The University of Tampa welcomes
13 new members to its Board of Trustees this fall. Below is a brief
introduction to each.
Trustees:
Louis V. Buccino is vice president and
director of external affairs for Citigroup in central Florida. He is a member
of the UT Board of Fellows, the board of Junior Achievement of West Central
Florida, and the USF College of Education and WUSF advisory boards, among
others.
Fassil Gabremariam is president and founder of the U.S.–Africa
Education Foundation, and chairman of the Tampa Port Authority.
Jefferson
C. Knott is vice president, international, of Rooms To Go Corp. He is a member
of the board of directors of the Tampa Bay International Trade Council, the
Stavros Institute Advocacy Board, and the Harmony Institute board of
trustees.
Susan Leisner is a retired chartered financial analyst. She is
president of the board of the Home Association, a nonprofit assisted living
facility, and is a member of the board of trustees of University Community
Hospital.
Linda Marcelli is director of the Merrill Lynch Tampa Bay
Complex. She is on the executive board of Covenant House of New York, and was
named in 1990 to the New York Academy of Women Achievers.
Lance
Ringhaver, a member of the UT Board of Fellows and University Club, is owner and
president of Ringhaver Equipment Co. He serves on the boards of the Tampa Bay
Devil Rays, YMCA and SunTrust Bank of Tampa Bay.
E.W. Stephenson Jr. is
senior executive vice president of AmSouth Bank. He is a trustee of the Florida
Aquarium, and a member of the Council of 100 executive committee and Financial
Services Roundtable.
Donald W. Wallace is president and CEO of Lazy Days
RV Supercenter. He serves on the boards of directors of the Tampa Bay
Performing Arts Center, Moffitt Cancer Center Awareness and the Florida Council
on Economic Education.
Ex-officio members:
Tina M. Antran is
assistant vice president in the Tampa office of Aon consulting. She is a chair
on the UT Board of Counselors, and is a member of the International Society of
Certified Employee Benefits Specialists.
Helen T. Brown is president of
The Chiselers Inc., a group that works for the preservation of Plant Hall. She
is a member of the Junior League of Tampa and Kappa Delta Alumnae.
Pamela
Daniel is president of the UT Parents Association, a member of the UT Parents
Advisory Council, a Young Marine staff member, and a swim team parent
volunteer. She works for an Internet service provider.
James B. Murphy,
chair of the UT Board of Fellows and a former member of the Board of Counselors,
is an attorney with the firm of Shook, Hardy and Bacon LLP. He is chair-elect
of the Florida Bar Business Law section, and a member of the ALS
Association-Florida Chapter board of trustees.
John Wolfe is a realtor
with Coldwell Banker. He is a UT graduate and a former president of the Tampa
Alpha Chapter of the UT National Alumni Association, as well as a member of the
Board of Fellows.
For more information, please contact Public Information
at
publicinfo@ut.edu.