FINANCE - Key Persons


Artemis Velahos Koch

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Global Support Services

Benjamin Evans

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Risk Management & Insurance

Carolyn Rasp

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Dave Ishmael

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Financial Systems & Training

Margaret Heer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Treasurer, Gift & Investment Services

Mark Dingfield - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Vice President for Finance
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 administration functions of the University, including cash and short-term investment and capital financing strategies and multiyear financial planning efforts. He also collaborates closely with Penn Medicine leadership on its growth and financial planning. 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 12 schools. Prior to Penn, Mark was executive director for planning, analysis, and technology at Princeton University. Mark earned a BA in political science, with concentrations in public policy and German studies, from Swarthmore College, where he was on the Board of Managers from 2004-2009. 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.

Matt Sessa

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Student Registration & Financial Services

Missy Peloso

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Provost and Associate Vice President, Research Services

Paul Richards

Job Titles:
  • Director, Finance Administration and Communications

Richard Le - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Director, Human Resources

Russell Di Leo

Job Titles:
  • University Comptroller