Signature Authority

Signature Authority

Signature Authority

Below are the positions that have been authorized to sign on behalf of the University. Please refer to the resolution for more details. 

Authority

Contracts/Transactions

 Scope/Limit (all subject to Legal Review)
President All contracts in the absence of
delegated signors.		 Subject to limits imposed by Board of Trustees.
Chancellor All contracts in the absence of
delegated signors.		 Subject to limits imposed by Board of Trustees.
Senior Vice President for Finance All contracts in the absence of
delegated signors.		 Subject to limits imposed by Board of Trustees.
Vice President for Budget and Financial Planning OR Associate Vice President for Finance/Controller All contracts in the absence of
delegated signors. Senior Vice
President is preferred except in areas
of specified delegation.		 Subject to limits imposed by Board of Trustees.
Provost-Executive Vice
Chancellor Academic Affairs		 Contracts pertaining to Academic Programs, Academic Affiliations, partnerships and joint degree programs with no monetary commitment. AVP or SVP Finance as
cosigner of any monetary
commitment that deviates
from the approved budget.
College Level Deans Student Site Placement Agreements,
Clinical Placement Agreements,
Clinical Rotation Agreements		 AVP or SVP of Finance as
cosigner of any monetary
commitment that deviates
from the approved budget.
Chief Executive Officer, Rowan
Online Chief Transformation
Officer		 Contracts pertaining to Rowan Online
with no monetary commitment or
with a monetary commitment that is
consistent with the approved budget.		 AVP or SVP Finance or
Chancellor as cosigner of any
monetary commitment that
deviates from the approved
budget.
Provost - Executive Vice
Chancellor Academic Affairs
or Vice President for Research or
Assistant/Associate Vice
President of Research with cosignature
of Senior Vice
President for Finance OR Vice
President for Budget and
Financial Planning OR Associate
Vice President for
Finance/Controller		 All sponsored research agreements
and contracts with federal, state,
corporations and foundations.		 AVP as cosigner - Up to
aggregate grant amount of
$2,000,000.
SVP Finance as cosigner -
Above $2,000,000 or
requiring University match
over $100,000.
Provost - Executive Vice
Chancellor Academic Affairs or
Vice President for Research or
Assistant/Associate Vice
President		 All IP agreements, including MTAs
and Research Compliance
Agreements, including interinstitutional
agreements.		 Excluding Equity Share
Agreements which must be
signed by Senior VP of
Finance.
Vice President for Budget and
Financial Planning		 All university contracts and Purchase
Orders that are less than $500,000
and all contracts using student funds.		 Subject to limits imposed by
Board of Trustees.
Associate Vice President for
Finance/Controller		 All contracts and Purchase Orders
that are less than $250,000 and all
contracts using student funds.		 Subject to limits imposed by
Board of Trustees.
Senior Director of Contracting
and Procurement or Director of
Procurement when necessitated
by circumstance.		 All contracts using student-raised
funds up to $250,000.		 Subject to limits imposed by
Board of Trustees.
Senior Director of Contracting
and Procurement or Director of
Procurement when necessitated		 All university contracts and Purchase
Orders that are less than $100,000
within the approved Budget.		 Subject to limits imposed by
Board of Trustees, must be in
operating budget.
VP for Human Resources or
authorized Labor Management
Relations Representative		 Local Agreements and individually
negotiated matters with represented
employees relating to labor
management relations.		 Subject to limits imposed by
Board of Trustees, excluding
financial commitments.

In the event that neither the Vice President for Budget and Financial Planning nor the Associate Vice President for Finance/Controller are available to sign their designated contracts, they may assign appropriate personnel to sign on their behalf.

In the absence of the Provost-Executive Vice Chancellor, appropriate personnel may be assigned to sign on their behalf.

 

 Revised 09.10.2025