After four months of service as interim president, Jeanette M. Nuñez has been officially named the seventh president of Florida International University. She is the university’s first alumna to hold the position.
The Miami-based university enrolls over 44,000 undergraduate and nearly 9,600 graduate students. Women represent 56 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Prior to her interim appointment, President Nuñez had been serving as the lieutenant governor of Florida since 2019. She is the first Hispanic woman ever appointed to the role.
Earlier, President Nuñez represented Miami-Dade County in the Florida Legislature for eight years. Before her career in public office, she served as vice president of governmental affairs at Jackson Health Systems and held senior leadership roles with Kendall Regional Medical Center and Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.
“I am humbled by the trust that has been placed in me by the board of trustees to serve as the seventh president of my alma mater,” said President Nuñez. “FIU is a preeminent, top 50, major public research university and I look forward to leading our institution to even greater success.”
President Nuñez earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations and her master’s degree in public administration from Florida International University.