Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success Lehman College
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Lehman College, City University of New York. Previously served as Provost and Executive Vice President at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has taught at CUNY, NYU and Sagrado. Before joining Academia, Jorge was appointed by President Obama to serve as the US Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator for Region II, covering NY, NJ, PR & USVI.
Before the SBA, he served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Puerto Rico, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company and as Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Economic Development & Commerce. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Puerto Rico Commerce and Trade Company, Puerto Rico Science and Technology Trust, among several other boards. He also served as member of the Board of Directors of the Government Development Bank and the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico. Before his government roles, Jorge worked for The Procter & Gamble Company, Citigroup, and the O’Neill & Borges law firm. He received his BA degree from Yale University, JD from the University of Puerto Rico, and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. He is married and has four children.