Senior Vice President of Operations & Business Services George Mason University | Fairfax, Virginia We are pleased to announce that George Mason University has named Jacquelyn Ferree as Senior Vice President of Operations and Business Services. Her appointment was effective on the 25 of July.Ferree helms from William & Mary, where she presently holds the role of interim Chief Operating Officer. Her tenure at William & Mary began in 2015, during which she held positions such as Associate Dean of Finance and Administration at the School of Business, and later as Associate Vice President for Business Services and Organizational Excellence. Last October, she assumed the interim COO position at the institution.Prior to these roles, Jacquelyn worked for the world’s largest non-profit government contracting research firm, Battelle Memorial Institute, partnering with the Department of Energy to support five U.S.-based National Laboratories and launching two international laboratories in India and Saudi Arabia. Her years in the for-profit world serving as a senior leader in finance and administration for Sterling Software (now a part of IBM) took her around the globe integrating remote locations in Europe and Asia Pacific regions with the U.S. headquarters. Throughout her career, she has leveraged her competencies in leading change, driving results and building coalitions by increasing communication and visibility working with all levels of the enterprise to create efficiency and align resources with stated business objectives.Ferree obtained her undergraduate degree in business with minors in International Business and Accounting, along with her MBA in Applied Leadership from Franklin University.Dan Rodas led this search with Tim Lanigan and Ivy Couch. You may read the full press release here.