Dall W. Forsythe is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. His specialization is in Finance and his current research interests center on the use of cost benefit analysis in budgeting, on securities regulation, and on the finances of New York City and New York State.

Forsythe is also a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. Forsythe has extensive management experience in the governmental, private and not-for-profit sectors. In government, he served as budget director for the State of New York and for the New York City Board of Education. In the private sector, he worked as a managing director in Lehman Brother's public finance department. In the nonprofit sector, Forsythe served as chief administrative officer of the Episcopal Diocese of New York for four years.