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Hood College
Chuck Mann, who retired from his position as Hood College’s vice president for finance and treasurer in June, has devoted his 43-year career to higher education.
It all started at Texas Christian University, where he earned a bachelor of business administration degree in finance, intending to work in banking or investment. “At that time in my life, I was unaware of the business side of higher education,” he said.
Mann’s first post-college job was as financial manager for the nonprofit American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. “My boss encouraged me to consider working at a college or university,” he said. “The rest is history.
Mann proceeded to various management positions at Gallaudet University, associate vice president for finance at The Catholic University of America, and senior vice president for finance and administration at Connecticut’s University of Saint Joseph. “Missing the mid-Atlantic region, where I had spent a significant portion of my life, I decided to join Hood College in 2010,” he said. He described Hood as “one of the best higher education communities I have ever been a part of.”
As vice president for finance, Mann said, “I oversaw the allocation of the institution’s financial, human, facility, and information technology resources. More specifically, I provided leadership for the accounting, treasury, endowment management, budget, human resources, capital construction, maintenance, risk management and insurance, information technology, and auxiliary (i.e., food services and bookstore) functions.”
Mann identified his “greatest accomplishment” during his 12-year tenure at Hood as “working with my colleagues to ensure Hood College had the resources to fulfill its mission, and provide students with an outstanding educational experience.” Additional achievements he specified were: “Hood’s finances were strengthened; the endowment grew significantly; we constructed a new athletic center and a new residence hall; we renovated several academic and residential facilities; we developed a compensation system to better attract quality faculty and staff; and we upgraded the technology infrastructure.”
He will continue to teach at Hood. “Teaching students, either in the classroom or through internships, has provided great joy,” Mann said. “Throughout my career, I have enjoyed periodically teaching an economics class. It allowed me to better understand what the faculty experienced in the classroom, and it offered me the opportunity to engage more directly with students.” This fall, he will continue to teach an introduction to macroeconomics course, and will take on a first-year seminar on personal finances.
In addition to his career in education, Mann is active in the Frederick community, where he and his wife plan to remain. He is “honored” to serve on the boards of Heritage Frederick and the Rotary Club of Frederick. Volunteer work is “just part of my DNA,” Mann said. “When my children were young, I coached their various sports teams. Now, I try to give back using my business knowledge.”
Retiring from his administrative position at Hood will allow Mann to “pursue other interests such as spending time with my grandchildren, playing golf, and traveling.”
