Presidential Search Committee

  • Carlos A. Duart
    Committee Chair; Vice Chair, FIU Board of Trustees | President, CDR Enterprises Inc.

  • Marc D. Sarnoff
    Committee Vice Chair; FIU Trustee | Partner, Miami office, Shutts & Bowen

  • Noël C. Barengo
    FIU Board of Trustees | Chair, FIU Faculty Senate | Associate Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

  • Francesca Casanova
    FIU Board of Trustees | President, Student Government Association

  • Eric Eikenberg
    Chief Executive Officer, The Everglades Foundation

  • Gerald C. Grant, Jr.
    Vice Chair, FIU Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors | President, G Financial Group

  • Francis A. Hondal
    FIU Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors | Formerly President, Loyalty and Engagement for Mastercard

  • Natasha Lowell
    Senior Vice President and Senior Wealth Strategist, Grove Bank & Trust

  • Albert R. Maury
    President and CEO, Leon Medical Centers

  • Carlos A. Migoya
    Chief Executive Officer, Jackson Health System

  • Jose Oliva
    Florida Board of Governors | Chairman of the Board, Oliva Cigar Co. and owner, Oliva International Foods

  • Yaffa Popack
    FIU Board of Trustees | Co-founder and Chair, YMP Real Estate Management

  • Claudia Puig
    FIU Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors | Formerly President and General Manager of Univision Communications/Television/Radio/Digital

  • Alexander Rubido
    JD candidate, FIU College of Law

  • Selcuk Uluagac
    Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor, FIU Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences

Presidential Search Administrative Team

  • Javier I. Marques, MBA, MS
    Senior Vice President, Operations & Safety; Chief of Staff

  • Milly Bello, MSHRM
    Corporate Secretary, Board of Trustees; Assistant Chief of Staff, Office of the President

  • Valentina Casanova, JM
    Administrative Assistant, Board of Trustees