Andrew Harris

Andrew Harris, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Director for Finance and Budget Administration joined the VMFA in 2022. He is a senior level financial and operational leader with 30 years of experience in the higher education, nonprofit, and government sectors. Prior to joining the museum, Harris served as Vice President for Finance and Administration, (CFO and CAO) at Roosevelt University in Chicago where he helped to strengthen the university’s financial position, upgrade the bond outlook, return the university to profitability, and double the school’s endowment fund to over $160 million. As Chief Financial Officer of the University of North Texas and the UNT System, he was named CFO of the Year for the public sector by the Dallas Business Journal. For more than 27 years he maintained impressive dual careers both in higher education (University of North Texas, University of Chicago and Boston University) and in the Army National Guard where he commanded at all levels through Brigade and retired at the rank of Colonel. Decorations during his military career include the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Action Badge, Global War on Terror Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, NATO Medal. Armed Forces Reserve Medal with ‘M’ device, Meritorious Service Medal, and Army Commendation Medal. Harris is twice a graduate of the Boston University Questrom School of Business (BSBA and MBA) and the U.S. Army War College, where he earned a Master’s in Strategic Studies.