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.
  • 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
  • Sandra “Sandy” Callahan — USF Board of Trustees; former chief financial officer, TECO Energy
  • 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