Sobanet is a Coloradan and state higher education leader. Her experience includes positions at CU and other Colorado higher education organizations, state government and the private sector. She most recently served as Executive Vice Chancellor of Administration and Strategy at the University of Colorado Denver, joining the institution’s leadership team in 2016.

Along with a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Colorado Denver, Jennifer earned a master’s degree in international studies, with concentrations in Latin America and Spanish, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute and holds an MBA in international financial management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

At CU Denver, Jennifer oversaw administrative strategy and campus finances and directed the work to incubate, resource, and operationalize the campus’ strategic initiatives. She helped build and implement collaborative campus processes to address CU Denver’s fiscal challenges. Her work developing new community, corporate and public/nonprofit partnerships elevated CU Denver’s research and creative works, teaching and learning, student experiences and success, and community impact.

Before joining CU Denver, Jennifer spent nearly a decade in management consulting and corporate finance after serving as an economist and budget analyst in Colorado Governor Roy Romer’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting. She went on to serve as the chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration at Front Range Community College and the acting executive director and chief operating officer of the Colorado Department of Higher Education before assuming her Executive Vice Chancellor role at CU Denver.