Frances Mueller

Frances Mueller is an assistant vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs at the University of Michigan, responsible for overseeing space management and capital planning for the Ann Arbor campus on behalf of the Office of the Provost and the executive vice president for academic affairs. Prior to this role, she was the project manager for the University of Michigan Space Utilization Initiative, a multi-year, campus-wide initiative that established institutional policies, business practices, systems, and creative solutions to manage general fund space more effectively, slow building growth, and contain space-related operating expenses.

Frances has worked for the University of Michigan for several years in leadership roles emphasizing change management, business process improvement, and policy development, and has broad, campus-wide experience and perspective from working in the Business and Finance Division, Division of Student Affairs, and currently, the Office of the Provost.