Staff Representative to the Board, 2025-27
As the Assistant Dean of Budget, Finance, and Administration at Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences, Andrea Rose Persin provides strategic financial oversight to support the goals of the college. She manages all aspects of the College’s budget and directs expenditures to align with actual revenues received. She also has the primary oversight for College’s HR related processes including, but not limited to, annual compensation review and implementation, performance partnerships, and College staffing and organizational planning.
Persin began her career at the university in May 2015 as an Assistant Director of Budget and Finance. Prior to joining the university, Persin worked at AXA Equitable as a Senior Manager of Enterprise Governance where she oversaw the monthly financial and variance reporting for multiple IT business units.
Persin is a Syracuse native and holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College in Business Administration with a minor in accounting. She will earn her MBA from the Whitman School of Management in June 2025.
Persin will serve the first year of her two-year term as the staff representative during the 2025-26 academic year. She participates, ex officio, on the Advancement and External Affairs Committee and reports to the Board at Executive Committee and full Board meetings.