MARK P. BECKER

SINCE BEGINNING HIS TENURE as Georgia State University’s seventh president in January 2009, President Mark P. Becker has pursued an ambitious vision for the future of the institution and has led it through an unparalleled period of growth and advancement.

Since beginning his Through the rapid develtenure as Georgia opment of its campus and its State University’s engagement with civic and seventh president in 2009, business leaders, the university President Mark P. Becker has has been recognized as a major led Georgia State through a catalyst for the revitalization dynamic period of growth and of downtown Atlanta and the advancement and put it on economic vitality of its region. a trajectory to reshape itself Adding to Georgia State’s and its region. Reflecting his increasing national profile, Dr. vision of the urban public Becker has fostered the develresearch university for the 21st opment of NCAA Division 1 century, the university has athletics, and the university’s pursued a 10-year strategic intercollegiate teams have won plan through which Georgia six conference championships State has emerged as one of the since rejoining the Sun Belt nation’s leading urban research Conference in 2013. universities. Prior to his appointment

Georgia State, one of the as president of Georgia State, most diverse universities in Dr. Becker was executive vice the U.S., is a national model president for academic affairs for student success, setting and provost at the University records for its graduation rates of South Carolina and dean and the number of students of the School of Public Health it graduates, and leading the and assistant vice president country in eliminating disparof public health preparedness ities in student achievement and emergency response at the based on race, ethnicity and income. Under Dr. Becker’s leadership, Georgia State has built a burgeoning research enterprise, growing sponsored research at more than twice the national rate.

Widely recognized for his work in building a growing national profile for Georgia State, Dr. Becker has been named among the 10 most innovative presidents in the country by Washington Monthly magazine. U.S. News & World Report magazine has ranked Georgia State second among the nation’s “most innovative” universities. Dr. Becker is vice-chair of the University Innovation Alliance, a coalition of 11 public research universities working to make college degrees more accessible to all students. University of Minnesota. From 1989 to 2000, Dr. Becker was a professor in the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, where he also was associate dean for academic affairs. He has held academic appointments at the University of Washington, the University of Florida and Cornell University

Dr. Becker attended Harford (Md.) Community College, earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Towson State University in 1980 and his doctor’s degree in statistics from the Pennsylvania State University in 1985. He grew up in Havre de Grace, Md., near Baltimore.