Janet Waldron

New Vice President for Financial & Institutional Services and Chief Financial Officer

JANET WALDRON HAS been named Vice President for Financial & Institutional Services and Chief Financial Officer at MMA. Waldron is a well-respected professional in academic, operational, and financial services sectors within both public and private institutions of higher education. Waldron’s decades of experience in strategic financial and operational management, budgeting, and financial forecasting are robust. Her recent roles as Interim Vice President for Finance and CFO at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire and Vice President for Finance and Administration at Paul Smith’s College in New York saw her advise and structure all elements of complex budgeting, new areas of revenue generation, and creating operational efficiencies. In addition to these posts, Waldron is well-known to the higher education community in Maine, having served as Vice President and Sr. Vice President for Administration and Finance for more than a decade at the University of Maine, Orono.

Before her career in higher education, Waldron held many positions at the highest state levels, most notably serving as the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services for the State of Maine appointed by the Governor. While in that office, her responsibilities included overseeing a more than $10 billion biennial budget, the State’s Buildings and Grounds and Capital Budget including facilities management, Human Resources, Information Technology, construction, repair, and maintenance and leasing.

Waldron brings to Maine Maritime Academy a deep understanding of capital project funding and state and municipal financial agreements. She is a proven leader of diverse teams of professionals and has the respect of elected officials and academic and financial professionals alike throughout Maine and New England. As MMA engages in complex projects such as the Curtis Hall Renovation, the waterfront renovation, and the pier construction, she will lead her new MMA teams with great competency and direction.

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