Dr. Elizabeth Béjar

Elizabeth Béjar, Ph.D., serves as provost, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Florida International University providing oversight and strategic direction for the university’s 56,000 students, 2000 faculty, and 11 colleges and 30 institutes.

As the university’s chief academic officer, Dr. Béjar leads a team of academic deans and provost senior staff toward the implementation of FIU’s ambitious strategic plan and bold vision to become a top 50 public university in research excellence and student success.

Recent strategic initiatives include mobilizing and working with teams of education professionals to research, pilot, develop and implement 21st-century student success initiatives.

The first Hispanic and first alumna to serve as provost, she joined FIU in 2003 and has held several key leadership positions: as vice provost for Academic Planning and Accountability (2009-2014), vice president of Academic Affairs(2014-2018), senior vice president for Academic and Student Affairs (2018-2022), and interim provost (2022-2023). She was appointed provost in February 2023. Dr. Béjar received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Boston College, an MS in International and Intercultural Development Education from FIU and a BA in Psychology and Elementary Education from the University of Miami.