The members of the Presidential Search Committee, to be led by FIU Board of Trustees Vice Chair Rogelio Tovar, were appointed by the Board of Trustees April 5, 2022.
Read Board of Trustees Chair Dean C. Colson's charge to the Presidential Search Committee members.
Rogelio Tovar
Committee Chair, FIU Board of Trustees Vice Chair
Cesar L. Alvarez
FIU Trustee
Deanne Butchey
FIU Faculty
Valentina Casanova
FIU Student
Carlos A. Duart
FIU Trustee
Eric Eikenberg
Community Leader
Patricia Frost
Board of Governors Member
Jill M. Granat
FIU Foundation Board Member
Gerald C. Grant, Jr.
Community Leader, Trustee Emeritus
Barbara Lagoa
Community Leader
Albert R. Maury
Community Leader, FIU Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus
Richard Olson
FIU Faculty
Claudia Puig
Community Leader, FIU Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus
H.T. Smith
FIU Faculty
Rebecca Lyn Toonkel
FIU Faculty
Presidential Search Administrative Team
Javier I. Marques, MBA, MS
Vice President for Operations and Safety and FIU Chief of Staff
Milly Bello, MSHRM
Associate Corporate Secretary, Board of Trustees and Assistant Chief of Staff, Office of the President
Sofia Trelles, Ph.D, CO-OP
Ombudsperson