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💼 10 Ways CFOs Can Be the Cabinet’s Best Ally
The best thing I learned when I became a CFO?You can’t lead from spreadsheets alone. To move the mission forward, you need to be more than the person…
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🔬 7 Questions to Ask When Research Funding Is Cut
I remember when I first learned that NIH would cap its IDC rate at 15%. I sat with the leadership team to assess our exposure, understand the ripple…
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📉 Resilient, Not Reactive: New Federal Reality, Same Mission
Shrinking federal funding. A looming demographic cliff. Shifts in student aid policy. Rising operational costs. Higher ed is under pressure—and too many institutions are reacting, not preparing. Here…
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🎓 10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Time University CFO
In February 2020, I moved to New York to take on my first University CFO role—just weeks before the pandemic hit. I was excited, but the weight was…
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Maisha Williams Launches MKW Advising
Press Release: April 16, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Maisha Williams Launches MKW Advising, Offering Strategic Finance and Operations Solutions to Nonprofits and Higher Education Institutions Washington, D.C. —…
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Maisha Williams Featured in NACUBO’s CBO Speaks Series
Diversity of Thought and Approach in Teambuilding with Marymount Manhattan College CBO Maisha Williams Sep 2, 2022 Maisha Williams is Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief…
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