Sandra Kim

Today Saint Mary’s College of California welcomes Sandra Kim as its new Vice President for Finance and Administration. Her first day will be May 15, 2023. Kim brings with her a wealth of leadership experience in higher education and in public finance.

For nearly 10 years, Kim served as associate vice president of finance at the University of California’s Office of the President. There, she oversaw financing strategies and capital and real estate development for the ten-campus UC system, including finance strategies aligned with capital planning, real estate, construction and design, physical and environmental planning, and loan programs.

Most recently and since 2017, she served at UBS Public Finance as managing director and group head for the company’s Higher Education Group, Western Region. In that role, she performed investment banking functions for public finance issuers and lead bankers nationwide, specifically focusing on higher education and not-for-profit issuers such as colleges, universities, research institutes, museums, and foundations. Leveraging her familiarity with higher education, her role included serving as a strategic financing partner for senior finance leaders, presidents and chancellors, and board members.