Yestramski receives EACUBO Distinguished Service Award

Joanne Yestramski, University of Maine vice president and chief business officer, received the KPMG Distinguished Service Award of the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers (EACUBO) at its 2022 Spring Gathering, March 27–29 in Philadelphia.

The KPMG Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to a higher education business officer, active or retired, who has cultivated and embodied a strategic leadership mindset and reflected EACUBO’s core values in fostering a sense of community and collegiality. 

Yestramski has more than 25 years of experience in higher education, first at Bentley College as vice president of finance and treasurer beginning in 1996, and as chief financial officer and treasurer for the University of Maine System from 2001–08. She joined University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2008 and retired in 2020 as senior vice chancellor of finance, operations and strategic planning. She has been a member of the UMaine community since 2020.