Up, Down and in the Middle: The unique vantage point of the AVP in fiscal management in student affairs
Includes a Live Web Event on 04/09/2025 at 3:30 PM (EDT)
When we imagine a day in the life of a thriving student affairs professional, images of fiscal management may not be the first spring to mind. However, for todayâs AVP, a keen understanding of âall things budgetâ is critical for a professional to be an effective divisional leader and colleague. This panel brings together a variety of institutional types and issues and aims to assist attendees in considering how they can improve their practice as experts in division financial planning and advocacy and be effective role models for their campus.
Learning Outcomes
1. Craft a basic outline framework of responsibilities unique to the AVP role for division fiscal management
2. Identify and explore challenges and obstacles for developing confidence and competency in financial planning, budget models and building partnerships with campus colleagues related to fiscal matters.
3. Determine aspects of departmental culture that can be improved by practices that encourage fiscal competency development throughout the organization
Alicia Erwin
Assistant Vice President for Student Life, Strategic Operations
Mount Holyoke College
Alicia Martinez Newell
Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
Wichita State University
Carrie Lovelace Petr, PhD, PCC, BCC
CEO, Carrie Lovelace Petr Coaching & Consulting, LLC
Carrie Lovelace Petr Coaching & Consulting
A seasoned executive administrator, Carrie Lovelace Petr holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to founding her higher-education focused coaching and consulting practice, Carrie served as the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of the Pacific (CA) and Doane University (NE). Carrie was the founding director of the Zenon CR Hansen Minor in Leadership Studies at Doane University and has practiced leadership development and higher education administration for more than 25 years.
Carrie has lived her professional career in service to higher education staff, students, and faculty. Prior to founding her full-time coaching practice, Carrie served as senior student affairs officer at two institutions; throughout her career in higher education, she has supervised all traditional areas in the field of student affairs. Outside of the student affairs arena, Carrie has enjoyed work as a faculty member, academic adviser, and academic administrator.
Specializing in higher-education executives and professionals in both student affairs and academic affairs, Carrie has expertise in all aspects of leadership, organizational behavior, and talent management. She trained as a certified professional and executive coach at the ICF-accredited College of Executive Coaching and holds credentials as both a Professional Certified Coach (PCC-level) from the International Coaching Federation and a Board-Certified Coach by the Center for Credentialing Education.
Neil Jamerson
Assistant Dean for Community Standards & Student Support
Vanderbilt University
Continuing Education Credits
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Guidelines for earning CE credit:
No partial credit will be rewarded.
Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.
1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.
To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of completion for the Virtual Conference.