Nathan Brostrom

Executive Vice President

Nathan Brostrom serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer for the University of California, a position he has held since 2014. In this position he oversees all aspects of financial management for the UC system, which includes 10 UC campuses, five academic medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His areas of responsibility include asset management, debt management, the systemwide operating budget, capital finance and planning, risk services, procurement and financial accounting.  The University has an annual operating budget of $60 billion and manages assets of $200 billion.

Mr. Brostrom spent one year — the 2019-2020 academic year — as the interim chancellor for UC Merced, the youngest campus in the UC system. During that period Brostrom focused on student success and improving student outcomes. UC Merced was recognized as the #1 university in the country for exceeding projected graduation rates in 2020.  He also prioritized the delivery of the Merced 2020 capital project — a $1.3 billion public-private partnership to double the size of the campus — on time and on budget, which was achieved in June 2020. 

Before becoming systemwide CFO in 2014, Brostrom served as executive vice president for business operations, after spending four years as vice chancellor for administration at UC Berkeley, beginning in 2006.

Prior to that, Brostrom spent 10 years as managing director and manager of the Western Region Public Finance group for JPMorgan, where he worked on financings totaling more than $100 billion for municipal clients throughout the western United States.

He serves on the boards of the California Academy of Sciences, The College Board, and Futures Without Violence, an international organization that works to reduce domestic abuse and violence against women and children. He has also led two systemwide reviews of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Brostrom graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and holds a master’s degree in public and international affairs from Princeton University.  He and his wife Caitlin live in Berkeley.

He serves on the boards for the Keck Telescope and the Thirty-Meter Telescope, and has led two systemwide reviews of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is also a board member of Fiat Lux and of Futures Without Violence, an international organization that works to reduce domestic abuse and violence against women and children.

Brostrom graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and holds a master’s degree in public and international affairs from Princeton University.  He and his wife Caitlin live in Berkeley.