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Larry Kelley, the Cal Poly vice president for administration and finance, is set to retire at the end of the school year, according to a Cal Poly press release.
He will be retiring largely to be with family, Cal Poly Interim Director of Marketing and Communications Matt Lazier said. Kelley has five children and 14 grandchildren, as well as his parents — all of whom live in Ohio — who he wishes to spend more time with. According to Lazier, Kelley also felt the time was right to retire because the worst of the school’s budget woes seem to be over.
Kelley, who also serves as Cal Poly’s chief financial officer, has been with the university since 2002. During his time at the school, he has overseen multiple large-scale construction projects: the most noteable being the Poly Canyon Village and Cerro Vista Apartments projects, according to the release.
Kelley has also served as the Cal Poly Corporation chairman of the executive board since 2007, and the Cal Poly Foundation treasurer since 2011. He is the last remaining member of the president’s leadership team that was in place when University President Jeffrey Armstrong took office in 2011. Since then, all other members have retired or been replaced.
He will temporarily be replaced by Stan Nosek, the former University of California, Davis vice chancellor for administration, until a replacement can be found. Nosek was recommended by Kelley for his previous experience in budget planning for a California university, as well as seeming to be a good fit for Cal Poly, Lazier said.