While Ohio University has deflected all questions about whether Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah Shaffer is an Ohio resident, many other state universities affirmed that their chief financial officers reside in the Buckeye State.
OU has declined on numerous occasions to answer whether Shaffer, who no longer owns residential property in the state, is a resident. University leaders say Shafferâs residence isnât relevant to the institutionâs work, a point they reiterated when asked for comment for this report.
The Athens NEWS contacted 10 Inter-University Council public universities in Ohio asking about the residency of their finance executives. OU competes with many of those institutions for undergraduate students and uses them all as benchmarks for compensation of its executive employees.