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Leadership and Offices

The Business and Finance offices report directly to Christine Regis, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

Human Resources

Sheri Starkey,
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Office of Finance and Planning

Ernie Barry,
Vice President for Finance and Planning

Office of Facilities Planning and Management

Michael Molina,
Vice President for Facilities, Planning and Management, and University Architect

Campus Services

Alison Tweedy,
Associate Vice President of Campus Services

Office of Risk Management

Leigh Ann Moffett,
Associate Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Jim Walters,Associate Vice President and Chief of Police

Contracts Administration

Melanie Bailey,
Senior Contracts Administrator

Lisa Palacioz,
Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Christine (Chris) Regis

Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Regis joined ÕýÆ·À¶µ¼º½ in September 2007 from the University of California system, where she served as assistant vice president for administrative services for the agriculture and natural resources division since July 2005. Prior to her position at the University of California, she served for 12 years at Western New Mexico University (WNMU) as vice president for business and administration. She is a certified public accountant and earned a B.S. in accounting from New Mexico State University and an M.B.A. from WNMU.

Her involvement in community and professional organizations includes service as a Children’s Medical Center of Dallas Operating Division Associates Board member, a National Association of College and University Business Officers member, and previous service as a United Way volunteer as a Community Impact Grant panelist.

Regis was a 2021 Outstanding CFO finalist for the D CEO Financial Executive Awards and was a 2018 recipient of the Texas Diversity Council Most Powerful and Influential Women of Texas Award. She is a past member of the Hansen Agricultural Center Advisory Board, Rotary Club of Silver City, Business and Professional Women, Optimist Club of Silver City, and ex officio member of the WNMU Foundation. She was the Young Careerist for the State of New Mexico and is a Paul Harris Fellow.