Amber Mathes serves as UT-ORII’s senior business services manager. Mathes is responsible for overseeing business support activities for UT-ORII and the Bredesen Center. She also serves as financial manager for Science Alliance, a Tennessee Center of Excellence, which promotes scientific collaboration between UT and ORNL. Mathes serves on the University of Tennessee’s Staff Senate, an advisory body to University administration that channels recommendations to the Chancellor and/or Staff Senate Advisors on behalf of university staff members.

Mathes brings over a decade of grant contract and financial experience to UT-ORII. Mathes served as a financial specialist for seven years in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UT Knoxville. Before joining the UT System, Mathes was a junior accountant at Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation, a local nuclear engineering firm.

Mathes grew up in Seymour, Tenn. and completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a collateral in International Business and her Master of Business Administration degree from UT. Mathes enjoys time with her husband and three sons at sporting events, traveling and other outdoor activities around the area.