
At a time when the financial outlook for many colleges and universities has been negatively affected by the pandemic, Standard & Poor's (S&P) has reaffirmed Adelphi University's rating of A- with a stable outlook.
The Office of Finance at Adelphi University provides expert financial leadership and guidance to support the University’s mission to provide an exemplary environment for learning, teaching and working.
The office utilizes highly effective and quantifiably efficient financial management and accounting systems to conduct the business functions of the University in a manner that supports its educational, research and public service missions. The units seek to maximize the quality of the student, faculty and staff experience while maintaining appropriate cost effectiveness. Included in the finance operations are:
Lisa Fleming, chartered financial analyst (CFA), joined Adelphi as chief financial officer (CFO) in December 2020. Lisa has extensive experience working with large firms such as Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and Morgan Stanley and, most recently, Known Global LLC, a global marketing company that counts Google, Amazon, TikTok and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among its clients. From 2007 to 2015, she served as managing director and business unit CFO for the analytics division, then managing director and global head of financial planning and analysis, for MSCI Inc. in New York City. In this capacity, Fleming directed financial planning processes and analysis that facilitated operational decisions of executive management and the board of directors for business with $1 billion in revenues and 3,200 employees. She also managed mergers and acquisitions analysis and integration and investor relations.