BRUNSWICK, Maine — Bowdoin College Vice President and Treasurer S. Catherine “Katy” Longley, who served during a time of campus expansion during the past 14 years, will leave Bowdoin this summer to become vice president and chief financial officer at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor.
Longley has served as senior vice president for finance and administration and treasurer at Bowdoin since 2002.
Bowdoin President Clayton Rose announced Longley’s move Thursday on the college’s website.
“In my view, Jackson Labs could not have picked a better person for this pivotal role,” Rose wrote, describing Longley, a 1976 graduate of Bowdoin as “a gifted leader who has an uncommon dedication to her position and to her alma mater.”
Longley has overseen budgets, financial planning, building and capital projects and the ongoing master plan at Bowdoin. She also has served as financial and policy adviser to the board and to two college presidents.
Longley previously served as a commissioner in then-Maine Gov. Angus King’s administration.