has earned a reputation for its rich educational tradition and outstanding academic programs. The main campus population is more than 20,000 and includes students from nearly every state and about 100 nations. Five regional campuses extend University access across southern Ohio and bring the University’s total enrollment to more than 35,000. Ohio University offers more than 250 areas of undergraduate study. On the graduate level, the University grants master’s degrees in nearly all of its major academic divisions and doctoral degrees in selected departments. Ohio University is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and has been designated as a high activity research university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University also has been cited for academic quality by "U.S. News and World Report," "Washington Monthly" and others. The John Templeton Foundation also has recognized Ohio University as one of the top character-building institutions in the country.
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Deborah J. Moon Shaffer is the Senior Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration at Ohio University. She is responsible for the departments of Human Resources and Finance. Her first day was July 10, 2013. Shaffer held senior leadership positions at Carnegie Mellon University for more than 11 years, eight of them as Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, she worked at KPMG Consulting as a senior manager for the firm’s National Higher Education Practice. Moreover, she served as director at the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation, a Pennsylvania hospital and university system comprised of 13 hospitals, the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, and a research institute. She currently serves as a board member of the UPMC Health Plan, an integrated health care delivery system owned by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Shaffer attended the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and received her Bachelor of Science in finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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