Salk Institute appoints Marie Carter-Dubois as Chief Financial Officer

July 17, 2025

Salk Institute appoints Marie Carter-Dubois as Chief Financial Officer

July 17, 2025

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute announced today the appointment of Marie Carter-Dubois to serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 1, 2025.

Carter-Dubois joins Salk from UC San Diego, where she served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for Academic Affairs. In that role, she directed financial and administrative strategy for a $1.7 billion academic enterprise encompassing eight colleges, eight schools, the university’s libraries, and the financial aid department, among other units. Previously, she held senior financial and operational roles at the University of Washington School of Medicine, UC Davis, Stanford University, and UC San Francisco.

“Marie brings a rare combination of deep financial expertise, strategic insight, and a collaborative leadership style that aligns with our mission and values,” says Salk President Gerald Joyce. “Her experience in guiding major academic institutions through transformative change makes her exceptionally well-suited to help lead us into our next chapter of scientific achievement.”

As Salk’s CFO, Carter-Dubois will lead all aspects of the Institute’s financial operations, including accounting, grants administration, procurement, budgeting, financial planning and analysis, and investment management. She will serve as a key member of Salk’s Executive Leadership Team, advising them and the Board of Trustees on long-range financial strategy and ensuring the fiscal sustainability of the Institute’s scientific mission.

“I am honored to join the Salk Institute, where scientific excellence and public impact go hand in hand,” Carter-Dubois says. “As CFO, I’m committed to ensuring the Institute’s long-term fiscal health so that our researchers and teams can continue to push the boundaries of discovery.”

Carter-Dubois received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Quebec and an MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales Paris. She also completed a master’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in international management from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and the Cartier Institute for Luxury Brand Management. She earned a master’s degree and completed PhD coursework in corporate strategy at the University of Paris (Sorbonne).