Dr. Dana S. Keith (Ph.D., CPA) serves as Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance & Investments. As the primary advisor to the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor on financial strategy and stewardship, Dana oversees Systemwide fiscal integrity, institutional funding strategies, asset and debt management, investments and the long-term financial sustainability of the UA System and its affiliated entities. Deeply experienced across higher education and healthcare finance and public accounting, Dana joined the UA System in 2004 – first as associate vice president for financial affairs at The University of Alabama – and has served in senior financial leadership roles for more than two decades.
Prior to joining the UA System, Dana spent 12 years at The University of Southern Mississippi in audit, budgeting, and administrative roles. Her career also includes health-care experience and work as a senior auditor at Ernst & Young. Dana earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from UA, B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Southern Mississippi, and a B.S. in Medical Technology from Mississippi State University. She is a certified public accountant and most recently, she completed the National Association of Higher Education Systems Executive Fellows Program.