David J. Gray is Interim Chief Financial Officer at Washington University in St. Louis. He comes to WashU from Huron Consulting Group, where he serves as a Senior Advisor.
In his role as CFO, Gray oversees WashU’s Financial Services, including Treasury & Insurance, Accounting Services, Sponsored Research Accounting, Shared Business Services Hub, Financial Planning & Budgets, and Financial Information Services.
At Huron, Gray has focused on strategic advisory services to higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Areas of emphasis include organizational strategy and change, budget/financial management, enterprise transformation, strategic IT planning, investment management, and performance metrics. He has held interim leadership or advisory roles at Stony Brook University, Bethune-Cookman University and the University of Florida, and had key project roles with the University of Washington Medicine, UT San Antonio, and the University of Michigan. Gray served as Senior Vice President for Finance and Business/Treasurer Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University until his retirement in December 2020 after nearly nine years of service with responsibility for the management of Finance and Business and the strategic and budgetary planning process for the unit. He previously served as Senior Vice President for Administration, Finance, and Technology and University Treasurer for the University of Massachusetts, where he also served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology; and as Chief Executive Officer of UMass Online