Veronica Salazar

Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Business Affairs, University of Texas at San Antonio

Biography

Veronica Salazar serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Business Affairs at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). With over 20 years of experience in higher education, she provides leadership in finance, real estate, administration, urban development, and strategic business initiatives. Ms. Salazar provides oversight of the university’s financial resources and helps advance UTSA’s vision to become a student success exemplar, nationally competitive research university and Hispanic-thriving institution. She works to ensure the success of ongoing initiatives, including the Campus Master Plan and Downtown Campus expansion. Previously, Ms. Salazar served as the Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer at the University of California, Merced, where she made significant contributions to the Merced 2020 Project.