MSCHE Self Study April 2021

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. Per Article IX of the SUNY Board of Trustees ‐ Policies , the hiring, on ‐ going evaluation, retention and discharge of the College’s president, who serves as its chief executive officer, are solely within the purview of the University’s Board of Trustees upon the recommendation of the Chancellor of the University. The university chancellor assesses the president’s performance on a periodic basis (please see current policy for campus President Evaluation ). The current President underwent comprehensive reviews in 2008, 2011, 2015, and, most recently in 2019. 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. The College’s current president, Dr. David Heath, is well qualified by education and experience to serve as the College’s chief executive officer ( President’s Appointment Letter ). He is a graduate of Ithaca College and received his doctor of optometry degree from and completed his residency with The New England College of Optometry. He subsequently earned a masters degree in Education (concentration in Administration, Planning & Social Policy) from Harvard University. Dr. Heath served as Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the New England College of Optometry for 13 years immediately prior to becoming SUNY College of Optometry’s third president in June, 2007 ( President’s Curriculum Vitae ). 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 programs ( Chief Academic Officer’s Curriculum Vitae ).

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