James offers 30 years of experience in higher education administration and is a Senior Consultant for Brailsford and Dunlavey. His consulting portfolio includes business transformation services for streamlining organizational structures, resource optimization and new net revenue generation. Furthermore, James has direct expertise in the businesses of higher education including finance, auxiliaries, facilities, information technology, and public safety. James has engaged with… Show more James offers 30 years of experience in higher education administration and is a Senior Consultant for Brailsford and Dunlavey. His consulting portfolio includes business transformation services for streamlining organizational structures, resource optimization and new net revenue generation. Furthermore, James has direct expertise in the businesses of higher education including finance, auxiliaries, facilities, information technology, and public safety. James has engaged with senior leadership at Universities across the country to identify and execute on opportunities to optimize resources for administrative and auxiliary services units. These engagements have consistently resulted in identified savings and new net revenue generation of over 5% annually of unrestricted operating budgets. Show less

James Vigil has over 27 years of experience in higher education administration and currently serves as the Vice President for Administration for Shepherd University. In this role he provides direction, oversight, and operational management for auxiliary enterprises, information technology,public safety, facilities management, planning, and construction. James’ recent projects include leading a public private partnership initiative to modernize Shepherd’s housing inventory, an… Show more James Vigil has over 27 years of experience in higher education administration and currently serves as the Vice President for Administration for Shepherd University. In this role he provides direction, oversight, and operational management for auxiliary enterprises, information technology,public safety, facilities management, planning, and construction. James’ recent projects include leading a public private partnership initiative to modernize Shepherd’s housing inventory, an organizational restructuring of Facilities Management to maximize resources and leverage personnel talent, the development and implementation of a capital investment plan to stabilize and enhance Shepherd’s technology infrastructure and the implementation of an IT governance structure to align University goals with IT resources. His professional activities include membership on the University’s strategic and master planning committees. James has served as a facilitator for the Financial Management Institute for the National Association of College Stores and served as a team member for their College Store Evaluation Service. He has participated in the National Association of College Auxiliary Services’ Institute for Managers and the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s Recreation Facilities Institute. James received his Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas and a Masters of Arts in Corporate and Organizational Communications from West Virginia University. Show less

James Vigil has over 27 years of experience in higher education administration and currently serves as the Vice President for Administration and Interim Chief Financial Officer for Shepherd University. In this role he provides direction, oversight, and operational management for Shepherd’s fiscal and procurement services; budget and resource planning; auxiliary enterprises; information technology; facilities management, planning, and construction.

As the Associate Vice President for Business Decision Support for Shepherd University James has full P&L and budget responsibility for all auxiliary units at Shepherd University including Athletics, Bookstore, Dining Services, ID Card Office, Residence Life, Student Center, and the Wellness Center. James also provides business decision support throughout the University for business-unit analysis, organizational structure and function, resource allocation, financial analysis for revenue… Show more As the Associate Vice President for Business Decision Support for Shepherd University James has full P&L and budget responsibility for all auxiliary units at Shepherd University including Athletics, Bookstore, Dining Services, ID Card Office, Residence Life, Student Center, and the Wellness Center. James also provides business decision support throughout the University for business-unit analysis, organizational structure and function, resource allocation, financial analysis for revenue enhancement opportunities, and business plan development/execution. In addition, he provides expertise in cost center/zero based budgeting and net revenue modeling.Throughout James’ career he has led numerous initiatives for Shepherd University including capital construction projects ranging in size from $200,000 to $23,000,000, business plan development and execution projects for an e-commerce website, a comprehensive campus id card program, a wellness center, a satellite campus, an internationalization program, and the implementation of zero-based budgeting and capital improvement setback funds for all auxiliary units. James’ professional activities include membership on the University’s strategic and master planning committees. He is a past member of the Benchmarking and Successful Practices Committee for the National Association of College Stores(NACS). James has served as a facilitator for the Financial Management Institute for NACS and served as a team member for their College Store Evaluation Service. He has participated in the NACAS Institute for Managers and NIRSA's Recreation Facilities Institute. James received his Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas and a Masters of Arts in Corporate and Organizational Communications from West Virginia University. Show less