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The primary goal of the Business and Finance Division is to provide the services and support needed to advance academic and research excellence at Northwestern University. We will work as engaged and transparent partners, with all areas of the University, to leverage our financial capacity in alignment with programmatic and strategic initiatives.

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Meet Amanda Distel

Amanda Distel leads the University’s central budget and planning, human resources and financial operations teams.

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Before taking this role, Distel had served as senior associate vice president for finance and treasurer for Northwestern since 2019. Distel was senior director of finance for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine from 2013 to 2019, where she led a team accountable for school-wide financial administration. 

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