Slate Position: Vice President for Finance
Position Statement:
I am honored to have been nominated again for the VP for Finance & Investments role because being able to serve our Association in a strategic capacity to improve our financial standing to provide avenues to use our resources to give back is a tremendous responsibility. There are few opportunities that are more rewarding than being able to provide good stewardship for the causes and associations you care about, and is why I am excited to be given the chance again to serve in this capacity.
From a skills perspective, I have extensive experience with finance and investments. Functionally in the handling of finances for a non-profit association I have served as both the President and Treasurer for PACRAO. During my tenure as PACRAO treasurer, I reorganized the Association's financial planning strategy and book-keeping processes to provide more clarity to membership. These changes were also made to assist the PACRAO Board with understanding the P&L for their annual meeting and gain insight into board expenses. In my professional role as Vice Provost of Strategy at my university I have numerous accountabilities tied to managing our financial resources. Mainly, I am responsible for building and supporting multi-million-dollar annual operating plans on behalf of the academic division at my institution. This includes handling contract negotiations and relationship support for third-party vendors (LMS, EdTech, etc.) and strategic planning for internal initiatives to create opportunities for reinvestment through savings or greater efficiency. My efforts at my institution in this arena led me to be recognized by UPCEA in 2024 for their award in Operational Excellence for institutional business operations. My skills and competencies understanding both non-profit and for-profit financial, accounting, and negotiating principles on a practical basis make me an ideal candidate to serve AACRAO capably in this critical role.
Beyond my skills and experience in finance and investments, I continually desire to serve AACRAO to give back and advance the organization. If elected to the role of VP for Finance & Investments I would make my primary focus on finding ways to strategically capitalize on existing resources to find ways to invest more in member driven causes and supporting critical AACRAO learning mobility initiatives. I am humbled to be given this opportunity once again to serve you and the Association in this capacity.
Request Dr. Mark Booker as a speaker
AACRAO Bio
With nearly two decades of experience working with online and distance education students at the post-secondary level in admissions, registrar, and academic administration roles Marc Booker brings a unique perspective on the trends in higher education from a non-traditional student lens. As Vice Provost for Strategy at the University of Phoenix, Marc oversees critical path academic initiatives to improve the student experience such as learning platform implementations, curricular enhancements, and developing empathetic solutions to drive improved student outcomes through data.
Marc is actively engaged in the higher education community and in 2016 served as the President for the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and is currently a faculty member for the Association’s Leadership Development Institute. Since 2009, Marc also has been a regular speaker, contributor, and subject matter expert at national and regional conferences for AACRAO, PACRAO, CAEL, EDUCAUSE, and ACBSP sharing insight on various topics including leadership, process improvement, change management, prior learning assessment, transfer credit, and articulation. Marc has also contributed to several publications as a co-author for AACRAO’s Guide to Best Practices: Articulation Agreements (2019); writing a chapter on international admissions for the AACRAO International Guide (2016), and was a consultant and named contributor to the Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Co-Enrollment (2014) study published by the National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S. Department of Education. In 2020, Marc received a Hall of Fame recognition from Blackboard for his contributions in providing thought leadership and innovation in education.
Marc has extensive experience with finances and investments. Functionally, he served as both the President and also as Treasurer for PACRAO. During his tenure as PACRAO treasurer, he re-organized the Association's financial planning strategy and book-keeping processes to provide more clarity to membership and assist the PACRAO Board with understanding the P&L for their annual meeting and board expenses more clearly. In his professional role at work as Vice Provost-Strategy, he is responsible for building and allocating multi-million dollar annual operating plans on behalf of the academic division at my institution. This includes handling contract negotiations and relationship support for third-party vendors (LMS, EdTech, etc.) consisting of several multi-million dollar partnerships.
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