Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration, UNM
Education
MBA – University of California, Berkeley
BS – Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
Business/Research Background
Ms. Costantinidis currently serves as University of New Mexico’s Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration. She is responsible for the units that provide financial, administrative, and operational support functions to the UNM Community including the Financial Services Division, Human Resources, Information Technologies, Police Department, Environmental Health & Safety, Policy, Strategic Initiatives, and Institutional Support Services. In addition, she works closely with senior leadership, including the President, Provost, EVP for Health Sciences, Deans, Regents, and the UNM Foundation.
Ms. Costantinidis has higher education budget, financial, and administrative management experience spanning over 35 years. Prior to this position, she was the University of California, San Francisco’s Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer, responsible for planning and administering the overall campus operating and capital budgets, costing policy, federal indirect cost rate negotiations, recharge, enterprise-wide decision support, risk management, insurance services, and planning and institutional analysis. At the UC Berkeley campus, she served as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Budget & Resource Planning and Senior Assistant Dean and Chief Operating Officer for the Haas School of Business.
Particular Knowledge and Skills
Ms. Costantinidis is an active and contributing board member to professional and community organizations including the Western and National Association of College and University Business Officers, Lobo Energy Incorporated, UNM Rainforest Innovations, Lobo Development Corporation, the Harwood Museum, and the New Mexico Public Broadcasting Service.