University of Michigan CEO and leadership

Melanie Barnett is a Chief Executive Education Officer at University of Michigan.

Geoff S. Chatas is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Ohio State University since February 15, 2010. Geoff S. Chatas serves as Manager of AEP Texas Central Transition Funding LLC. He served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of American Electric Power Co Inc. since April 24, 2003. He served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carolina Power & Light Co. from January 2004 to November 14, 2005. Geoff S. Chatas served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Florida Power Corp. He was responsible for all corporate finance functions; treasury operations, including cash management; employee benefits fund management and investor relations of AEP. Geoff S. Chatas also served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, Florida Progress Corporation, Progress Energy Carolinas and Progress Energy Florida, all the subsidiaries of Progress Energy Inc. since January 2004. He served as AEP's Vice President, finance, since June 2000. Geoff S. Chatas served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Progress Energy Inc. from January 1, 2004 to November 2005. Geoff S. Chatas served as Senior Vice President of Finance of Progress Energy Inc. from October 2003 to December 2003. He served as Managing Director, Corporate Finance of AEP from June 1998 to June 2000 and Managing Director, Project Finance OF AEP from September 1997 to June 1998. Geoff S. Chatas joined AEP in 1997. He worked at Bank One Capital, where he served as Vice President, Housing and Health Care Finance Group. He also has held several positions with Citibank in London and New York, including the Power Finance Group and the Global Aviation Finance Group. Geoff S. Chatas oversaw accounting, financial planning and regulatory services, enterprise risk management and Florida finance of Progress Energy Inc. He has been a Director of TechColumbus since December 2010. Geoff S. Chatas serves as a Director of Florida Power Corporation, a subsidiary of Florida Progress Corporation. He served as a Director of Southwest Generation Operating Company, LLC. Geoff S. Chatas received a Masters degree in business administration in 1990 from INSEAD, a Masters Degree in History in 1988 from Oxford University in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor degree in Economics and history in 1985 from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

In addition to his interim appointment, Mr. Smith has served, and continues to serve, as associate vice president for finance beginning July 2019 where he oversees the university’s central financial functions: accounting, externally audited financial statements, financial analysis, internal controls, payroll, procurement, risk management, sponsored programs, student accounts, tax, and treasury. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Mr. Smith served as a senior assistant vice chancellor and treasurer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During his 15-year career at UNC, Smith also held the positions of assistant vice chancellor for finance and accounting, interim associate vice chancellor for finance, director of treasury and risk management services, director of treasury operations and university debt manager.

Before joining UNC, he held management positions at Wachovia Bank for 12 years.

Mr. Smith is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.

As the interim EVPCFO at the University of Michigan, Mr. Smith is responsible for the general supervision of all finances, property and business of the University of Michigan. The EVPCFO oversees an organization comprised of 2,620 staff responsible for architecture, construction, operations and maintenance of 39 million gross square feet of facilities, parking and transportation; occupational safety and environmental health; utilities; human resources; staff ombuds office, enterprise strategic risk management, financial operations; and more than 12 billion in investments.

Catherine Lilly is a Senior Advisor, Executive Team Member. Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Office at University of Michigan and is based in United States.

D Fussman are a Mathematics Chief Administrator at University of Michigan.