Michael Rao

Michael Rao serves as the President of Virginia Commonwealth University since 2009, bringing extensive leadership experience from previous roles as President and Tenured Professor at Central Michigan University (2000 - 2009) and Chancellor and Tenured Professor at Montana State University (1998 - 2000). Prior to these positions, Michael Rao was Interim President and President, as well as Dean of Cultural and Technical Arts at Mission College from 1992 to 1998. Michael Rao holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Higher Education and Business Administration from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Chemistry from the University of South Florida.