Michael Phillips Selected for NACUBO Fellows Program

Congratulations Michael!

We are proud to celebrate Michael Phillips on his selection to the 2026-2027 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Fellows Program, one of higher education's renowned leadership development opportunities for business and finance professionals. 

As assistant vice president and university controller at UVA, Phillips joins an accomplished national cohort of 18 higher education leaders chosen for this immersive year-long program. The NACUBO Fellows Program is designed to prepare leaders for chief business officer roles by strengthening strategic leadership and management expertise through collaboration with university presidents, provosts, and senior financial officers from across the country. 

Since its founding in 2016, the program has helped develop dozens of higher education leaders who now serve as chief business officers at colleges and universities nationwide.

Congratulations to Phillips on this amazing achievement and well-deserved recognition of his leadership contributions to the realm of higher-ed finance. 

To read more about the NACUBO Fellows Program, check out this link.