Goucher College: Goucher College Names New Chief Financial Officer

Press release from Goucher College:

June 10, 2021

Goucher will welcome David Valentine as chief financial officer/vice president for
finance & administration on August 2, 2021.

Dave Valentine

After a comprehensive nationwide search, David (Dave) Valentine has been selected
as the next Goucher College Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance
& Administration. As the college’s CFO, he will join the President’s Cabinet and be
a member of the institution’s leadership team while overseeing finance, human resources,
information technology, and planning for Goucher.

“I am pleased to welcome Dave to the Goucher community and for him to share his extensive
experience with us in this vital position,” said Goucher College President Kent Devereaux.
“He will play an integral role in the execution of strategic plan initiatives and
integrating our finance, human resources, and information technology departments to
achieve greater efficiencies and a better student experience.”

Valentine brings 30 years of leadership in strategy, finance, and operations to his
new position at Goucher. He most recently served as the vice president for financial
services/CFO at Otis College of Art & Design and has served in similar positions at
the Kavli Foundation, as well as various other positions in finance and information
technology at the University of Pennsylvania, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Annenberg Foundation.
He holds an M.B.A. from Drexel University and a B.B.A. from Temple University.

Before joining Otis College, Valentine spent a year as president of the Valentine/Crawford
Group, providing consulting services to leaders of color in the charter school environment.
His experience with the Kavli Foundation included service as vice president for finance
and CFO, where he effectively stewarded endowment resources and managed the foundation’s
budget. Valentine also served as the executive director of finance in the Business
Services Division—the primary commercial arm—of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
At Penn, he also oversaw adopting a new funding approach for student residence halls
and providing better alignment of timing and financing of annual multi-million-dollar
facility renewal and refresh projects.

After a comprehensive nationwide search, David (Dave) Valentine has been selected
as the next Goucher College Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance
& Administration. As the college’s CFO, he will join the President’s Cabinet and be
a member of the institution’s leadership team while overseeing finance, human resources,
information technology, and planning for Goucher.

“I am pleased to welcome Dave to the Goucher community and for him to share his extensive
experience with us in this vital position,” said Goucher College President Kent Devereaux.
“He will play an integral role in the execution of strategic plan initiatives and
integrating our finance, human resources, and information technology departments to
achieve greater efficiencies and a better student experience.”

Valentine brings 30 years of leadership in strategy, finance, and operations to his
new position at Goucher. He most recently served as the vice president for financial
services/CFO at Otis College of Art & Design and has served in similar positions at
the Kavli Foundation, as well as various other positions in finance and information
technology at the University of Pennsylvania, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Annenberg Foundation.
He holds an M.B.A. from Drexel University and a B.B.A. from Temple University.

Before joining Otis College, Valentine spent a year as president of the Valentine/Crawford
Group, providing consulting services to leaders of color in the charter school environment.
His experience with the Kavli Foundation included service as vice president for finance
and CFO, where he effectively stewarded endowment resources and managed the foundation’s
budget. Valentine also served as the executive director of finance in the Business
Services Division—the primary commercial arm—of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
At Penn, he also oversaw adopting a new funding approach for student residence halls
and providing better alignment of timing and financing of annual multi-million-dollar
facility renewal and refresh projects.

This press release was produced by Goucher College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.