AT THE HELM:
Byl and Lohide Take Over Key Vice Presidential Positions This spring, Cal Maritime welcomed two new vice presidents to campus, filling positions that were left vacant due to recent retirements. Here’s a look at the campus executives who are taking over the helm of university advancement, and administration and finance.
Beverly Byl
Kurt Lohide
Beverly Byl has been named Cal Maritime’s vice president for university advancement and executive director of The California Maritime Academy Foundation. As a member of the President’s Cabinet, she has direct responsibility for the university’s advancement programs, including alumni affairs, communications, community and governmental relations, and fundraising and development operations. Byl brings more than 25 years of experience in fund development, including three years as the vice president of university advancement for California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) and executive director for the CSUB Foundation. Under her leadership, she set and surpassed annual goals, despite a challenging national philanthropic economy, for a $4.3 million three-year average. In addition, she worked with staff to develop a comprehensive university advancement plan, a marketing and communication plan for the campus, and developed a strategic internal plan for the work of the CSUB Alumni Association. Prior to joining CSUB, she worked at University of the Pacific (UOP), where she served as associate vice president for advancement and interim vice president of advancement. She has a proven track record in capital campaigns at both University of the Pacific (UOP) and Indiana University. At UOP, she executed a successful $330 million fundraising campaign that far exceeded the university’s initial goal of $200 million. Byl graduated summa cum laude from Morehead State University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in art and secondary education. She also holds a Master of Science degree in educational psychology from Indiana University.
Kurt Lohide has joined Cal Maritime as vice president for administration and finance. Also a member of the President’s Cabinet, he serves as chief financial officer, responsible for the university’s financial, physical and human resources. Lohide brings to Cal Maritime more than 30 years of senior level leadership and managerial skills, both in higher education and in the U.S. Air Force. He most recently served as vice president for finance and administrative services for Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, where he managed an annual $120 million budget and provided all administrative and financial services to ensure the success of more than 1,000 university faculty and staff along with more than 8,000 students across three campuses. Prior to joining Winona State University in 2008, Lohide retired with the rank of colonel after a distinguished career in the US Air Force that included serving as staff director for the Air Force Smart Operations 21, where he directed business transformation practices throughout the United States for the Air Force Warfare Center. He also served as Commander of the 435th Air Base Wing at Ramstein, Germany, where he was responsible for all aspects of the budget, finance, base operations, communications, security, human resources and other personnel services for the largest support wing in the U.S. Air Force. Lohide obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism and English at Indiana University. He also earned three master’s degrees — two from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Master of Arts and Sciences in both general studies and operations), and a Master of Science Degree in national security strategy from the National Defense University.
Vice President, University Advancement Executive Director, CMA Foundation
Vice President for Administration and Finance
Cal Maritime
SUMMER 2012
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