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AROUND THE QUADS
President-elect Lee C. Bollinger is bringing with him two of
his key aides at the University of Michigan, Robert Kasdin and
Susan K. Feagin. Kasdin has been named to the newly created position of senior
executive vice president, and Feagin has been named vice president
for development and alumni relations. Both will assume their
positions on July 1. Kasdin had been executive vice president and
chief financial officer at Michigan and Feagin had been vice
president for development. Kasdin will help Bollinger shape his new administration, and
will apply his management and financial expertise to a variety of
departments and programs, including areas in health sciences and
university computing. “As new initiatives begin,
Kasdin’s portfolio will expand,” according to the
announcement of his appointment.
“Having worked closely with Robert for the past five
years, I can say without qualification that he is one of the
finest, most creative academic administrators in the nation,”
said Bollinger in announcing the appointment. “Columbia is
experiencing remarkable institutional momentum, with the happy
consequence that there are more and more things to be done. Robert
is an ideal person to add now to ensure that we accomplish as much
as we possibly can in the years ahead.” At
Michigan, Kasdin had oversight responsibility for the financial
health of the university, including its schools, colleges and
health care system. He had direct responsibility for
Michigan’s $8 billion balance sheet; financial controls and
audited financial statements; financial operations supporting the
$3.8 billion operating budget; the $5 billion investment portfolio;
a human resources and employee benefits administration supporting
30,000 employees; administrative computing; operations and
maintenance for 25 million square feet of facilities; and the
planning, design and construction of capital projects with an
average annual budget of $150 million. Kasdin previously served as treasurer and chief investment
officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was responsible
for the museum’s $1.1 billion investment portfolio,
determining and executing debt strategies, and managing financial
operations and accounting. Kasdin graduated from Princeton in 1980 and received his J.D.
from Harvard in 1983. He was a corporate attorney at Davis Polk and
Wardwell from 1983–88 before becoming vice president and
general counsel of the Princeton University Investment Company, the
organization that oversees the investment of Princeton’s
endowment. He moved to the Metropolitan in 1993. Feagin received a B.A. from General Studies in 1974 and served
for eight years on the General Studies Advisory Council. She began
her fund-raising career here before joining Harvard’s
development office in 1975. She returned to Columbia in 1982 as
campaign director for Arts and Sciences, and in 1986 she was named
executive director of the Campaign for Arts and Sciences and
Professional Schools during a five-year drive that raised $500
million for the University. In
1987, she returned to Harvard as associate director of university
development for planning and external relations. In 1990, she was
named associate dean for development for the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, and in 1996 she became director of university
development, responsible for overseeing a $2.1 billion fund-raising
effort at Harvard. She
accepted a vice presidency at Michigan in 1998, and under her
leadership, Michigan raised $230.6 million in Fiscal Year 2000 and
$218 in FY2001, both substantial increases over previous school
records for annual fund raising. “Susan Feagin is the best at what she does,” said
Bollinger. “She also is a person of great dedication to
Columbia and an extraordinarily good person to work with. I am
delighted that she is returning.” Feagin succeeds Richard Naum, who announced his resignation in
January, effective June 30. Naum, who headed UDAR for the past 11
years, oversaw the 10-year Campaign for Columbia that raised $2.84
billion, one of the largest fund-raising efforts by any university.
Also, Anne M. McSweeney has announced her plans to retire from her
position as deputy vice president and special adviser to the
president for development, effective June 30. McSweeney came to
Columbia in 1977 from a career in advertising and public relations
and served for 25 years under three presidents — William
McGill, Michael Sovern and George Rupp — during a period that
saw annual fund raising climb to an all-time high of $358.7 million
last year.
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