11 Facts About Michael Masch

Michael J Masch was a financial governance leader who worked to design and balance budgets for the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and School District of Philadelphia as well as serving in executive financial management roles for the University of Pennsylvania, Manhattan College and Howard University.

At the time the department didn't have a good accounting of the city's financial standing and Michael Masch developed a system to monitor spending and track budgets while encouraging innovation.

Michael Masch was credited with bringing policy and spending analysts together in one newly formed department Office of Budget and Program Evaluation where spending and needs could be clearly tracked and managed.

In 1996 Michael Masch was hired as executive director of the University of Pennsylvania's newly-renamed Office of Budget and Management Analysis serving at the university until 2003.

Michael Masch was appointed by Philadelphia Mayor John Street in 2002 as one of the inaugural members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, which replaced the Board of Education where Masch had been a member.

In 2003 Michael Masch took a leave of absence from his post as vice president of budget and management at the University of Pennsylvania to take the role of Secretary of the Budget offered to him by newly elected Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.

In 2012, the School Reform Commission overhauled its leadership structure which led to Michael Masch leaving his role that year amidst a forecasted $312 million shortfall.

In 2013, Michael Masch was appointed vice president for finance and chief financial officer at Manhattan College in New York City where he served until 2015 when he was recruited to Howard University in Washington, DC As the vice president and chief financial officer at Howard he helped the university achieve greater financial stability.

Michael Masch met his wife Rachel Falkove when they were both students at Temple University and were both active in Jewish Community.

Michael Masch died February 7,2021 at the age of 70.

Frederick noted that Michael Masch tackled difficult challenges while doing so in a selfless manner for the good of others.