theforcedpivot Podcast with Ron Brade

theforcedpivot with Antoine Medley

theforcedpivot Podcast welcomes Ron Brade.
As Senior Vice President of Administration & Chief Operating Officer, Ron Brade supports the President of Xavier University in Louisiana, in strategic analysis and planning. He oversees the daily operations of the university, ensuring administrative units fulfill the mission of the university. This includes overseeing infrastructure, the university Master Plan and its execution, finances, IT, facilities operations, human resources, campus safety, risk and insurance management, compliance, and satisfaction of internal and external stakeholders.

Before his appointment with Xavier, Mr. Brade was the Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Sourcing & Chief Procurement Officer at the University of North Texas (UNT) System. In this role, he provided strategic direction, leadership, and supervision of strategic sourcing, the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program, contract management, credit card services, and accounts payable functions across the system’s member institutions in Denton, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Most recently, Mr. Brade led the transformation of UNT System's procurement infrastructure, including the automation of its procure-to-pay processes.

Prior to joining UNTS, Mr. Brade retired as a member of the Senior Executive Service, having spent 29 years working in the federal government. While he completed his federal career as the Associate Center Director for NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, his federal career included center and agency-level leadership responsibilities covering Human Capital, Procurement, IT, Strategic Infrastructure, and Protective Services. In addition to NASA, Mr. Brade worked for other federal agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency at the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Institute of Standards & Technology.

Mr. Brade is a native of South Boston, VA, and received his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and his master’s degree in Public Administration from George Washington University. He is married to Angela LaCroix Brade, and they have three children: Bianca, Beau, and Brielle.
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