Dr. Mike Bitter has served as the Stetson Athletic Department’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) since 1999.

In his role, he serves the athletic department in a number of areas including academic policy, student welfare and general direction. As FAR, Bitter is a member of the University Athletic Committee and of the NCAA’s Division I Leadership Council.

He is a past member of the NCAA Division Amateurism Cabinet and was chair of the NCAA Division I Core Course Waiver Subcommittee. He has also served on a number of committees in the Atlantic Sun Conference, including service as chair of four committees

Dr. Bitter has been a professor of Accounting at Stetson since 1996. He is the Rinker Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Chair of the M.E. Rinker, Sr. Institute of Tax and Accountancy.

Bitter was the School of Business Administration's Professor of the Year in 2001 and 2006 and is also a past recipient of the School's service award (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, and 2011) and research award (1999) and the JD/MBA Golden Apple Award for teaching (2003).

Dr. Bitter is a Stetson University accounting alumnus, having graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1987. He received a Master of Accountancy from the University of Florida and a Doctor of Philosophy in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi.

Prior to beginning his academic career, Bitter was an auditor with the international public accounting firm of Ernst and Young, specializing in audits of healthcare entities.

Bitter and his wife Adriana have one daughter, Camila (14).