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Kermit Daniel
Vice President for Financial Strategy and Budget
Kermit Daniel
5801 S. Ellis Ave., 502
Chicago, IL 60637
Ph: 773.702.9422
Kermit Daniel became the University’s first Vice President for Financial Strategy and Budget in September 2008.
In this role he is overseeing the development of integrated, strategic financial planning for the University. His responsibilities include ensuring that the University’s financial planning and strategy comport with, support, and are integrated with its programmatic strategy; that financial analytic capacity is appropriate for the high level of the University’s institutional ambitions; and that budget structure and operations in turn support the implementation of these strategies in a disciplined, imaginative, and effective fashion.
In a statement to University deans, officers, and directors announcing Daniel’s appointment, Robert J. Zimmer wrote, "Kermit brings to the University a perspective forged as a recipient of a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993, as a faculty member at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and as a consultant to many successful business organizations. We will benefit greatly from his data-driven approach to problem-solving and his expertise in strategy development, financial analysis and modeling."
Daniel began his career as a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. After earning a Ph.D. in economics, he accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He then moved into strategy consulting, first for the Monitor Group and then at Katzenbach Partners, where he was a Principal in their New York City office.
Daniel holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. His economic research has been published in The American Economic Review, Journal of Econometrics, The Journal of Legal Studies, The Journal of Human Resources, The German Economic Review, and Public Choice.