By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief
Vision and strengthening corporate partnerships are two of ACU’s main long-term objectives. To ensure the completion of these goals, Phil Schubert was put in charge of the tasks in the role of the newly created executive vice president.
The position was created for Schubert, who had been the vice president for finance and officially named to his new position July 1.
Another part of his job will be to promote external partnerships.
“In the last couple of years, Phil’s role has expanded significantly beyond that of a traditional vice president for finance,” said Dr. Royce Money, president of the university. “He has taken the lead with projects involving companies such as Genesis, AT&T and Apple, and I know he will do an outstanding job representing ACU on several fronts.”
Schubert said he enjoys working on large, long-term projects like the 21st Century vision.
“I’ve always gravitated to that,” Schubert said. “I get the privilege of working with a great team of executives. I learn from them daily and am blessed to be a part of that group.”
Schubert graduated with a B.B.A. from ACU in accounting in 1991 and worked two years at Arthur Anderson, an accounting firm based in Chicago. In 1993, he came back to work at ACU.
His jobs at ACU have included being a development officer, assistant to the vice president for finances under Jack Rich, director to student financial services, director of financial operations and as the chief financial officer.
The 21st Century Vision’s framework is set, but Schubert’s job will be to see that it is followed through and to lead ACU to its goal of being the premier Christ-centered institution in the country by 2020.
Schubert said his job’s duties can range from the development of the core curriculum to the development of new facilities. Not only will he be in charge of some big-picture outcomes, but the details in how they are accomplished as well.
“Concrete plans that say, ‘this is how we get there; this is what we’re going to do first, this is what we’re going to do second; this is how we’re going to fund it; these are the people that are going to be involved; here’s the time frame.,” Schubert said. “There’s a lot of work involved.”
As the second part of his position, promoting external partnerships, Schubert is a main member on a team that is working with Apple and AT&T on the iPhone project and has worked in the past with Genesis Networks.
