Craig Becker serves as the associate vice president for finance and business affairs at Lafayette College where he is responsible for all fiscal and business matters encompassing budgeting, accounting, treasury, financial systems, risk, procurement, tax management, and auxiliary services.
He previously served in senior positions at Yeshiva University, The New School, Seton Hall University, the New York Institute of Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Becker’s major focus has been on the development and implementation of budget preparation and reporting systems, ERP implementations, program costing, financial planning and reporting, and operational improvement.
Prior to working in higher education, Mr. Becker was a manager in KPMG Peat Marwick’s higher education practice, where he provided consulting services to colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations. He performed diversified studies spanning financial management and reporting, planning and budgeting, internal control reviews, financial modeling, operations reviews, organization studies, and system implementations.
Mr. Becker is the chair of the College Board’s audit committee. He has also served as chair and member of the program planning committees for NACUBO’s higher education accounting and planning and budget forums. Mr. Becker earned a Master of Science in Accounting from the Northeastern University, Graduate School of Professional Accounting and a Master of Public Administration from the State University of New York at Albany, Graduate School of Public Affairs. Mr. Becker is a certified public accountant.