Mark F. Dingfield: Vice President, Finance and Treasurer

Mark F. Dingfield has been named Vice President, Finance and Treasurer on the College of Pennsylvania, efficient October 17. The announcement was made on August 25 by Senior Government Vice President Craig R. Carnaroli.

“Mark’s choice follows the completion of a nationwide search from a sturdy and numerous pool of candidates,” mentioned Mr. Carnaroli in making the announcement. “His sturdy management expertise, broad-based expertise, and dedication to Penn’s mission drastically distinguished him inside a extremely aggressive pool.”

Dr. Dingfield will lead Penn’s money and short-term funding and capital financing methods in addition to oversee its monetary capabilities. He may even be liable for the College multi-year monetary planning efforts and can collaborate carefully with Penn Drugs management by itself monetary actions. He’ll straight handle the strategic and operational path of the comptroller’s workplace, monetary programs & coaching, world assist companies, analysis companies, threat administration & insurance coverage, scholar registration and monetary companies (SRFS), presents & funding companies, and finance & treasury. 

“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 way of the efficient stewardship of our monetary assets,” mentioned Dr. Dingfield. “I’m deeply grateful to my colleagues within the Provost’s Workplace, and I sit up for becoming a member of the superb crew within the division of finance, who play such a essential position in supporting the Penn neighborhood throughout a broad vary of economic companies.”

Dr. Dingfield joined Penn in 2017 because the affiliate provost for finance and planning (Almanac August 29, 2017). Throughout the previous 5 years, he has improved the standard and efficacy of economic and operational companies within the Provost Middle, together with 30 departments and greater than 1,500 employees, in addition to having a optimistic impression throughout all the College. Within the Provost Middle, he developed new processes and reporting that monitor monetary commitments and budgets, constructed a capital planning and initiatives group that delivered a broad vary of services initiatives, and prolonged the Provost’s shared companies mannequin for monetary and human assets to incorporate different key Provost departments. 

In his position because the Provost’s finances liaison throughout Penn’s 12 faculties, Dr. Dingfield has constructed sturdy relationships with the College’s educational leaders collaborating on college progress and institution of latest educational initiatives. He additionally shares the College’s dedication to range, fairness, and inclusion; previously two years, he carried out a brand new range hiring initiative that resulted in a nine-point enhance (to 40%) in hiring of underrepresented minority employees throughout the Provost areas.

Dr. Dingfield has made a optimistic impression throughout the College’s operational panorama having served as a co-sponsor for 2 key enterprise transformation initiatives, the Human Capital Administration Program and Subsequent Era Pupil Programs. And starting in 2020, he was among the many leaders of Penn’s COVID Response Workforce, which designed and carried out Penn’s testing and campus well being response to COVID-19. 

Earlier than becoming a member of Penn, Dr. Dingfield served as the manager director of planning, evaluation, and know-how on the Workplace of Finance and Treasury at Princeton College, the place he managed an built-in monetary planning, evaluation, and know-how crew. Throughout his time at Princeton, Dr. Dingfield led initiatives together with the implementation of a brand new enterprise system for budgeting, monetary reporting, and information analytics. He partnered with college senior leaders within the growth of economic fashions for Princeton’s 2016 strategic framework, together with monetary planning and the evaluation of strategic, educational, and capital initiatives. 

Earlier than his profession in academia, Dr. Dingfield labored for Microsoft, each within the U.Ok. and within the U.S., on a spread of multinational advertising and enterprise initiatives. 

He earned his BA from Swarthmore School, his MsC from the London College of Economics, and his PhD in political science from Temple College. He serves on the advisory boards of Breakthrough of Larger Philadelphia and the West Philadelphia YMCA.