CIBER - Key Persons


Alberto Diaz Jr

Job Titles:
  • Director, College Recruitment and Enrollment Management

Alex Cater

Job Titles:
  • Principal and Lead Consultant, Cater Investment Group / Adjunct Professor, Florida Memorial University

Andre Lightbourn

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Academic Support Services / Chapman Graduate School

Angel Burgos

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Director, Graduate Programs / Chapman Graduate School
  • Professional MBA ( Weekend, Downtown, Flex )

Aracelis Nass

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Program Manager / Microsoft

Arijit Sengupta

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Accreditation and Technology Systems
Dr. Sengupta manages all FIU Business accreditation activities related to the AACSB and SACS Accreditation processes, as well as provides assistance to the program directors and faculty to perform research, assessment, and assurance of learning activities. In addition, Dr. Sengupta manages the Technology Systems team that develops and maintains all FIU Business technology initiatives, including but not limited to databases, financial systems, CRM systems, faculty activity reporting systems, and other internally developed systems.

Beracha, Hardin

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Brian Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Shared Technology Solutions

Carlos Amaya

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Specialized Masters Programs / Chapman Graduate School
  • Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management ( Hybrid & Online )
  • Master of Science in Marketing

Christopher Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Principal Information Technology Architect / NextEra Energy

Claudia M. Packer

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager
  • Master of Science in Health Informatics & Analytics
  • Master of Science in Information Systems

COB Admissions

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Dania Triff

Job Titles:
  • Data Science Manager / NextEra Energy

David Moore

Job Titles:
  • Dean, International Education, Broward College

Dean William G. Hardin

Dean William G. Hardin welcomes you to the College of Business at Florida International University. Become part of a world-class public university that is helping to shape the future of the business community.

Deepak Ohri

Job Titles:
  • CEO at Iebua Hotels and Resorts Co. Ltd

Diana Medina

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, MBA Student Services / Chapman Graduate School

Dora Cortinas

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, IT Commercial

Dr. Gladys Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Pink Tank

Dr. Nicole Wishart

Job Titles:
  • ATOM Director

Edgardo Pappacena

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Cani Investments

Fabiola Ortega

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Financial Aid / Chapman Graduate School

Frank Mora

Former Director, Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Professor in the Department of Politics & International Relations Nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to the Organization of American States.

Gary Goldfarb

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer, Interport Logistics

Gary Spulak

Job Titles:
  • President, Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc

Hernán Londoño

Job Titles:
  • Senior Higher Education Strategist / Dell Technologies, Inc.

Hollo Real

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Isabel Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Director, Specialized Masters
  • International Real Estate
  • Master of Science in Finance

Jacqueline Bravo

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Tax Director / BankUnited

Jacqueline Sousa

Job Titles:
  • Director, Office of Executive and Professional Education

Jessica Aristizabal

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Academic Support Services / Chapman Graduate School
  • International MBA and Master of International Business

Joyce Elam

Job Titles:
  • Dean Emerita, College of Business

Kamila Arap

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Kristie Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Manager Academic Support Services
Kristie Reyes is a double FIU alumna. She earned her bachelor's degree in business, double majoring in marketing and international business and then pursuing her Master in Higher Education Administration degree. Reyes began working at FIU in 2010 and has experience working in several units within the FIU community such as the Graham Center, Campus Life, FIU Online, and is now proud to be working with the accreditation team at the College of Business. Reyes also has experience teaching to both FIU and dual enrollment students on student success courses and has had the opportunity to assist with a Human Relations in the Hospitality Industry course for the FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.

Krystal Saleta

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Graduate Masters Programs / Chapman Graduate School

Leonardo Cordero

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, ATOM Advisory Board

Maida Watson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, FIU

Maria Drew

Job Titles:
  • President, HR Strategist Group

Maria Sierra

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, MBA Operations / Chapman Graduate School

Maribel Diz

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Visa, Inc

Marjorie Lyles

Job Titles:
  • Incoming AIB President

Melissa Maldonado Garay

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant

Modesto A. Maidique

Job Titles:
  • FIU President Emeritus and Professor, Department of Global Leadership and Management

Nick Mysore

Job Titles:
  • President & CEO of Vim Vitae / Director of Market Strategy & Intelligence for Verizon

Pascale Becel

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Modern Languages, FIU

Robert J. Fortunato Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure and Cloud Services / Assurant, Inc.

Rossana Tabares

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, Talent Strategies

Sara Ormaza

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Academic Support Services / Chapman Graduate School
  • Professional MBA Online

Shlomi Dinar

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs / Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations

Sonia Verdu

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Law School, Universidad Del Istmo

Stacey Volmar

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Advanced Analytics / Assurant, Inc.

Staci Bernhard


Stephanie Carvajalino

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder and CCO of the Biz Nation

Sumit Kundu

Job Titles:
  • Director, Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management / Assoc. Dean, International Programs, Professor and James K. Batten Eminent Scholar Chair in International Business

Vanessa Herrera

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Accreditation
Vanessa Herrera is an FIU alumna. She earned her bachelor's degree in business administration, majoring in marketing in May 2022. Vanessa has a strong background working as a customer service representative for Florida Power & Light for the last two years. She is delighted to start working as the Coordinator of Accreditation for the College of Business and is content to assist the accreditation team.

William Newburry

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of International Business, Professor of International Business and Strategic Management, and Ryder Eminent Scholar of Global Business