Vice President for Finance and Institutional Planning at Lake Forest College Lake Forest College seeks an experienced leader in higher education finance to serve as its Vice President for Finance and Institutional Planning. Lake Forest is a selective, highly ranked, private liberal arts college recognized for its interdisciplinary curriculum and strong commitment to student success and post-graduate outcomes. Lake Forest was recently ranked as the top liberal-arts college in the Midwest by the Wall Street Journal and the #1 college in the country for Social Mobility and #13 Best Value national liberal arts