Administration VP Kalmbach to resign after little over a year

Charles Kalmbach '68, University senior vice president for administration, announced Friday he intends to leave his post at the University by January.

"It has been a privilege to apply the knowledge I have acquired over the more than 20 years of helping organizations become better places to Princeton as its chief administrative officer," he said in an email. "It is a matter of great satisfaction that we have accomplished most of the initial objectives that [President Tilghman] and I set down almost two years ago."

Tilghman concurred with Kalmbach's assessment and praised his service to the University.

"Vice president Kalmbach was able to accomplish a great deal during his time at Princeton," she said in an email. "Overall, he encouraged us to think about University administration strategically and to focus on ways in which we could achieve our goals more effectively across University departments."

As senior vice president of administration, Kalmbach was responsible for hiring Maureen Nash, vice president for human resources, and Steven Healy, director of public safety.

He also oversaw the restructuring of the University's administrative, human resources and facilities offices, and created the new Department of University Services, to which he named Paul Breitman director.

Kalmbach, the University's first office of senior vice president for administration, was named to the post in June 2002, only 19 months ago.

When his appointment was announced last year, Tilghman praised Kalmbach as the right person to help "complex organizations to improve and change."

Before joining the University's administration, Kalmbach served in senior managing positions for several companies, including the consulting firm Accenture.

Tilghman said Kalmbach is leaving the University because "he has expressed a desire to return to the private sector." His successor has not yet been named, she said. A search for Kalmbach's successor is now beginning.

Kalmbach is an undergraduate and graduate alumnus of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where he also served on the school's advisory council.

Last year he taught a course on "Leadership and Organization Dynamics."