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the New England College of Optometry for 13 years immediately prior to becoming SUNY College of Optometry’s third president in June, 2007. The president’s curriculum vitae can be found in Appendix IV-16 . The chief academic officer, Dr. David Troilo, joined the college as vice president and dean for academic affairs in July, 2008. Dr. Toilo received his PhD in biology from City University of New York and completed post-doctoral work at Oxford and Cornell Universities. He subsequently joined the faculty of The New England College of Optometry where he taught biological sciences, directed the graduate program in vision sciences, and conducted research on myopia funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI). Dr. Troilo continues to maintain an active research lab at SUNY and participates in teaching in the professional and graduate program. The dean’s curriculum vitae can be found in Appendix IV-17 . 4.4 There must be a clear definition of the chief executive officer’ s authority and responsibility for the program. The president’s authority and responsibility for the College is clearly delineated in Article IX of the SUNY Policies of the Board of Trustees ( Appendix IV-1 or http://www.suny.edu/Board_of_Trustees/PDF/Policies.pdf), which states as follows: The chief administrative officer of each college shall be responsible to the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees for, and shall administer, the college for which he or she serves, and shall promote its development and effectiveness. The chief administrative officer shall supervise the members of the professional and non-academic staff of such college and shall appoint or recommend to the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees persons for appointment as members of the professional staff of the college. The chief administrative officer shall prepare and recommend the annual budget requests of the college and shall report and make recommendations to the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees and the college council concerning the operation, plans and development of the college. The chief administrative officer shall make all appointments of employees to positions at the college in the classified service of the civil service of the State. 4.4.1 The program’s chief executive officer must have the authority and responsibility for fiscal management of the program. As described above under Standard 4.4, the policies of the SUNY Board of Trustees (Article IX) charge the president with the fiscal management of the campus and its programs. The president works closely with the vice president for administration and finance, a member of President’s Council, in the management of the College’s financial resources. 4.5 The program must utilize clearly defined reporting relationships, performance expectations, and assessment procedures for all administrators. Reporting relationsh ips are delineated in the College’s organizational chart (http://www.sunyopt.edu/about/governance or Appendix IV-2 ). The responsibilities of senior administrators can also be accessed from this this site and are given in Appendix IV-3 . Prior to

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