Mark Nickerson

Vice President for Administration and Finance

Mark Nickerson joined The California Maritime Academy in August 2002 as Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer. His responsibilities include campus planning and development, budget and financial oversight, human resources, contract services, auxiliary operations, public safety, information technology, facilities operations, and risk and emergency management. His outstanding management team is fully committed to providing the most effective and efficient services possible to the CMA community in a friendly, respectful and professional manner.

Prior to joining Cal Maritime, Mr. Nickerson served as the CEO of CSU East Bay's Contra Costa Campus and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration. He has also held administrative posts at CSU Long Beach and San Francisco State University.

Mr. Nickerson is the Founding President of the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators and is active in the Western Association of College and University Business Officers. He serves on the California State University Council of Administrative and Business Officers and various system-wide committees.

Mr. Nickerson has a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from CSU, East Bay. He is ABD in Higher Education Policy Studies at UC, Berkeley.

Mr. Nickerson resides in the Glen Cove district of Vallejo with his wife, Augie Saulys, a physician at Children’s Hospital of Oakland, and his beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Zoe, with whom he can be found fly fishing the streams and lakes of Northern California, Kamchatka, and the Canadian Rockies as time permits.