Managing Director,
1782 Group

Senior Fellow AGB

Stephen T. Golding currently serves as Senior Advisor to the President of Ohio University and an Executive-in-Resident at the University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. Mr. Golding previously served as the Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and the CEO for Ohio University’s Dublin Campus (2016 -2017) and Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer and Treasurer of the Ohio University Foundation (2010 to 2016). Mr. Golding has over 35 years of experience in higher education financial affairs, investment management, strategic resource planning and government. Prior to Ohio University, Mr. Golding was the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Cornell University. While at Cornell Golding served as principle advisor to the Governor’s Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy and developing strategies to sponsor and commercialize New York State universities’ technology to promote regional based economic development. Prior to joining Cornell, Mr. Golding served as the Chief Financial Officer for both the University of Colorado System and for the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is Managing Partner for The 1782 Group, a higher education consulting firm and a Senior Consultant for the Association of Governing Board Institutional Strategies Group. Mr. Golding holds a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Washington College where he serves as a trustee on their Board of Visitors and Governors.