Margo Steurbaut, Interim Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer

MARGO STEURBAUT, Interim Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, serves as the Institute's primary finance officer and oversees a diverse group of services, including financial services and procurement, audit services and institute compliance, facilities, human resources, information management systems and services, research administration, and security and parking. In addition, she acts as the primary administrative contact with Caltech's faculty club, the Athenaeum and serves as the primary liaison to two Trustee committees: Finance, Facilities, and Infrastructure and Audit, Compliance, and Risk. Ms. Steurbaut has more than 25 years of experience in business, finance and operations within higher education. Prior to joining Caltech in July 2016, Ms. Steurbaut was Vice President for Finance at the University of Southern California (2008-2016). She earned her undergraduate (BS, ‘82) degree from Illinois State University and graduate (MBA '01) degree from the University of Southern California. Ms. Steurbaut retired from Caltech in August 2021, and returns to the Institute as Interim Vice President.