SUSAN CYBULSKI
MARY ALICE BOYD (left) AND JEN ERIKSEN (right) JOIN QUEENS’ SENIOR LEADERSHIP
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Mary Alice Boyd began her new role as CFO and vice president of administration at Queens in February. Boyd, who has held this position on an interim basis since July 2020, says her main priority is to ensure the university continues to offer transformational experiences in ways that are financially sound and responsible. Boyd joined Queens in 2012 as director of treasury and risk management. There she managed operating and capital credit lines and long-range cash forecasts in addition to coordinating financing for large capital expenditures. In her new role, she will lead the business office, which includes finance, accounting, payroll, treasury and risk management. She will also provide oversight for administrative support departments including information technology, campus planning and auxiliary vendor services. A native of Waynesville, North Carolina, Boyd earned
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a master’s in accounting, as well as a bachelor of arts in journalism and mass communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She previously served in a Big Four accounting firm, as she is a CPA licensed in North Carolina, and held roles at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “I’m honored, humbled and thrilled to be able to serve Queens in this role,” said Boyd. Jennifer Eriksen, a 25-year veteran of strategic marketing,
development and communication, has also joined Queens’ senior leadership and serves as vice president for advancement. Previously senior director of annual giving and advancement
getting that perspective from her years of experience,” he said. “She just has a spirit of gratitude that radiates when she speaks.” “It makes me happy; it makes me proud; it makes me feel good. …I find it rewarding personally when I see these young people and how they enjoy picking my brain and sharing my ideas and experiences. It’s a mutual learning experience,” Cybulski said of the scholarships and her role as a mentor. “Tinking about yourself as a good person is one thing but doing something to demonstrate it is something else. You have to put your money where your mouth is.”
—Michelle Boudin
communications at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Eriksen was a key leader in developing and executing the largest fundraising campaign in liberal arts college history. Five years into the seven-year effort, more than 22,000 alumni, parents and friends have collectively raised more than $600 million. “I’m proud to join Queens at such an extraordinary time
and to help lead the transformational efforts of President Lugo,” Eriksen says. “I cannot wait to work with our community on and beyond campus to further support the learning, civic engagement and thought leadership for which Queens is renowned.” Before Colby, Eriksen held several development and
communications leadership roles at the University of Maine at Farmington. She received a B.S. in communications from Bradley University and completed the HERS Program Management Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College.
—Keith Pierce
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