Betty A. Rosa

The Board of Regents unanimously named Dr. Betty A. Rosa Commissioner of Education and President of the University of New York in February 2021. Commissioner Rosa joined the Board of Regents in September 2008 and served as Chancellor from March 2016 until her resignation on August 13, 2020, when she became Interim Commissioner. Commissioner Rosa is a nationally recognized education leader who received an Ed. M. and Ed. D. in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard University. She also holds two other Master of Science in Education degrees, one in Administration and Supervision and the other in Bilingual Education from the City College of New York and Lehman College, respectively, and a B.A. in psychology from the City College of New York. She has more than 30 years of instructional and administrative experience with expertise in inclusive education, cooperative teaching models, student achievement, and policy implementation. Dr. Rosa began her career as a bilingual paraprofessional, teacher, and reading coordinator in the NYC Department of Education before becoming an assistant principal and principal in special education. She created a multilingual and multicultural school for general and special education students using an integrated linguistic model and was principal of I.S. 218, a full-service community school in partnership with the Children's Aid Society in District 6. Over 700 school districts with 2.6 million pupils, 7,000 libraries, 900 museums, and 50 professions with approximately 900,000 licensees are under the Commissioner's oversight.