Mark Dingfield joined the Division of Finance in 2022, where he serves as Vice President for Finance and Treasurer. In this role, Mark leads the finance functions of the University, including cash and short-term investment and capital financing strategies and multiyear financial planning efforts. He manages the strategic and operational direction of the Comptroller’s Office, Financial Systems and Training, Global Support Services, Procurement Services, Research Services, Risk Management and Insurance, Student Registration and Financial Services and the Treasurer’s Office. He also collaborates closely with Penn Medicine leadership on its financial management and planning, and serves ex-officio on the Penn Medicine Board.
Mark came to Penn in 2017 as Associate Provost for Finance and Planning, where he managed the Provost Administrative Affairs group and served as budget liaison between the Provost and Penn’s twelve schools. Prior to Penn, Mark was executive director for planning, analysis, and technology at Princeton University. Before his career in academia, Mark worked for Microsoft in the United Kingdom and in the U.S. on a range of multinational marketing and business initiatives.
Mark earned a BA in political science, with concentrations in public policy and German studies, from Swarthmore College. He earned an MSc with distinction in European public policy from the London School of Economics and a PhD in political science from Temple University.
