Mark Kennedy (politician)

Mark Kennedy
Congressional portrait, 2001
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	David Minge
Succeeded by	Michele Bachmann
Constituency	2nd district (2001–2003) 6th district (2003–2007)
23rd President of the University of Colorado
In office July 1, 2019 – July 1, 2021
Preceded by	Bruce D. Benson
Succeeded by	Todd Saliman
12th President of the University of North Dakota
In office July 1, 2016 – June 15, 2019
Preceded by	Ed Schafer (acting) Robert Kelley
Succeeded by	Joshua Wynne (acting) Andrew Armacost
Personal details
Born	Mark Raymond Kennedy (1957-04-11) April 11, 1957 (age 67) Benson, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Debbie Kennedy
Alma mater	St. John's University University of Michigan

Mark Raymond Kennedy (born April 11, 1957) is an American businessman, politician, and university administrator. Following a career as a business executive, he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007. Kennedy did not seek reelection in 2006, instead running in the 2006 election for U.S. Senate. He lost to Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Amy Klobuchar.

Afterward, he became director of The Graduate School of Political Management in 2012, until serving as the 12th president of the University of North Dakota from 2016 to 2019, and then becoming the 23rd president of the University of Colorado (CU) system, in office from 2019 to 2021.^[1][2]

Kennedy now serves as Director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.^[3]