About Us

Chief Financial Officer

Kathryn Kaoudis joined the university as Vice President and CFO on September 1, 2025. 

Kaoudis joined San José State following her tenure as the vice chancellor and chief financial officer at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she led university-wide fiscal, administrative and operational functions. She previously served as vice president for administrative services and CFO at the Community College of Denver, controller at Red Rocks Community College, and interim deputy system controller for the Colorado Community College System. With more than two decades of executive-level experience, she brings deep expertise in financial planning, strategic budgeting, compliance, facilities management, and inclusive team leadership. She is known for her strategic acumen, collaborative approach and inclusive leadership style, all of which will be critical assets as we advance our institutional goals, steward university resources with care and support the long-term success of SJSU students, faculty and staff.

Vision and Goals

To support the mission of San José State University, the Administration and Finance Division seeks to be responsive and continuously refine the services we offer. We strive to be innovative in our work, improving and offering new services to support the university and its mission by providing outstanding service to students, faculty and staff so that they may better achieve their goals.

In our efforts, we:

• Consider the best interests of the University
• Know our business and care to do good work
• Commit to the idea of continuous improvement
• Promote participation and personal accountability
• Collaborate, trust, listen and help
• Value creative problem solving and mutual respect

Division Service Groups

Our service groups are:

• Clery and DFSCA Compliance
• Facilities Development and Operations
• Financial Services and Budget Management
• Strategic Business Services
• Spartan Eats
• Spartan Shops, Inc.
• University Police Department

Organizational Chart

• Division Organizational Chart [pdf]

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Senior Management Recruitments

We currently do not have any active recruitments for Senior Management positions.

Spartan Shops Board of Directors Meetings