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Royal Roads University welcomes new VP/CFO to Colwood

Langford residents returns after working for massive U.S. public pension funds
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Royal Roads UniversityB次元官网网址檚 newly appointed vice president and chief financial officer, Cheryl Eason, is back at her alma mater and ready to help students have the same life-changing experience she had at the school. Katherine Engqvist/B次元官网网址 Gazette staff

Royal Roads University has a new chief financial officer and vice president and she comes with a pretty impressive resume.

Cheryl Eason returns to B.C. after spending several years in the United States, where she directed the California Public EmployeesB次元官网网址 Retirement System. Serving as chief financial officer since 2012, she was responsible for financial accounting and reporting for a pension fund worth more than $300 billion, an operating capital budget of roughly $1.8 billion and approximately 2,800 employees. It is the largest public pension fund in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world.

But it wasnB次元官网网址檛 that long ago that Eason herself was sitting in one of Royal RoadsB次元官网网址 classrooms. SheB次元官网网址檚 an RRU alumna who earned her MBA in executive management in 2011.

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After experiencing Royal RoadsB次元官网网址 teaching model first hand, Eason jumped at the opportunity to return to the Island and give back to an organization she credits for helping to shape her career. Even though she had worked at the executive level for roughly a decade before earning her MBA B次元官网网址 including three and-a-half years as a v.p. at B.C. Pension Corp., her experiences through that program gave her the confidence to take on the position in California.

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Eason replaces Dan Tulip, who is retiring in June after 15 years with the university.

katie@goldstreamgazette.com



Katherine Engqvist

About the Author: Katherine Engqvist

I took on the role of Bureau Chief when we created the Greater Victoria editorial hub in 2018.
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