Early life and education
Rivera was born in Queens, New York City, in 1969, [1] and raised by a Cuban-immigrant family in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights. [2] [3] She moved to Massachusetts following her parents' divorce, and attended high school at The Cambridge School of Weston. She later attended Brown University as a Pell Grant recipient, [4] from which she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies and was a commencement orator for the class of 1991. [5] Following her undergraduate studies, Rivera earned a Master of Social Welfare degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993. In 2008, Rivera received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in public affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas with her dissertation on health policy, Social Inequality in Biomedical Research. [6] [7]
Career
After receiving her master's degree, Rivera was awarded a Presidential Management Internship, which she used to serve in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She continued to work in the department after her internship before moving to Irvine, California, with her husband, where she picked up a role at the University of California, Irvine, as a research review officer. She eventually became the director of research conduct administration. [8]
From 2005 to 2010, Rivera held administrative appointments at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. During this time, she pursued a doctorate at the University of Texas at Dallas; she received her Ph.D. in 2008. From 2008 to 2010, Rivera served as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at UT Southwestern. In her role as an academic administrator, her final title at the institution was as the vice president for research administration. [7] While at UT Southwestern, Rivera co-published with provost and Nobel laureate Alfred G. Gilman. [7] [9]
Rivera moved to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2010. She served as the associate vice president for research until 2014, at which point she became the vice president for research and technology management. During her time at Case Western Reserve, Rivera served on the faculty as an assistant, and later associate professor, of bioethics and pediatrics. [7] As the research and technology vice president, Rivera oversaw a research enterprise of over $330 million, [10] and was a noted authority on human subjects research at the university. [11] A case study by Rivera and co-authors on human research in Costa Rica was published in Ethics and Human Research in 2019. [12]
Presidency of Macalester College
On June 1, 2020, [13] Rivera began serving as the president of Macalester College; an inauguration ceremony (delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic [14] ) was held on October 9, 2021. [15] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz proclaimed it "Suzanne M. Rivera Day" in the state. [16] Her presidency succeeds that of Brian Rosenberg, and marks the first time a woman and the first time a Latino (gender inclusive) has served as Macalester's president. [17] [18] [19]
As Macalester's president in November 2020, Rivera offered to help cover the costs of bail if any Macalester College student was arrested during protests related to the 2020 presidential election. [20] Later in her leadership, in January 2021, Rivera announced a partnership between Macalester and the Posse Foundation to increase the numbers of Black, Indigenous and other students of color at the college. [21]
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