ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
JUDITH
HUNTINGTON
On July 1, 2011
Judith Huntington assumed the position as the 13th
president of The College of New Rochelle after completing a full year
as
President-elect. President Huntington joined CNR as Vice President for
Financial Affairs in 2001, taking full responsibility for all fiscal
issues
involving the College.
During her tenure at CNR,
Huntington has amassed an impressive list of
accomplishments which include overseeing the construction and financing
of the
College’s $28 million LEED rated Wellness Center, maintaining an
investment
grade Baa3 rating from Moody’s Investor Services, and improving the
College’s
financial strength through conservative spending, prudent financial
management
and investment practices. As the
President-elect,
she has spent the past year shadowing past President Stephen J. Sweeny,
meeting
with the Board of Trustees, governance groups, students, faculty,
instructional
staff and alumnae/i of the College.
Huntington’s experience
includes more than 25 years in the financial
arena. Prior to joining CNR, she worked for 15 years with the
accounting firm
KPMG LLP serving as audit senior manager in KPMG’s metro New York
higher
education, research, and other not-for-profit practice, providing audit
and
accounting services. In addition to
serving higher education clients she also worked in the firm’s banking
and SEC
practice and was an instructor and recruiter in the firm.
Among one of the youngest
in KPMG to be selected to serve on a
sponsored internship/fellowship at the Financial Accounting Standards
Board
(FASB) in Norwalk, CT, she spent two years working to develop the
accounting
standards that govern the preparation of financial statements prepared
by
not-for-profit organizations; FASB Statement No. 116, "Accounting for
Contributions Received and Contributions Made," and FASB Statement No.
117, "Financial Statements for Not-for-Profit Organizations."
She is a former member of
the Yorktown Central School District Board of
Education, serves on the Lower Hudson Valley Catholic Consortium, and
is a
member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education’s evaluation
team.
In 2008 Huntington received an Apex Advocacy Award from the Westchester
County
Association for her participation on the Association’s Property Tax
Alliance.
Huntington is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor of
business
administration degree from Pace University.
Huntington and her family
are residents of New Milford, CT. Her
husband of 25 years, Brad Huntington, is the President of Tri-State
Engineering. They have two children, Amanda, a junior at Sacred Heart
University majoring in Graphic Arts, and Bradley Jr., a senior at
Kennedy
Catholic High School in Somers, NY. They are parishioners of St.
Marguerite
Bourgeoys Church in Brookfield, CT.
The first Catholic college for women in New York State, The College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. Today, it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three schools which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate School. The main campus of the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of New York City. The College maintains five other campus locations in New York City. Visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu..