Sue E. Mitchell Vice President for Finance & Business Affairs Phone: (843) 953-5002 Fax: (843) 953-7084 sue.mitchell@citadel.edu

Sue Mitchell is the vice president for finance and business affairs for The Citadel. Prior to assuming the vice president position at The Citadel in December 2008, she was Vice President for Business Affairs at Charleston Southern University for five years. Ms. Mitchell has more than 15 years experience in business and financial management, both in the private sector and in higher education.

As vice president for finance and business affairs, Mitchell is one of six senior-level administrators reporting directly to the President. She is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of an annual budget of approximately $88 million and serves as the liaison to The Citadel Trust, which manages scholarship money. Her responsibilities include overseeing the offices of financial and accounting services, procurement, treasurer, budget, human resources, and auxiliary services.

Mitchell is a Certified Public Accountant. She earned an MBA degree from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration/accounting and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Central Florida. While at CSU, she was responsible for financial and accounting operations, procurement, treasurer, budget, human resources, facilities management and construction, auxiliary services, and risk management. Mitchell also had oversight of a separate for-profit land development and joint venture corporation, which includes a franchise hotel operation and separate infrastructure. Before that, she held consulting and financial management positions at Kaplan EduNeering, Hill-Rom Associates, United Medical Corporation, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.

Office of Finance and Business Affairs

• Financial Services
  • Accounting
  • Treasurer
• Human Resources
  • EEO/Affirmative Action
  • Post Office
  • Records Mgmt
  • Staff Council
• Budget and Analysis
• Procurement Services
• Auxiliary Services
  • Cadet Store
  • Gift Shop
  • Laundry/Dry Cleaning
  • Citadel Copy Center
  • Tailor Shop
  • Telecommunications
  • Dining Services
• Infirmary
  • Sports Medicine