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For Immediate Release
6 January 2005
Chicago, IL--After an extensive search, Columbia College Chicago has appointed Kevin Doherty (45), CPA, JD controller, announced Columbia President, Dr. Warrick L. Carter and Vice President of Finance, Mike DeSalle.
Prior to joining Columbia, Doherty was associate vice president of finance and controller at Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago. In 1998, while he studied for the Illinois Bar Exam, he briefly served as a consultant for University of Chicago Hospitals.
From March 1992 to January 1998 Doherty held positions as acting controller, associate controller and manager of accounting, respectively at City College of Chicago. As acting controller he was responsible for the accounting management of the district with a $280 million budget, as well as coordinating and managing the direction and objectives of the financial offices and a staff of 45.
Doherty began his career in finance as manager of accounting at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division in 1992.
He holds professional memberships with the Illinois CPA Society, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Doherty holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. In 1998 he received a juris doctorate from DePaul College of Law.
He and his wife reside in Lemont, Illinois.