
	Kenneth Mullen, who has served as Controller and Associate Vice President for Business and Finance at Pacific for the last two years. In his two years at Pacific, Mullen has helped to increase the visibility and effectiveness of the Controller&#39;s Office and become a trusted collaborator on projects on all three campuses. He currently serves as co-chair on the Institutional Effectiveness Committee. He helped lead the roll-out of the institution-wide enterprise risk management process, instituted the production of quarterly financial statements, helped to launch new software packages such as web-time-entry for payroll and endowed scholarship systems, oversaw the launch of Tapingo and IPad mobile payment applications, and improved financial reporting tools and resources. Prior to joining University of the Pacific, Mullen served for 19 years in finance leadership positions at Elon University in Elon, N.C. He was comptroller there from 1993 to 2001, and assistant vice president for business and finance from 2001 to 2011. During his tenure at Elon, Mullen coordinated more than $100 million in financing to help double the square footage of the campus over the 19 years he was there. He also helped design financing for new academic programs and revamped a wide range of financial practices and policies. Mullen had previously worked in budget and finance positions at the New York Botanical Gardens and at Wayne State University Internal Medicine Corporation. Mullen holds a BBA in finance and an MBA in management from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. He lives in Lodi with his wife, LeeAnn, and daughter. He also has a son who attends Pacific, a son in Greenville, N.C., and a daughter in Provo, Utah. Mullen is currently chair of the board of the San Joaquin Emergency Food Bank.
