{"id":13782,"date":"2025-12-17T13:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/?p=13782"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:03:29","slug":"sara-desens-named-assistant-director-of-treasury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/sara-desens-named-assistant-director-of-treasury\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Desens Named Assistant Director of Treasury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13792 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sara-Desens_Photo_WEB-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Sara Desens\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sara-Desens_Photo_WEB-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sara-Desens_Photo_WEB.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/>The University is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Desens as assistant director of Treasury, reporting directly to the Associate Treasurer Kathy King-Griswold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this role, Sara will provide oversight and management of University-wide central treasury operations, including cash management, debt administration, and liquidity strategies. She \u00a0brings over two decades of experience in treasury management and public finance, most recently serving as senior vice president of Public Finance Investment Banking at Hilltop Securities Inc. Previously, Sara served as Cash &amp; Debt manager at the University of Rochester and as manager of Debt\/Asset Management at Harvard University, where she oversaw a $5 billion debt portfolio and led a $2.5 billion refinancing effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Desens as assistant director of Treasury, reporting directly to the Associate Treasurer Kathy King-Griswold. 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