Jacqueline-Ann Clark, MBA

A respected university administrator with more than 35 years of professional experience and financial leadership, Jacqueline-Ann (Jackie) Clark, MBA, joined the University at Buffalo in 2024.

In her role as interim associate vice president for business operations, health sciences, she serves as the principal liaison of financial planning and information between the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and the UB Office of Vice President for Finance and Administration, the UB Office of the Vice President and Chief Information Officer, the UBMD practice plans, the office of Graduate Medical Education and affiliated health care partners, related to administrative planning and operations.

She works  alongside VPHS, Jacobs School and UBMD leadership to identify and maximize opportunities for improvements and efficiencies to support the school’s strategic plan, goals, and objectives. This includes facilitation of recruitments spanning multiple entities by acting as conduit for recruitment between the Jacobs School, UBMD, UBA and our clinical partners to ensure recruitments are seamless, timely and promote synergy across the tripartite missions of clinical, research, and education.

Clark also serves as the chief administrative officer for the Jacobs School, overseeing the Jacobs School Office of Resource Management, Facilities Planning and Management and the Office of Medical Computing.

Prior to joining the Jacobs School, Clark served as the vice president for administration and finance at SUNY Brockport and spent more than 25 years at Monmouth University, where she worked as a budget manager, assistant vice president, assistant vice provost, and director of academic finance. She previously served as a graduate research assistant at Monmouth and also served as a full-time instructor from 2001-2004. She remained an adjunct faculty member through 2023.

A Certified Public Accountant, Clark worked in the financial services industry for a decade before entering higher education. She was controller for Donald & Company Securities, a chief financial officer and associate manager at Prudential Insurance, an accountant for Grant Thornton and began her career as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche.

Clark earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brooklyn College and an MBA in finance from Monmouth University.