Mark B. Rosenberg is the fifth president of Florida International University.  He brings over thirty-five years of experience in higher education leadership to this post.  The author of seven books and numerous scholarly articles on Latin America, Dr. Rosenberg was one of the principal architects of FIU's growth and expansion during the past decade and played a lead role in development of FIU's new Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.  Most recently, he served as Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and was instrumental in developing a new financial strategy to support the continuing development and expansion of the State University System.  Dr. Rosenberg holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. from Miami University of Ohio, where he was Phi Beta Kappa.  He is a Fulbright Research Scholar and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.