'Behind the Blue': Joe Reed Discusses Institutional Transparency and Accountability
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 28, 2020) — The University of Kentucky has recently announced plans to elevate and expand its commitment to diversity, student success, accountability and its historic land-grant mission of service as part of an expansion of UK President Eli Capilouto’s leadership team.
As part of that expansion, UK is creating the position of chief accountability officer and audit executive, which will serve as a direct report to Capilouto, who says that the major reorganization is focused on the strategic imperatives, critical to UK’s capacity to not only survive, but thrive as the institution confronts what he calls the “twin pandemics” of COVID-19 and systemic racism.
Chief auditor, Joe Reed, will move along with the division he oversees from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Finance Administration, into this new role of chief accountability officer and audit executive.
On this episode of "Behind the Blue," Reed discusses this new role, how it differs from his previous position as chief auditor, why this organizational change was needed at UK, the meaning and impact it provides to the overall mission of the University of Kentucky, and more.
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