Mary Peloquin-Dodd joined the Treasury Institute for Higher Education (Institute) as a Managing Director in March 2026. The Institute is a prominent not-for-profit organization dedicated to professional education for senior finance officers of colleges and universities. Before joining the Institute, Mary was a director in the PFM Higher Education Group where her work focused on alternative delivery, strategic finance, and workforce organization solutions.
Before joining PFM in October 2022, Mary was the Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and University Treasurer at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh NC. For 10 years, Mary led central finance (with a staff of nearly 200 professionals) for NC State, and as the university’s Treasurer, she was responsible for the university’s asset/liability management, including debt and investment management. Before joining NC State University in 2012, Mary was a Managing Director at Standard & Poor’s (S&P) in New York for 25 years, where she led bond and credit ratings for higher education and not-for-profit corporations.
Throughout her career as an analyst, administrator, and advisor, Mary was a regular speaker at industry conferences and she published numerous articles on higher education finance. She participated in industry groups such as the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the NFMA, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). During her tenure at NC State, she was a Board Member of the Treasury Institute for Higher Education, and for several years served on the Program Committee as a member and chair of the annual Symposium. At PFM, Mary was a Series 50 Registered Municipal Advisor and she holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.