Dwayne Pinkney, PhD

Email:

evpfa@iu.edu

Website:

https://evpfa.iu.edu

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Biography

Dwayne Pinkney, PhD was named Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration in March 2022. He serves as a strategic advisor to the president, recommending financial and administrative objectives, policies, programs, and practices in support of a sound financial structure for the university. Working with the president and his senior leadership colleagues, he leads multiple teams responsible for long-range financial planning, budget planning, capital financing and investments. Additionally, he oversees other university functions including student financial literacy programs and public safety.

Prior to this role, he served at Virginia Tech as the Senior Vice President for Operations and Administration and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as chief financial officer and senior associate vice chancellor for finance and administration. His professional background also includes roles as an analyst with the North Carolina General Assembly and as the deputy secretary for administration with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State. Pinkney received his Ph.D. in political science at UNC-Chapel Hill and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He has a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from North Carolina A&T State University.