Rutgers Business School MBA alumnus Olena Paslawsky, will return to the school as the featured speaker for the school’s CFO Lecture Series. The CFO Lecture Series will be held April 23. Paslawsky will speak about her career and specifically her transition to the non-profit world from corporate finance. Paslawsky’s talk is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in Bove Auditorium on the Rutgers campus.
The CFO Lecture Series is one of the school’s most distinguished events, highlighting the success of its alumni as well as the strength of its connections to corporations in Newark and the region. Other MBA alums who have participated in the series include Sheri McCoy, chief executive of Avon and Michael O’Neill, chief executive of Broadcast Music Inc.
Paslawsky received her MBA from Rutgers in 1978. She spent almost thirty years in finance for companies like Prudential and Chase. She now works for the Met in New York City. At the museum, she oversees IT as well as the annual budget preparation. She also meets with donors and participates in discussions about the Met’s plans for taking over the old Whitney Museum.
Paslawsky has now been with the Met for eight years. She still finds it exciting be working in the the museum and helping to carry out its mission. But there are some distinct differences between her current job at a non-profit and the ones she previously held in corporate finance.”In a corporate job, success is much more easily measured and everyone understands it,” she said. “The thing about a not-for-profit, is it’s really more of a blend of things, accessibility, a good visitor experience, things that are harder to measure.”