Mangum selects new vice president of finance and administration

FAMU President Elmira Mangum has appointed Dale Cassidy to serve as vice president for Finance and Administration. Cassidy will assume his position in mid-October.

As the vice president for Finance and Administration, he will be responsible for the continued enhancement of the University’s budget, financial management, enterprise information technology, and accounting systems.

Cassidy has worked as a certified public accountant for nearly 30 years and has focused on higher education since 1991. He served as regional director of Education Advisory Services for PricewaterhouseCoopers and director of Internal Audit at both Tulane University and Hospital System and The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Prior to being appointed FAMU’s vice president for Finance and Administration, Cassidy served as vice president of Business Affairs at The University of Texas of the Permian Basis in Odessa. He directed the financial operation during a period where the university experienced an unprecedented 24 percent increase in enrollment and a 120 percent increase in the growth of the institution’s private endowment.

The UT system hired Cassidy from the Texas A&M University system, where he served in a leadership role in the international presence of Texas A&M University at Qatar. As CFO, Cassidy was one of four senior executives who led the campus in “Education City” during a period of rapid growth, which included increases in funded research from $5 million to $72 million, the annual operating budget from $45 million to $100 million, and in the number of faculty from 40 to 90.

“We are delighted to have appointed Dale Cassidy as the University’s vice president for Finance and Administration,” Mangum said. “He brings a wealth of experience in finance and long-term strategic analysis and will add tremendous value to our leadership team as we strive to make FAMU a global brand for the 21st century and beyond.”

Cassidy echoes Mangum’s fervor and welcomes the opportunity to bring his international higher education experience to Florida’s capital city and to FAMU under its new season of leadership.

“I am excited about joining the FAMU senior leadership team,” Cassidy said. “I admire the University’s commitment to academic excellence and its vision to become a best-in-class university that prepares students to take their place in the competitive global economy.”

“I believe I can make a significant contribution towards helping the University to achieve this vision,” he added.

Cassidy received a MBA (magna cum laude) from Babson College and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Gordon College.