Koch Hired as UMC Vice Chancellor for Finance
Rose Koch (pronounced “cook”) has been hired as Vice Chancellor for Finance at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). She began her duties on December 18, 2002. She replaces Dean McCleary, who left in November to pursue an opportunity with a regional banking firm in Fargo, North Dakota.
Koch’s prior experience includes work as deputy general manager for finance and corporate planning with a multinational communications company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and in Denver, CO, and co-owning and operating a regional financial planning business in Crookston. She holds a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. She is originally from Crookston.
As Vice Chancellor for Finance at UMC, Koch will be responsible for providing leadership and oversight in the development of annual capital, research, and operating budgets; evaluating and providing budget recommendations; forecasting expenditure levels; and directing the business services of the campus including financial reporting, business training, purchasing, payroll, disbursement services, stores and inventory services, students accounts receivable, postal services, the UMC Bookstore, and financial systems development.
Koch lives in Mentor, Minn., with her husband, Dennis. They have two children.
Listen to a UMC Insight
interview with Rose Koch
(RealMedia file recorded on January 9, 2003)
Posted 01/09/2003
Contact: Andrew Svec,
218-281-8435