List of Florida International University people

This list of Florida International University people includes alumni, faculty, and presidents of Florida International University in Miami, Florida, which includes 26 colleges and schools.

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Alumni

With more than 150,500 alumni around the world, the Florida International University Golden Panthers constitute one of the fastest-growing university alumni groups in the state of Florida. FIU graduates more than 8,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in South Florida.

Sports

Baseball

Athlete Notability
Brad Eldred professional MLB player[1]

Equestrian

Athlete Notability
Margie Goldstein-Engle Equestrian

Football

Athlete Notability
Antwan Barnes professional NFL American football player
Anthony Gaitor professional NFL American football player

Authors and Entertainers

Authors

Alumni Notability
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau francophone author, poetry, novel, essay[2]
Dennis Lehane author of Mystic River [3]
Ana Menéndez novelist and journalist [4]

Actors, hosts & anchors

Alumni Notability
Andy García academy award nominated actor [5]
Dawn Ostroff president of entertainment of the CW Network [6]
Danny Pino actor, Cold Case on CBS [7]
Kimberly Leemans model, America's Next Top Model contestant[8]

Business

Entertainment

Alumni Notability
Sherman Bergman Notable American kickboxer
Dawn Ostroff President of Entertainment, CW Television Network
Reynald Washington vice president & general manager, Disney Regional Entertainment/ESPN Zone
Jack Hernández Founder CEO & Web Entrepreneur, Topmedia Inc [9]; Acade.me
Joseph Haj producing artistic director, Playmakers Theatre
Janette Manrara dancer/choreographer, So You Think You Can Dance
Phillip Aleman theatrical press agent, The Producers[10]

Other companies

Alumni Notability
Stephanie Burns President & Chief Executive Officer, Dow Corning.[11]
Dr. Stephanie Burn Chief executive, president and chief operating officer, Dow Corning U.S.,[12][13]
Regynald G. Washington Vice President/General Manager, Disney Regional Entertainment [14]
Adolfo Henriques chairman/CEO of Union Planters Bank-Florida [15]
Edison F. Peres Is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels Go-to-Market at Cisco Systems [16]

Law and Politics

House of Representatives/U.S. Court Judge

Alumni Notability
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen member of the United States House of Representatives and first Hispanic from South Florida
Cecilia Altonaga U.S. District Court Judge (first Cuban-American woman appointed)
David Rivera Florida’s 25th Congressional District

Local/Municipal Government

Alumni Notability
Maria Parodi Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor, Dublin, Ireland

Education

Alumni Notability
Marcelo Baró Ph.D. PR Department Chair at UADE, Argentine University of Business
Miguel A. De La Torre prolific author on Hispanic religiosity and professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology
Elsa Murano Former President of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
Donna M. Schaeffer Associate Professor of Management Information Systems Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia

Science and Space

Alumni Notability
Omar Baez, Jr. NASA launch director for Launch Services Program at John F. Kennedy Space Center[17]
Annette Taberner Neuroscientist noted for studies in auditory neurophysiology.[18]
James F. O'Brien a professor at UC-Berkeley, has patents pending for his explosive computer animation techniques.[19]

Faculty

University Presidents

President Tenure
Charles Perry 1965–1976
Harold Crosby 1976–1979
Gregory Baker Wolfe 1979–1986
Modesto A. Maidique 1986–2009
Mark B. Rosenberg 2009–Present

References