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

Cathy Bellatin '93
President
National Alumni Association
Corporate Sales Manager
A La Carte Pavilion

Leo B. Berman '69
President
Palm Beach Yacht Center

Thilo D. Best
Principal
TDB Holdings, LP

Anthony J. Borrell, Jr.
President
Borrell Family Foundation Inc.
 
Evelyn Bowles 
President 
The Chiselers, Inc.

Allen R. Brinkman, II

Chairman, President and CEO
SunTrust Bank, Tampa Bay

The Honorable Bob Buckhorn
Mayor
City of Tampa

Christine M. Burdick
President
Tampa Downtown Partnership

Robert C. Calafell '66 ('75 MBA)
Senior Vice President (Retired) 
GTE (Verizon)

Ali Carr 
Chair 
Board of Counselors
President 
Ali Specialties

Phillip E. Casey
Chairman (Retired)
Gerdau

Blake J. Casper

CEO and Chairman

Caspers Company

Thomas A. Castriota 
President 
Castriota Chevrolet

Velva W. Clark
Community Volunteer and
Nonprofit Fundraiser


Pauline B. Crumpton '57
Educator (Retired)

O. Rex Damron, Ph.D.
President
Krewe of Sant 'Yago
Education Foundation

Don DeFosset
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
The University of Tampa
Chairman and CEO
DJD Group

Richard C. Elias
CEO

Transitions Optical, Inc.

James L. Ferman, Jr.
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
The University of Tampa
President and CEO
Ferman Automotive Management

A. William (Bill) Goede
Tampa Bay Market President
Bank of America

George F. Gramling, III
Attorney at Law
Gramling Environmental Law, P.A.

Robert D. Gries, Jr.
CEO
Gries Investment Fund

Gary W. Harrod
Managing Partner

Harrod Properties

Robert E. Hoyland
Vice President and General Manager

USAA

Edward M. Kobel
President and COO

DeBartolo Development

Susan W. Leisner
Chartered Financial Analyst (Retired)


James E. MacDougald
President
Westshore Ventures, Inc.

Ian MacKechnie

Chairman and CEO

Amscot Financial, Inc.

James S. MacLeod 
President and COO
CoastalStates Bank

Roy J. McCraw, Jr.
Regional Chairman (Retired) 
Wachovia Bank

William H. McGill, Jr.
Chairman, CEO and President

Marine Max, Inc.

Eugene H. McNichols
Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees
The University of Tampa
Chairman and CEO
McNichols Company

Joseph G. Meterchick 
Regional President 
PNC Bank

Sidney W. Morgan

COO

JSA Healthcare

James K. (Jack) Murray, Jr.
Chairman

Murray Corporation

Robert J. Rohrlack, Jr.
President and CEO

Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

Douglas C. Rothschild '81
 
Principal 
CLW Real Estate Group

Deborah A. Sheridan 
Chair 
Board of Fellows
Commercial Bank Executive 
Florida Bank

Michael S. Southard '80
National Sales Manager
Kichler Lighting

Thomas W. Spruance 
Chair 
Family Association

Craig C. Sturken '66
Chairman of the Board
Spartan Stores, Inc.

Charles E. Sykes
President and CEO

Sykes Enterprises, Inc.

Lorna Taylor

President and CEO

Premier Eye Care

Robert M. Thomas
CEO

Two Rivers Ranch, Inc.

James (Bubba) A. Turner, III

President and CEO

Tampa Armature Works, Inc. 

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

John B. West
Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees
The University of Tampa
CEO
Lion Asset Management

 Rufus J. Williams III 
Principal 
Cardinal Point Advisors

CHAIRMEN EMERITI

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

Vincent J. Naimoli
Chairman Emeritus
Tampa Bay Rays

David A. Straz, Jr.

Honorary Consul

Consulate Republic of Liberia and Honduras

John H. Sykes  
Chairman Emeritus (Retired)
SYKES Enterprises, Incorporated
President
JHS Management, LLC

Rick Thomas '72
President and CEO
Thomas Financial Group

TRUSTEE EMERITI

G. Robert Blanchard, Sr.
Rancher
Little Everglades Ranch

Stephen F. Dickey, M.D.
President

Dickey Holdings, Inc.

The Honorable Dick A. Greco '56
Former Mayor/City of Tampa

The Honorable Bob Martinez '57
Former Governor of the State of Florida
Senior Policy Advisor

Holland & Knight

R. James Robbins, Sr.

Founder (Retired)
Robbins, Bell & Kreher Architects, Inc.

Ernest C. Segundo, Sr. '56
President (Retired)
Vista Chemical Latin America, S.A.