Scott Jordan

Executive Assistant: Emily Micolonghi
emicolonghi@fas.harvard.edu

In overseeing the FAS administrative functions, Dean Jordan is a key partner with Dean Hopi Hoekstra in efforts to address financial matters, as well as opportunities and priorities confronting the FAS. Among other duties, Dean Jordan supports leadership in FAS Finance, Human Resources, Research Administration, Facilities, Physical Resources and Planning, Diversity, and Educational Support Services.

Dean Jordan was most recently the Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer for the University of Connecticut, the flagship state university of Connecticut, comprising the main Storrs campus, four regional campuses, UConn Law School, and the UConn Health medical campus.  A long-time resident of Massachusetts, Scott received his undergraduate degree in economics, cum laude, from UMass-Amherst, and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Bradford Fellow. Prior to entering higher education, Scott spent two decades in public finance leadership roles for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving under five of the last six governors. In his most recent role as Undersecretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Scott oversaw the preparation and management of a $17 billion, five-year statewide capital plan, including higher education campuses, highways, bridges, state buildings, public housing, water infrastructure, and information technology. He also managed a $2 billion, ten-year capital finance program for Massachusetts public higher education, providing new and renovated buildings on each of the 29 campuses of the state college, community college, and University of Massachusetts systems.