Biography

Michael Gower is the Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer & University Treasurer at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is responsible for financial management, planning, procurement, human resources, information technology, and strategic administrative systems initiatives.

Prior to Rutgers, Gower was Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer at Yeshiva University, Vice President for Finance and Administration and University Treasurer at the University of Vermont, and a higher education management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He held earlier accounting and financial management roles at Cornell University and Duke University. 

Gower is a past Chair of the Board of Directors for EACUBO, serving in numerous other roles over the past 25 years.  He was the former chair of the Research Universities Council for NACUBO, was a member of NACUBO’s Board of Directors, and chaired its Committee on the Effective Use of Analytics.  He was the recipient of NACUBO’s Professional Development Award in 2008 and EACUBO’s Distinguished Service Award in 2019.  He is currently a member of TIAA’s Advisory Council.