CCA News
Jennifer Stein Appointed Vice President for Operations
Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, by Chris Bliss
Jennifer Stein has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president for operations at California College of the Arts (CCA), it was announced today by CCA President Stephen Beal. She will be responsible for the supervision of collegewide operations, including facilities management, space planning, academic program resource development, and long-range operational planning. Currently she is vice president of academic planning and operations at the San Francisco Art Institute. Stein will begin at CCA on August 15.
Beal commented, “CCA has grown tremendously in the last 10 years, adding several new academic programs and increasing enrollment by nearly 500 students. We have expanded and improved facilities in both Oakland and San Francisco to accommodate the increase in students and faculty. We are now at a critical juncture where strategic leadership is needed to develop and implement initiatives that will help us meet the operational needs of our growing and evolving institution. Jennifer is the right person to lead this effort and will be a great addition to the management team. Her extensive experience in academic development and administration will no doubt serve CCA well. We are very fortunate to have her join our community at this time.”
Stein stated, “I am very pleased to join CCA. I have long admired and deeply value the institution’s commitment to creating the culture and conditions for making innovation a way of working. I feel uniquely matched to CCA’s ambitions for educational advancement and institutional growth, and I am eager to begin working with the senior management team, the academic leadership, and the staff. I look forward to the exciting challenges and opportunities of our collective work ahead.”
About Jennifer Stein
Jennifer Stein has been vice president of academic planning and operations at the San Francisco Art Institute since 2004, where, among her many responsibilities, she has led a campus master planning effort. Prior to her move to the West Coast she held a number of positions at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), including executive director and director of the graduate division, director of admissions, and associate director of graduate admissions.
Under Stein's leadership, SAIC’s graduate program came to be ranked first among visual arts institutions by US News & World Report, and enrollment increased by nearly 60 percent. Stein has extensive experience in new academic program development, having launched numerous programs from concept to implementation, assessment, and accreditation. She holds an MFA in painting from SAIC and a BFA from the University of Michigan. She currently resides in San Francisco.