Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Kristy Michel as Director of Budget & Financial Analysis in Financial Services, effective June 18, 2018. 

Kristy has extensive experience in the state of Maryland budgeting arena. She is currently serving as the Deputy Superintendent for Finance and Administration at the Maryland State Department of Education, overseeing their eight billion dollar budget.  She previously served as Assistant Director for Planning, Supervising Budget Examiner, and Budget Policy Analyst at the Maryland Department of Budget and Management. In addition, she has worked as an Assistant Director of Policy Research for the University of Albany. In all of her positions, she has provided leadership and strategic direction, with a proven record of success.

Kristy’s undergraduate degree is in International Relations and Spanish. She also has a Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in Education Policy from the University of Albany. She brings 11 years of budgetary and financial analysis experience along with multiple years of supervisory and organizational skills to the position.  Her experience and broad understanding of the inner workings of the state budget process will be valuable assets to UMBC in the years to come.

We are fortunate to have such an accomplished financial leader joining our team. Please join us in giving Kristy a warm welcome to UMBC.