Rina Dedhia

Chief Financial Officer

Finance
Staff - currentExecutive Staff

Rina joined the Field Museum in February 2024 as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, she oversees Finance, Accounting, Grant Compliance, Facilities, and Protection Services.

Prior to the Field Museum, Rina Dedhia was the Chief Financial Officer at Chicago Public Media, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the well-being of our communities and democracy through independent local journalism.  In this role, Rina led the teams responsible for finance, accounting, technical operations, IT, and facilities.  Rina served as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors and was responsible for driving the financial strategy in support of the long-term business objectives of the organization.

Previous to Chicago Public Media, Rina was with TEGNA, where she was Vice President of Finance and Operations.  In her role at TEGNA, Rina worked across a portfolio of high-growth digital businesses, where in addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the accounting and finance operations, she worked to instill quantitative and strategic rigor into decision-making.  Prior to joining TEGNA, Rina was a Director of Finance at NAVTEQ, a navigation, mapping and location experiences company, and Director of Operations at Mattersight, a SaaS-based predictive analytics company.  

Rina is a native Chicagoan and holds an MBA from The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a BA in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics from Northwestern University.