Board of Trustees

Ultimate responsibility for the University resides with the Board of Trustees, as governance of the University is legally invested in the Board. This group of outstanding professionals meets formally four times each year and provides oversight to all areas of the University and works to raise resources. Comments to the Board of Trustees may be sent to planning@ut.edu.

Kyle Bailey '95
Trustee
Bailey Family Foundation

Leo B. Berman '69
President
Palm Beach Yacht Center

Louis V. Buccino
Senior Vice President/Director,
External Affairs
Citigroup, Inc.

Christine M. Burdick
President
Tampa Downtown Partnership

Robert C. Calafell ’66, ’75 MBA
Sr. Vice President (Retired)
GTE (Verizon)

Gordon W. Campbell
Vice Chairman (Retired)
Mercantile Bank

William N. Cantrell '79 MBA
President
Peoples Gas System

Phillip E. Casey
Chairman
Gerdau Ameristeel

Velva W. Clark

Thomas P. Cornett
Senior Vice President
MMA Realty Capital

Pauline B. Crumpton

Dr. O. Rex Damron
President
Krewe of Sant 'Yago
Education Foundation

Lea Lavoie Davis '93

Don DeFosset
Chairman
James Hardie Industries

Stephen F. Dickey, MD
President and CEO
Doctor's Walk-In Clinics, Inc.

Maureen Rorech Dunkel
(Chair of the Board of Trustees)

Jeffrey T. Dunn
Executive Vice President
SunTrust Bank

James L. Ferman, Jr.
President
Ferman Motor Car Company

Fassil Gabremariam
President and Founder
US Africa Education Foundation

George Gramling, III
Attorney at Law
Gramling and Fingar
Law Firm

John W. Harvey
Mary-Phyllis Harvey
Co-Chairs
Family Association

Steve M. Hatch
Vice President
USAA

Syd N. Heaton
Chairman and CEO (Retired)
Advantis

Beverly Hubbell
President
The Chiselers Inc.

The Honorable Pam Iorio
Mayor
City of Tampa

Helen T. Kerr '68

Jefferson (Jeff) C. Knott
Chairman, President and CEO
Tintagel Holdings LLC

Susan W. Leisner

A.D. (Sandy) MacKinnon
CEO
Yale Lift Trucks of FL & GA

James S. MacLeod '70
Managing Director
Coastal State Bank

Linda D. Marcelli

Brooke May
Chair
Board of Counselors

Roy J. McCraw, Jr.
Regional Chairman
Wachovia Corp.

Eugene H. McNichols
(Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees)
and
Chairman and CEO
McNichols Company

Neil J. Rauenhorst
President
NJR Development Company

Lance C. Ringhaver
Chairman Emeritus
Ring Power Corporation

John W. Robinson, IV
Chairman
Board of Fellows

Robert Rothman
Chairman and CEO
Black Diamond Group

David C. Ruberg
Partner
Baker Capital

Kim Scheeler
President and CEO
Greater Tampa Chamber
of Commerce

The Honorable David A. Straz, Jr.
(Immediate Past Chairman)
and
Honorary Consulate to the Republics of Liberia and Honduras

Craig Sturken '66
Chairman, President and CEO
Spartan Stores, Inc.

Ronald L. Vaughn, Ph.D.
President
The University of Tampa

R. Vijayanagar, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Donald W. Wallace
CEO
DW Associates

Joseph Wessel '95
President
National Alumni Association

John B. West
Chairman
Lion Investments

John McRae Wolfe '68
Realtor
Preston & Farley, Inc.

CHAIRMEN EMERITI

Alfred S. Austin '47
CEO
A.S. Austin Company

Vincent J. Naimoli
Chairman
Tampa Bay Devil Rays

John H. Sykes
(Retired)
SYKES Enterprises, Incorporated

Rick Thomas '72
President and CEO
Thomas Financial Group

TRUSTEES EMERITI

G. Robert Blanchard, Sr.
President
WRB Enterprises, Inc.

The Honorable Dick A. Greco '56
Former Mayor/City of Tampa
Executive Vice President
Lindell Properties

William A. Krusen, Sr.
Chairman
General Group Holdings, Inc.

The Honorable Bob Martinez '57
Former Governor/State of Florida
Senior Policy Advisor
Holland & Knight

Ernest C. Segundo, Sr. '56
(Retired)

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