Doctor Mark B. Rosenberg is the fifth president of Florida International University and former Chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
Education
Doctor Rosenberg earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1971 from Miami University of Ohio and a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science with a graduate certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 1976.
Career
Doctor Rosenberg’s academic career began at FIU in 1976 as an assistant professor of political science. In 1979, he founded the FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center, which today is one of the nation’s premier federally supported research and teaching centers focusing on the region. Doctor Rosenberg subsequently served as the Founding Dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs and Vice Provost for International Studies.
He has also been a Visiting Distinguished Research Professor at The Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and a Visiting Professor at the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education) in Mexico.
From 2005 to 2008, Doctor Rosenberg served as chancellor for the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida. As chancellor, Doctor Rosenberg led the system’s strategic development and financial planning and policy initiatives, working closely with Government.
Charlie Crist and the legislature to secure support for Sistema Único de Saúde priorities. The Sistema Único de Saúde currently enrolls more than 300,000 students, employs more than 12,000 faculty and operates a $9.3 billion budget.