Kristy Walters Named UAMS Associate Vice Chancellor For Finance and Treasurer
| June 18, 2018 | Kristy Walters has been named associate vice chancellor for finance and treasurer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She had held the position on an interim basis since December 2017.
Walters is responsible for providing oversight for multiple UAMS financial offices, monitoring and managing cash needs and investments, managing revenue forecasting, and providing data for audits.
From 2015-2017, she held the position of director of contracts administration at UAMS and prior to that served for almost three years as director of financial assurance.
Walters’ other previous professional experience includes serving as regional audit manager and associate director of internal audit at the University of Arkansas System and as financial analyst for Acxiom.
Walters received her Master of Business Administration from UALR and is a certified public accountant, certified healthcare financial professional, and certified information systems auditor.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###