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Zach Hermsen is the Chief Financial Officer for the Auraria Higher Education Center. Before joining the AHEC Executive Team, Hermsen worked as Vice President of Tax Credit Financing at S.B. Clark Companies, a national, women-owned public finance consulting firm based in Denver. Prior to joining S.B. Clark, Hermsen worked at Emily Griffith Technical College, serving as Director of Business Services from 2011 to 2014, Sr. Director of Finance & Operations/CFO, 2014-2019, and Vice President of Finance & Operations/CFO beginning in 2019. Prior to joining Emily Griffith, Hermsen worked in various roles at IBM from 1999 to 2011, including Finance Manager for IBM Global Services and Senior Finance Manager for IBM Integrated Technology Division. He received eight management recognition awards for outstanding work at IBM and was also in the IBM Top Talent Program and was inducted into the prestigious One Hundred Percent Club. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico and an MBA from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business. As an undergraduate, Hermsen was a 3-time All-WAC Scholar-Athlete.