Nichol L. Luoma, vice president of University Business Services at Arizona State University (ASU), has been named executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.
Luoma, whose appointment is effective Feb. 5, will succeed Shantay N. Bolton, who left the position in August to become executive vice president for administration and finance and chief business officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
An ASU alumna and first-generation college graduate, Luoma has more than two decades of global business operations leadership experience. She has served since 2012 at ASU, where she is responsible for multiple enterprise-wide operations, including supply chain (procurement and materials management), auxiliaries, employee health, parking and transit, sustainability practices, risk and resilience management, physical security initiatives, emergency management, and environmental health and safety.
At WashU, Luoma will oversee core administrative divisions, including human resources and institutional equity; procurement; supplier diversity; environmental health and safety; and information technology (managed jointly). She also will direct operations including facilities management (campus planning and construction, plant operations and sustainability); public safety (police and emergency preparedness); university services (campus dining, parking and transportation, campus card services); global travel; and the ombuds position on the Danforth Campus; as well as coordinating with the School of Medicine’s administrative functions.
Luoma will serve on Martin’s cabinet, working alongside the other executive vice chancellors and vice chancellors.
“I’m very pleased that we were able to recruit such an experienced, skilled and respected national leader in university operations,” Martin said. “A visionary administrator, Nichol has led numerous transformative initiatives at ASU that have increased the university’s effectiveness and won national recognition.
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