President Lambert has appointed Susan M. Kirkland as assistant vice president for finance.
Susan M. Kirkland will join Elon Dec. 1 as assistant vice president for finance, reporting to Senior Vice President for Business, Finance and Technology Gerald Whittington. She comes to Elon from Barry University, Miami Shores, Fla., where she has most recently served as associate vice president for finance and chief accounting officer.
Kirkland has been a member of Barry University’s senior business and finance management team, supervising the accounting, treasury, cashier and grant compliance functions with a staff of 25. She joined Barry in 2002 as director of financial operations in the business and finance division. She was named controller in 2005.
Prior to her work at Barry University, Kirkland worked in a variety of financial positions at GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park, N.C. She is a North Carolina native, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has a master’s degree in business administration from Barry University. Kirkland is a certified public accountant in both Florida and North Carolina.