Vice President for Facilities, Campus Services and Risk Management
Robin Ploeger leads The University of Tulsa’s division that comprises facilities, campus services, risk management, UTulsa security, environmental health & safety, emergency operations and business continuity as well as serves as the HIPAA compliance/privacy officer.
She moved into a university leadership role in 2022 after spending 27 years as a faculty member and administrator in the athletic training program and the Oxley College of Health Sciences, culminating in her role as dean. In these positions, she was instrumental in setting up all aspects of college operations, including student recruiting, faculty review process, college policies and procedures, hiring processes, fundraising strategies and opening new academic programs.
Ploeger has been awarded the AMBCI certification from the Business Continuity Institute and completed the Crisis Management & Business Resiliency certificate from MIT as well as several emergency preparedness certifications from FEMA. She is also a certified HIPAA privacy officer through the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance.
Ploeger led the UTulsa campus-wide self-study that was part of the Gardner Institute Transfer project. Findings led to the formation of the Transfer Student Success Committee. Ploeger now serves on the board of directors of Tulsa Higher Education Consortium.
She received an associate’s degree from Hutchinson Community College before transferring to Ohio University to complete her bachelor’s degree. She earned a master’s degree at Brigham Young University and a doctorate in higher education from Oklahoma State University.