Lloyd Blanchard

Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Interim Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System

School of Public Policy

Education

B.A., Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1986
B.A., Political Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1993
M.P.A. (1994) and Ph.D. (1999) in Public Administration, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Teaching & Research Interests

Teaching
Economics, Public Budgeting, Financial Management, Quantitative Analysis, Urban Policy, Executive Leadership

Research
Public organizational costs and performance, performance budgeting, public education finance and policy, and racial/ethnic discrimination and segregation

Dr. Lloyd Blanchard

Lloyd Blanchard currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Connecticut’s system of higher education that includes the regional universities, community college, and online college. He is a seasoned public administrator with wide-ranging government and academic leadership experience. He has been a senior White House budget official, chief operating officer of the Small Business Administration, deputy chief financial officer at NASA, and an academic executive at numerous colleges and universities, including the University of Connecticut. He has also served on the public administration faculty at the University of Washington and Syracuse University, and directed a consulting practice in performance management for a risk management consulting firm. Dr. Blanchard’s research and published work has centered on education policy and finance, racial and ethnic disparities in education, and disparities in small business lending.