Appointments
Penn State Intercom......March
6, 2003
Outreach names assistant
director, financial officer
Jeffrey
S. Lieb has joined the Penn State Outreach and Cooperative Extension staff
as assistant director for Budget and Finance in Conferences and Institutes.
Lieb replaces Janice L. Pearce, who was appointed to the position of financial
officer for Outreach and Cooperative Extension.
Lieb's responsibilities include forecasting budgets as well as overseeing the unit's business activities, such as accounting and the registration process. As a member of Conferences and Institutes' senior leadership group, Lieb will be involved in strategic planning and the implementation of pricing and income-sharing plans.
Lieb has more than 14 years of experience working in finance. Most recently, as accounting manager at CEI Networks Inc. in State College, he established and supervised the accounting department and helped prepare a five-year detailed budget forecast for this $25 million subsidiary of D&E Communications Inc. He also was the controller for Schneider-Valley Farms Inc. and an accounting supervisor for Uni-Marts Inc.
In her new position, Pearce is responsible for ensuring the maintenance of policies, procedures and controls for financial and budget issues. That includes the management of the general salary increase process, annual budgeting process and auditing.
Pearce has worked in Outreach her entire Penn State career. Prior to her position in Conferences and Institutes, she served as the assistant to the financial officer of Continuing and Distance Education.