University of Georgia interim vice president for finance and administration Ryan Nesbit will soon be removing the “interim” from his title. Nesbit will take over the job permanently on April 1, the university announced Wednesday.<br /><br />Nesbit has been the acting vice president for finance and administration since July 1, following the retirement of Tim Burgess. Prior to taking over for Burgess, Nesbit had been the university’s budget director since 2000. Before that, he was an assistant to the director and associate director for facilities planning. He came to UGA after being a venue operations manager for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games before and during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. His venue, Sanford Stadium, was the Olympics’ largest.<br /><br />UGA President Jere Morehead picked Nesbit over two other finalists who visited the UGA campus in the past few weeks, Lallah Howard, associate vice president for finance and comptroller at Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Randall Howard, vice president for business affairs and treasurer at Ball State University.<br /><br />The appointment leaves Morehead with two more top administrative slots to fill.<br /><br />Vice president for development and alumni relations Tom Landrum will step down June 30. Finalists to take over that job have not yet been named.<br /><br />With more than 1,600 employees, the finance and administration division Nesbit oversees includes UGA human resources, budgeting, business and accounting services, auxiliary services, facilities management, environmental safety, facilities planning, real estate, space management, the UGA police department and emergency preparedness.<br /><br />By virtue of his position, Nesbit will also serve as a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation, treasurer of the UGA Research Foundation and the UGA Athletic Association and chair of the UGA Real Estate Foundation trustee board.<br /><br />A graduate of The Citadel with an MBA from UGA, Nesbit is a active in Athens’ First United Methodist Church and coaches Little League baseball and youth basketball, according to a UGA press release. He also serves in the Kairos Prison Ministry, on the board of directors of the UGA Wesley Foundation and the advisory board of Mercy Health Center.