V'Ella Warren

University of Washington
Senior Vice President

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Washington
Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Board of Regents
2007 to Present
General Information: Chief business and financial officer. Manage the UW’s facilities, finance, investments, accounting, risk management, and audit services, providing leadership to staff of 1500. Oversee the preparation of the annual financial statements and reports to funding agencies and donors. Assist in long-range planning for facilities and financial affairs. Oversee coordinated audit and risk management processes, making recommendations on policies and practices. Report to President and Board of Regents.

Key Accomplishments:

• Reorganized Finance and Facilities and created Strategy Maps, identified initiatives and developed metrics to track progress
• Created Office of Strategy Management to provide support for quality and process improvement; organization, leadership and staff development, metrics development and monitoring, and strategic projects
• Created Internal Lending Program for campus
• Developed enhanced services and information for Global Operations Support
• Provided leadership for the UW Tower relocation through coordination of campus service providers, contractors, movers and the clients
• Provided leadership in working with Sound Transit  and related transportation issues
• Created University-wide central offices for Sustainability and Business Diversity
• Provided leadership for the several Data Management Committees and the Collaborative Tools Strategic Taskforce which led recommendations for enhancing University collaboration across academic, research, healthcare and administrative areas.

University of Washington
Vice President for Financial Management and Treasurer
1987 to 2007

• Created a customer-focused, dynamic financial organization with strong commitment to change, driven by metrics (balanced scorecard), fueled by diversity, open communications, risk-taking, and a passion for being the best
• Use of quality improvement and reengineering tools resulted in productivity increases of more than 100%.
• Built a corporate treasury function, and moved the endowment performance from bottom to top quartile.
• Co-led Presidential Initiative on compliance and enterprise risk management with Dean for Arts and Sciences.
• Reported to Executive Vice President, and to the Board of Regents

Peoples Bancorporation, Seattle, WA
Vice President and Manager, Asset Liability Division
1985 to 1987

• Created the Asset Liability Division for a $2.4 billion bank holding company, providing staff support to senior management and the Board.
• Recommended goals and strategies for earnings stability and growth, interest rate and liquidity risk, loan and deposit pricing, and balance sheet hedging. Introduced an earnings simulation model to measure the effect of decisions on future earnings.
• Developed interest rate swap strategy to support aggressive loan pricing. Supervised three professionals.
• Reported to the Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer.

Seafirst Corporation, Seattle, WA
Vice President and Manager, Asset Liability Department
1980 to 1985

• Managed the Asset Liability Department of a $10 billion financial institution.
• Recommended balance sheet goals and strategies to senior management, including rate sensitivity, liquidity, funding and equity.
• Supervised 6 finance professionals. Reported to the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
• Other positions held at Seafirst were Vice President and Manager, Asset Liability Analysis and Consulting, Assistant Vice President and Manager, and Senior Financial Planning Officer.

P. T. Daralon, Jakarta, Indonesia (Springs Mills subsidiary)
Vice President, Personnel
1976 to 1977

• Reorganized and managed the personnel department for a textile manufacturing company with 600 employees.
• Reduced the department’s budget by 35% by improving control systems. Introduced reports for management. Revised personnel policies and procedures.
• Supervised a staff of 30 Indonesian employees. Reported to the President.

Union Carbide, Jakarta, Indonesia
Training and Development Manager
1974 to 1976

• Established a department to oversee the development of Indonesian managers.
• Approved all expenses related to education and training.
• Introduced human resources planning process.
• Developed the core curriculum for management development.
• Established an information center for training resources.
• Reported to the Executive Vice President.

Women’s Information Service, Hanover, NH
Development Officer
1973 to 1974

• Developed proposals and negotiated funding for a non-profit, employment counseling service for women.
• Managed a resource center, coordinating activities of volunteer counselors.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Administrative Assistant
1972 to 1973

• Provided support to the Dean of the Humanities and the Assistant Dean for Affirmative Action.

Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Research Assistant for Professor Wayne Broehl
1972 to 1973

• Assisted with research on the Sepoy Rebellion in India.

EDUCATION

• Master of Business Administration with honor (top 10%), finance (1980) University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Master of Arts, Chinese regional studies (1972) University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, political science (1968) Willamette University, Salem, OR

PUBLICATIONS

“Governance,” The NMS Exchange. Volume 2, No. 2, September 2001.
Louis T. Wells, Jr. and V’Ella Warren, “Developing Country Investors in Indonesia,” Bulletin of Indonesian Studies. Volume XV, No. 1, March 1979.