Chief Operating Officer Patrick O'Rourke provides leadership in the financial management, operational and planning activities of the campus. 

The SRS Team uses its collective leadership and broad campus view to manage shared campus resources in a manner that serves the entire institution. By staying closely aligned and supportive of each other’s work, the team ensures that valuable improvements can be implemented quickly and shared widely. We optimize resources in mission-critical areas by ensuring collaborative holistic solutions to complex challenges.

Vision

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will be nationally recognized for its inclusive and innovative learning and working environment.

Mission

SRS provides creative and sustainable services that enable the CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ community of faculty, staff and students to meet their educational and professional objectives.

Values

  • Transparency: We will provide the CU leadership with information that will enable informed decisions and share information with the CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ community in a manner that builds trust.
  • Agency: We will empower people within SRS to assume responsibility for decisions and be accountable for progress toward our goals.
  • Empathy: We will value people for their perspectives, respectfully engage with them, and seek to understand how our decisions affect others.

Commitments to CU Community

  • University First Leadership: Continuously engage the academic and administrative functions across the campus in support of our shared mission, including strong relationships with the provost and academic affairs, each college and school dean, advancement and athletics.
  • Commitment to Shared Governance: Collaborate with faculty, staff, and student shared governance groups to understand the needs of our constituents, vet ideas and opportunities, and build consensus around our solutions.
  • Advocacy for CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and Higher Education: Advocate for public research universities as agents of discovery, innovation and transformation that advance society.  
  • Advance the CU System: Advance the efforts of the University of Colorado’s four campuses and the CU System to serve Colorado.