President Search

Committee Members

  • Presidential Search Committee Chair: Michael Mike Griffin USF Board of Trustees vice chair; co-head of Florida Region and vice chairman, Savills
  • Charbel Barakat USF Board of Trustees; general counsel, D.R. Horton, Inc.
  • Arnold F. Arnie Bellini Co-founder and former CEO of ConnectWise
  • Derrick Brooks Board member, EVP Corporate and Community Development, Vinik Sports Group; motivational speaker; NFL Hall of Famer; board member, Kforce, Inc.; president and founder, Derrick Brooks Charities
  • John Couris President and CEO, Tampa General Hospital
  • Alexa Grubbs USF third-year student, Judy Genshaft Honors College
  • Oscar Horton USF Board of Trustees; president and chief executive officer, Sun State International Trucks
  • Ken Jones Florida Board of Governors; founder and managing partner, Third Lake Partners
  • Merritt Martin USF Foundation Board of Directors; vice president, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications; chief of staff, External Affairs, Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Andrew Andy Mayts, Jr. USF Financing Corp. and USF Property Corp; partner, Public Sector co-chair, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
  • Harold Hal Mullis Past chair, USF Board of Trustees; president, Trenam Law; Board of Governors designee
  • Jenifer Jasinski Schneider Interim dean, USF College of Education; professor, USF College of Education Literacy Studies; immediate former president to USF Faculty Senate
  • Debbie Sembler USF St. Petersburg Campus Board; vice chair, USF Foundation Board of Directors
  • Sylvia Wilson Thomas USF vice president for Research & Innovation; president & CEO of the USF Research Foundation, Inc.; professor of engineering
  • Andrea Gonzmart Williams USF Foundation Board of Directors; fifth-generation owner and operator, Columbia Restaurant Group