Vice President for Finance and Administration

Natalie "Nikki" Krawitz

Natalie “Nikki” Krawitz is the chief finance and administrative officer for the University of Missouri System.  She has responsibility for university-wide strategic financial planning including the university’s budget, management of its endowment and retirement trust funds, and its debt.  Under her direction are the university's treasury, accounting, procurement, facilities planning and development, real estate, internal audit, risk and insurance management, and institutional research functions.  She works closely with campus leadership to maximize the financial and physical capacity of the university in support of its mission.

Ms. Krawitz has over 30 years experience in higher education in both the private and public sectors as a tenured faculty member and senior administrator. She currently serves on the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Board of Directors and Council on Business Affairs Executive Committee, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Research University Advisory Council.  She is a member of the University of Missouri School of Accountancy Advisory Board.

Ms. Krawitz regularly presents workshops on higher education budgeting and finance for the American Council on Education and has authored papers on higher education budgeting, business process redesign and administrative streamlining.  In 2010, she was the recipient of the NACUBO Distinguished Business Officer award.  An active member of her local community, she is a board member of Stephens College and Landmark Bank and serves on the City of Columbia TIF Commission.  She has an A.B. degree from Washington University, an M.A. degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an M.S. in Accountancy from the University of Missouri, Columbia.  She is a Certified Public Accountant.

Reviewed 2012-01-06.