Executive Vice President
Mark Burstein
318 Nassau Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
P: 609.258.3122
F: 609.258.7274
burstein@princeton.edu
As the Executive Vice President of Princeton University, Mark reports to the President and leads efforts to modernize the University's operations and enhance campus infrastructure. He works with senior leadership and the University Trustees to develop and implement the Princeton's mid- and long-term strategies. Recent projects include launching a four year residential college system with the Dean of the College, creating an award winning campus master plan, writing a sustainability plan for the University, and playing an active role in the University's fundraising campaign, "Aspire: A Plan for Princeton." Mark also worked with the Provost to decrease the University’s operating budget by 15% during the economic downturn and leads efforts to sustain the University’s operational efficiency. He has direct oversight of human resources, facilities, campus life, public safety, university services, and university audit and compliance efforts.
Before Princeton, Mark served as the Vice President for Facilities Management at Columbia University from 1999 to 2004, where he commissioned six new research and classroom buildings and was responsible for $1 billion in construction. He also developed a plan for a new campus located in Harlem and acquired over $250 million of real estate for academic purposes. Mark served as Columbia University's first Vice President of Student Services from 1995 to 1999 where he provided financial, health, housing, registrar, and retail services to a community of 20,000 students and Acting Vice President of Human Resources from 1994 to 1995 where he led benefits, compensation, and labor relations supporting 15,000 active and retired employees.
Mark also brings experience in local government, investment banking, and consulting to his higher education career. As Director of Economic Development for the Department of Sanitation he helped found the New York City recycling program, leading efforts to create markets for recyclable material including co-founding a commodities exchange for recyclables at the Chicago Board of Trade. Previously he was an associate in the Public Finance Division of Bear Stearns and a consultant for the Center for Applied Research in the firm's strategy and organizational development practices.
Mark received his M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded the Henry and Marcelle Morgenthau Fellowship, and his B.A. in History with departmental honors from Vassar College where he received the Sara Catlin Prize for outstanding contributions to the Vassar community.
Mark currently serves on the board of trustees of Vassar College and the New York City Mayor’s Applied Sciences Advisory Board. He also served as the chair of the board of directors of the Victory Fund, a national political action committee based in Washington D.C., co-chair of the Public Services Committee of the Citizens Budget Commission of New York, as a graduate student representative to the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees, and on the Manhattan Community Board Number 9.
Mark's Executive Assistant is Mary Aaen.
609.258.3108
aaen@princeton.edu