Andrew Dorantes

As vice president for Administration and Finance/Treasurer, Andrew Dorantes oversees the College’s Office of Business Affairs. This includes the areas of finance, budget, audit, investment/endowment, human resources, facilities and maintenance, payroll, student accounts, emergency preparedness, dining services, and the mailroom.

Prior to joining Harvey Mudd College in 2003, Andrew Dorantes spent 14 years in public accounting, serving as a partner and consultant for a national accounting firm. Dorantes provided auditing, accounting, tax and advisory services to colleges, universities and other non-profit organizations. Prior to that, Dorantes was employed in the City of Fullerton’s finance department, where he worked in the budget, general accounting, purchasing and risk management divisions.

From 2000–2006 Dorantes held an adjunct faculty position at Azusa Pacific University, teaching auditing principles equipping students with the skills necessary for a career in public accounting and successful completion of the certified public accounting exam (CPA). Dorantes serves as an adjunct faculty at Claremont Graduate University (CGU), and the University of Redlands teaching Higher Education Budget, Economics and Finance, providing graduate students with essential and practical understanding of finances and the current challenges of higher education.

Dorantes holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He received his PhD (2014) from Claremont Graduate University, School of Educational Studies. His dissertation was on Financial Crises Management in Higher Education: How Private Colleges and Universities Responded to the 2007-2009 Financial Crises (The Great Recession). Dorantes is both a certified public accountant (CPA) in California and a certified fraud examiner (CFE).