Ms. Stevens is tasked with managing all financial matters within the civil and electrical engineering departments and securing grants and research funding from corporations.
TARPON SPRINGS, FL, March 22, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Sandra Maldonado Stevens has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Leveraging more than 40 years of professional excellence, Ms. Stevens has thrived in the field of higher education, lending her expertise to universities in a myriad of administrative roles. Since 2013, she has served as a financial administrator II at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she extends her professional knowledge to the department of engineering and specializes in overseeing the department’s administrative sector. Among her several responsibilities, Ms. Stevens is tasked with managing all financial matters within the civil and electrical engineering departments and securing grants and research funding from corporations. In this regard, she monitors account balances, ensuring that funding is available within the project period, and directs the payment of faculty members, including graduate students who are teaching or research assistants.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Stevens served at Everest College in numerous roles, including as a financial representative from 2010 to 2011 and a student accounts representative from 2011 to 2013. Likewise, she was a financial administrator at Northwestern University from 2009 to 2010, as well as an assistant buyer from 2004 to 2007 and a business manager from 2007 to 2009 at Purdue University Calumet. She commenced her career in higher education in 2002 as a computer analyst at Purdue University, where she remained until 2004. Ms. Stevens initially sought a formal education at Purdue University, receiving an undergraduate degree in retail management. However, upon discovering her true calling in higher education and securing job placement in the financial department at Purdue University, she obtained a Master of Business Administration from her alma mater in 2008.
In the early stages of her profession, Ms. Stevens leveraged her natural curiosity and unwavering drive to diversify her skillset and broaden her career prospects, and she subsequently transitioned to the engineering department at Purdue University, where she learned the fundamental processes required for engineering. To wit, her exposure to the inner workings of the university’s financial system proved invaluable, and she eventually transferred to the astronautical engineering department, where she was recognized as the only minority in its business services sector. Receiving comprehensive training at this time, she developed a keen understanding of finances and grants. She also cultivated expertise in computer technology.
In accounting for her success, Ms. Stevens credits the unparalleled support from her family, who offered encouragement and a beacon of light during moments of strife in her personal and professional life. Although she has experienced numerous career milestones, she is particularly gratified by the opportunity to acquire knowledge in computer operations, repair and troubleshooting while working in the technology department at Purdue University, which presented her with remarkable challenges that she embraced with much success. In the coming years, Ms. Stevens endeavors to ease into a well-deserved retirement and allocate her time to supporting and inspiring underprivileged youth.
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