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Russ Deaton

In addition to his responsibilities as CFO, Russ Deaton directs finance policy development and research including the funding formula, tuition policy, and financial aid. In 2006, he received his PhD from Vanderbilt where he studied the public policy adoption process in state governments. Since 2007, he has served as an adjunct faculty member at Vanderbilt, teaching courses in higher education finance and policy economics.