Senior vice president for operations and finance Sean Reeder. Photo by Christopher Gannon.
Sean Reeder started Sept. 3 in his new role as Iowa State's senior vice president for operations and finance.
The operations and finance division includes nearly 30 units, organized by function into six areas: finance, financial planning and analysis, facilities management, auxiliary enterprises, real estate and capital planning, and operations and strategy.
Reeder arrives in Ames from Kansas City, where he served for more than two years as chief financial officer and vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He served previously as vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston (2020-22). He spent 11 years at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, first as assistant director for capital programs (2009-15) and later as assistant vice president of capital programs and utility services, and president of the university-owned energy corporation, Prairieland Energy Inc. (2016-20).
Reeder has extensive experience in capital projects, utilities, real estate development and university technology transfer in higher education. His career also includes roles in private sector real estate development, venture capital and capital projects engineering.
Post-high school, he served for five years in the U.S. Navy aboard a nuclear submarine.
Reeder earned a bachelor's degree in general engineering, a master's in business administration and a Ph.D. in education policy, organization and leadership, all from the University of Illinois.
Reeder's office is in 1350 Beardshear Hall. He can be reached by email at sdreeder@iastate.edu, or by contacting his administrative assistant, Schyler Polaski, 515-294-7662.
