Sharon MinnichExecutive Vice Chancellor
In addition to her work in state government, Minnich has worked as a consultant in the private sector, specializing in strategy and transformation. Her experience includes positions at Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Meridian Bank, SAP Business Consulting, and Deloitte Consulting, LLP. She served for 12 years on the Board of Trustees for her alma mater, Albright College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, and holds a master's degree in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. |
Sharon P. Minnich joined Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education as Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance in January 2019, after serving as Secretary of the Governor's Office of Administration for four years. As a member of Governor Tom Wolf's senior staff and cabinet, she led the agency responsible for oversight and administration of the enterprise functions of human resources, information technology, continuity of government and records management for nearly 80,000 employees under the Governor's jurisdiction implementing shared services for both human resources and information technology. Vice Chancellor Minnich previously served as the assistant chief information officer for the commonwealth; chief information officer for the Department of Revenue; deputy secretary for financial administration in the Office of the Budget; and deputy secretary for procurement at the Department of General Services. In these roles, she improved operations and managed significant process and system changes, including the implementation of a new financial shared services model for Pennsylvania, the implementation of Pennsylvania's tax amnesty project, and the state's enterprise resource planning system implementation.