Nico Washington
Following a nationwide search, Haverford has appointed Nico Washington to direct the Faculty’s monetary affairs and handle a broad portfolio of working departments together with Campus Security, Central Providers, Administrative Auxiliary Providers, Eating, Services, and Human Assets. Her first day at Haverford shall be March 1.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Nico Washington to Haverford,” mentioned President Wendy Raymond. “Her management, expertise, and mission alignment with our values-based liberal arts training shall be excellent additions to our group.”
Washington’s work in greater training started at Johns Hopkins College, the place she administered programming on the Carey Faculty of Enterprise. From there, she spent twenty years within the College System of Maryland. This service included being affiliate provost for monetary affairs and chief of workers on the College of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and culminating as chief working and monetary officer on the Universities at Shady Grove (USG). Whereas on the College of Maryland, she oversaw the ultimate design, development and opening of USG’s $200 million Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (BSE) LEED Platinum-certified facility.
Her curiosity in finance and administration led her to the Agnes Irwin Faculty in 2021 in close by Bryn Mawr, PA, the place as chief monetary officer she oversees all features of the college’s fiscal administration, operations, and funds in addition to managing Campus Services, Campus Security and Safety, Auxiliary Applications, the Enterprise Workplace, and Human Assets.
“Haverford is such a particular faculty, and I’m thrilled to affix such an revolutionary, hardworking, and enthusiastic staff of people,” says Washington. “The eagerness, dedication, and dedication to Haverford got here by loud and clear throughout my interview course of. I’m notably excited in regards to the group’s collective imaginative and prescient for Haverford’s future.”
A graduate of the College of Maryland, with a BS in accounting, Washington additionally earned a masters in enterprise administration at Maryland. She succeeds interim appointee Yvonne Berry, who got here to Haverford following the departure of long-serving VPFA Mitch Wein final summer time.
“I’m grateful that Nico will have the ability to construct upon the sturdy foundations laid by Yvonne Berry, Mitch Wein, and lots of colleagues,” mentioned Raymond. “As we implement our new strategic plan and proceed to maneuver the Faculty ahead in vital methods, I sit up for Nico’s contributions to Haverford’s subsequent chapters.”
