Sharon Kurek

Sharon M. Kurek, CPA, CFE, CCEP, MBA

Vice President for Enterprise Risk and Integrity & Chief Risk Officer

Sharon Kurek leads the risk mitigation and assurance efforts at Virginia Tech, serving as a key advisor across the institution on enterprise risks, compliance, ethics, and internal audit matters.  She reports to the Compliance, Audit, and Risk Committee of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, with dual administrative reporting to the University President and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Sharon is an experienced leader with proven ability to promote a culture of accountability and ethical decision-making, facilitate identification and mitigation of risks to an acceptable level, and foster continuous improvement in the areas of risk management, internal control, efficiency, policy, and procedure.  She strives to be a collaborative leader with an expectation of excellence and is dedicated to advancing the risk management, compliance, and auditing professions.

Prior to joining Virginia Tech in 2008, Sharon worked at the University of California, Berkeley and progressively held more responsibility in the audit, risk, and compliance space.  She began her professional career at the Georgia Department of Audits conducting external audits of state entities, including colleges and universities for the State of Georgia.  She received her MBA from Virginia Tech, a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University, and holds professional certifications in public accountancy, compliance and ethics, and fraud.

Sharon is a member of various risk, compliance, auditing, accounting, and higher education organizations serving as a presenter, in various committee and leadership roles, and as a contributing author.  Sharon served as President of the Association of College & University Auditors (ACUA), continues service on the advocacy committee, and is a recipient of ACUA’s Member Service Award recognizing her contributions to association and its membership.

Contact Sharon:

kurek@vt.edu
540-231-5883