Budget and Financial Planning

The Office of Budget and Financial Planning is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the university’s internal operating budgets and reporting on the status of the budget to the administration, reviewing requests for revisions to unit budgets, preparing the University’s operating budget request to the Illinois Board of Higher Education, conducting analysis and preparing documentation to support our annual General Revenue appropriation that is required by the Illinois General Assembly and Governor’s Office of Management and Budget.

We are located in Altgeld Hall, in the Administration and Finance office suite 230.

Contact Us

Cara Carlson
Executive Director, Budget and Financial Planning
815-753-1826
ccarlso2@niu.edu

Malhar Saheed
Director of Financial Planning
815-753-1800
asaheed@niu.edu

Abby Lund
Director of Budget Operations
815-753-1144
alund@niu.edu

Kasturi Hyderkhan
Data and Analytics Lead
khyderkhan1@niu.edu