Lois Stanley serves as the Senior Vice President for Operations, overseeing the functions of Business Services (including the Bookstore, Dining, Housing & Residence Life, Mail, Parking & Transportation, and UVA Print), Facilities Management (including Construction, Energy & Utilities, Operations & Maintenance, and Sustainability), Office of the Architect for the University (including Real Estate Services), and the University Building Official (including Environmental Compliance).  Throughout her career, Ms. Stanley has combined strategic planning with effective oversight of both physical assets and services to university communities.

Ms. Stanley previously served as Vice President for Campus Planning and Operations at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, where she oversaw a similar portfolio. Along with her leadership team at Brandeis, she launched construction of a transformational, three-phased, student housing program, established a policy-based space governance process, developed a 20-year campus decarbonization plan, and created a long-term plan to reduce a backlog of deferred maintenance.

Prior to joining Brandeis, Ms. Stanley served as Director of Campus and Capital Renewal Planning at Tufts University. She created the first campus planning office at Tufts to help guide long- and short-term planning initiatives across the university, developed a university-wide capital budget planning process, and led the project development of several major capital projects primarily along the school’s Science and Technology Corridor.

Ms. Stanley also held capital planning and project management positions at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. As project manager, she was responsible for planning, budgeting, and sustainability across a diverse portfolio including science labs, housing, childcare centers, and office space.

Ms. Stanley grew up in Virginia Beach and earned a Bachelor of Science in business management from Virginia Tech and a Master of City Planning from Georgia Tech. She earned a Ph.D. in urban studies and planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her dissertation analyzed the reuse of closed strategic air command bases in rural areas in the 1990s.

Contact Lois: [email protected], 434-924-3349