Higher Education & Nonprofit Banking

Nancy Votava, CTP

Executive Director

Nancy Votava is a Higher Education and Nonprofit Industry Solutions Specialist within J.P. Morgan’s Commercial Bank. She works with industry leaders to understand and address the strategic treasury objectives and challenges for organizations nationally. Nancy’s areas of expertise include overall process improvement across key departments to achieve operational efficiencies and financial benefits. This allows organizations to dedicate more time and effort to their mission-driven initiatives.

Nancy has great knowledge from her experiences in banking, higher education and nonprofits. She began her career at 1st Source Bank as a Commercial Lender and Vice President for Treasury Services. Following her time in banking, Nancy spent 22 years at the University of Notre Dame, managing the university’s domestic and international bank relationships and financial service providers.

As Treasury Manager, Nancy led initiatives to meet the needs of the university’s departments and their customers—while modernizing processes. The outcome of these efforts included creating efficiencies, tightening controls, improving cash flow and increasing automation to redirect staff time to more value-added functions. Most recently, she focused on international operations, evolving payment regulations and operational compliance. 

Nancy has been a regular presenter and thought leader, sharing her experiences and best practices at industry conferences such as Treasury Institute for Higher Education, Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and Global Development Organizations (GDO) Treasurers Roundtable.

Nancy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). She lives in South Bend, IN.