Mary Ellen Borchers
Director, Strategic Initiatives
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Mary Ellen Borchers serves as director for strategic initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor at the University of Illinois Chicago. In this capacity, she oversees, facilitates, and assesses a broad range of complex, high-level projects that relate to advancing UIC’s efforts in areas of student experience and success; national and international impact and visibility; community engagement; and entrepreneurial thinking. Mary Ellen joined UIC in 2022 as the budget redesign director in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and brings over 17 years of experience in higher education finance, planning, and operations. Prior to joining UIC, she worked as a higher education consulting manager with Huron Consulting Group and served as Associate Vice President of Finance at Illinois Institute of Technology. Mary Ellen earned her BS in architecture from Ohio State University and her MBA from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.