October 2004

UCSD’s Vice Chancellor – Business Affairs Named
2004 Distinguished Business Officer by the National
Association Of College And University Business Officers

By Dolores Davies

Steven W. Relyea, vice chancellor for business affairs at the University of California, San Diego, has been named the 2004 Distinguished Business Officer by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The Distinguished Business Officer Award is NACUBO’s most prestigious honor.

Each year, NACUBO recognizes one or more business officers who, during the course of their careers, have made outstanding contributions to business and financial management in higher education, normally over a number of years. Nominations are submitted by NACUBO members to the Awards Council, recipients are selected in the spring, and the award(s) are presented at NACUBO’s Annual Meeting. Relyea accepted his award at the NACUBO Annual Meeting earlier this summer.

In his role as vice chancellor for business affairs, Relyea, who joined UCSD in 1986, serves as the chief financial officer at UCSD. He oversees campus-wide administrative operations including financial services, human resources, facilities, purchasing, administrative computing, telecommunications, housing, food services, police, bookstores, environmental health and safety, and other campus administrative functions.

Relyea and his management team have received numerous honors for their work at UCSD over the years. In 2003, Relyea’s integration of a performance management program at UCSD led to the university’s induction into the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative’s Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame. UCSD is the first and only university to have received this honor. In 1999, the group was honored as the sole winner in the education category of USA Today’s Quality Cup Award, in recognition for streamlining business practices, effectively decreasing costs and increasing productivity on campus. In that same year, NACUBO honored Relyea’s management team with its first place award for innovation.

For more information visit http://www.nacubo.org/x241.xml.

Media Contact: Dolores Davies, (858) 534-5994