People news: Upstate Medical names assistant VP for internal audit and enterprise risk management

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — William G. Veit has been named assistant VP for internal audit and enterprise risk management at Upstate Medical University. He also serves as the university’s chief audit executive, it announced.

Veit brings to Upstate significant experience in higher-education risk management, regulatory compliance, accounting, financial and information-security controls, and other areas.

He previously served as VP and chief financial officer at Cazenovia College (2021-2023), according to an Upstate Medical University news release. At the college, he was a key member of the president’s leadership team interacting on issues related to finance, audit, payroll, information technologies, human resources and facilities maintenance, and more.

Veit also served as senior risk-management consultant for FoxPointe Solutions, a division of the Bonadio Group, in Syracuse (2019-2021), providing expert advice on risk assessments to hospitals, social services and banking, among others.

At SUNY Cortland (2015-2019), Veit served as risk-management officer and director, where he directed the college’s internal controls and enterprise risk-management program. He also developed the college’s first-ever risk-management plan.

Veit also held positions at Badoud Enterprises Inc. and The Scotsman Press in Syracuse, (1990-2014) as CEO and president, VP of commercial printing, and chief financial officer. Veit earned an MBA and bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College.