Mark F. Dingfield was appointed the vp for finance and treasurer on the College, 5 years after becoming a member of Penn in 2017 because the affiliate provost for finance and planning.

Dingfield will assume the place on Oct. 17, in response to an announcement by Senior Govt Vice President Craig R. Carnaroli on Aug. 25.

“His sturdy management abilities, broad-based expertise, and dedication to Penn’s mission significantly distinguished him inside a extremely aggressive pool,” Carnaroli instructed Penn Immediately.

Throughout his time at Penn, Dingfield applied a variety hiring initiative that led to a 9 level improve within the hiring of underrepresented minorities on workers on the Provost Middle. He has additionally served as part of Penn’s COVID-19 Response Workforce since 2020 and helped to design and implement Penn’s testing and campus well being response to COVID-19, in response to Penn Immediately.

In his new position, Dingfield will oversee Penn’s monetary features, together with money and short-term investments and capital financing methods.

“It’s an honor to serve Penn on this new capability, and to work with Craig Carnaroli and College management to assist advance Penn’s mission by the efficient stewardship of our monetary assets,” Dingfield instructed Penn Immediately.

Dingfield labored at Princeton College for seven years in varied roles, together with as govt director for planning, evaluation, and know-how. He earned his bachelor’s diploma in political science from Swarthmore School in 2001 and a Ph.D. in political science from Temple College in 2016.

Dingfield can be immediately answerable for managing varied departments on the College, such because the Comptroller’s Workplace, Threat Administration and Insurance coverage, and Scholar Registration and Monetary Companies, Penn Immediately reported.

SRFS has confronted criticism up to now a number of years for varied causes, together with claims of “inconsistent” insurance policies and diminished monetary support packages following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.