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Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez will take over her alma mater, Florida International University (FIU), after a vote by the school’s leadership.
The FIU Board of Trustees voted 11-1 to hire Nuñez as Interim President, finalizing plans Gov. Ron DeSantis set in motion weeks ago to install her there.
“I am honored,” Nuñez, a 52-year-old Miami native, said in a statement. “As a two-time alumna and proud Panther mom, I am deeply committed to the success of FIU.”
Nuñez succeeds President Kenneth Jessell, who has led FIU since March 2022.
State records show she lives a 15-minute drive from FIU’s main campus.
– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics