Marie Pipes Last College: Louisiana Tech Position: Chief Financial Officer Contact: mpipes@latech.edu Graduated: 1999

Marie Pipes will begin her 25th year at Louisiana Tech and her second year as Associate Athletics Director - Chief Financial Officer in the athletic department. She is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the athletic department, including overseeing the individual budgets for 16 varsity sports, monitoring athletic funds of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Foundation, serving as liaison with the university's business offices and supervising the Athletic Ticket Office.

Pipes previously served as the budget manager for the College of Engineering for six years where she had similar to duties to what she has now. She was also in the College of Liberal Arts as the dean's assistant handling day-to-day business in the office while working with budget planning for the year.

Pipes graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1999.