The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to name Todd Saliman, a longtime CU executive and former state official, to serve as the university system s interim president,
CU Regents name Todd Saliman as interim university president
Saliman, the chief financial officer for the university system, will step in for Mark Kennedy, who announced he was stepping down as CU president last month. Author: Jennifer Campbell-Hicks Updated: 1:18 PM MDT June 1, 2021
The University of Colorado Board of Regents on Tuesday named Todd Saliman, the university system s chief financial officer, as CU s interim president, effective July 1.
The regents named Saliman as the interim university president in a unanimous vote. He will take over for Mark Kennedy, who announced last month that he was leaving the post.
Saliman is the system s CFO and senior vice president for strategy and government relations. He has been at CU since 2011, according to the university.
The first, and so far only, candidate for the University of Colorado Board of Regents has announced his intentions to run in 2022.
Denver resident Scott Mangino, a Democrat, says he wants to nab one of two at-large seats on the nine-member board that oversees the stateâs flagship university.
Mangino says the university, like all across the state and nation, faces a number of challenges as it tries to re-coop enrollment and revenue losses due to the COVID-10 pandemic.
âThe University of Colorado is not immune to any of these challenges,â Mangino said. âTo ensure our institutions not only recover but thrive over the next decade, the Board of Regents needs to be hyper-focused on inducing innovation, challenging the status quo and re-thinking every aspect of how we operated, including an enhanced level of transparency with the people of Colorado.â
Todd Saliman, CU senior vice president and chief financial officer, will temporarily succeed Mark Kennedy, who was censured in April by the Boulder faculty assembly for a “failure of leadership with respect to diversity, equity and inclusion.”