Mark E. Keenum | |
|---|---|
 Keenum in 2014 | |
| 19th President of Mississippi State University | |
| Assumed office January 5, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Robert H. Foglesong |
| Chair of Board for International Food and Agricultural Development | |
| In office April 2018 – January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Brady Deaton |
| Succeeded by | Laurence B. Alexander |
| Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services | |
| In office 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | J.B. Penn |
| Succeeded by | James W. Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 28, 1961 Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Spouse | Rhonda Keenum |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Northeast Mississippi Community College Mississippi State University |
| Website | Office of the president |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | An economic analysis of farm-raised catfish production in Mississippi with emphasis on costs and cash flows (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | John E. Waldrop |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | agricultural economics |
| Institutions | Mississippi State University |
Mark Everett Keenum (born January 28, 1961) is an agricultural economist who is the 19th and current university president of Mississippi State University.
He served as a professor at Mississippi State University from 1988 to 1989 and 1997 to 2009, congressional staff of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran from 1989 to 2006, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services in the United States Department of Agriculture from 2007 to 2009, and chair of Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) from 2018 to 2022.