University of Florida Board of Trustees
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The University of Florida Board of Trustees is the governing body of the University of Florida
, a Flagship University
for the State University System of Florida
. The University is located in Gainesville, Florida
, United States
. As of September 1, 2011, the Board includes thirteen members. The current Chair of the Board is Carlos Alfonso.
The Board of Trustees describes itself as the public body corporate of the university. The Trustees set policy for the university, and serves as the University of Florida's legal owner and final authority. Overall the Board of Trustees hold the institution's resources in trust and they are responsible for making sure that the resources are being used efficiently and effectively.
. The Chair of the Faculty Senate and the President of the Student Body also serve as trustees.
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, a Flagship University
Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
for the State University System of Florida
State University System of Florida
The State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...
. The University is located in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of September 1, 2011, the Board includes thirteen members. The current Chair of the Board is Carlos Alfonso.
The Board of Trustees describes itself as the public body corporate of the university. The Trustees set policy for the university, and serves as the University of Florida's legal owner and final authority. Overall the Board of Trustees hold the institution's resources in trust and they are responsible for making sure that the resources are being used efficiently and effectively.
Composition
The Board of Trustees at the University of Florida consists of six members that are selected by the Governor of Florida and five members that are selected by the Florida Board of GovernorsFlorida Board of Governors
The Florida Board of Governors was created in 2002 by the passage of a constitutional amendment, which went into effect in 2003. By an unprecedented vote, a 17-member board was established to serve as the statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida, which includes all...
. The Chair of the Faculty Senate and the President of the Student Body also serve as trustees.
| Trustee | Notability |
|---|---|
| Carlos Alfonso | Current CEO of Alliant Partners |
| C. David Brown Broad and Cassel Broad and Cassel is an international law firm headquartered in Orlando, Florida. It was founded by Shepard Broad and Alvin Cassel and is currently the 250th largest law firm in the country. The firm is well known for its trial, appellate, and health law work, and its pro bono commitments and... |
Current Chairman of Broad and Cassel Broad and Cassel Broad and Cassel is an international law firm headquartered in Orlando, Florida. It was founded by Shepard Broad and Alvin Cassel and is currently the 250th largest law firm in the country. The firm is well known for its trial, appellate, and health law work, and its pro bono commitments and... |
| Susan Cameron Susan Ivey Susan M. Ivey is an American business person who is the chairman, president and CEO of Reynolds American, Inc.-Early life and education:... |
Former Chairman and CEO of Reynolds American, Inc. Reynolds American Reynolds American, Inc. is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States. Its holdings include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company , Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company and Niconovum AB... |
| Marshall Criser | Current President of AT&T AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services... in Florida |
| Charles Edwards | Former director of the Florida Council of 100 and served on the Florida Board of Governors Florida Board of Governors The Florida Board of Governors was created in 2002 by the passage of a constitutional amendment, which went into effect in 2003. By an unprecedented vote, a 17-member board was established to serve as the statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida, which includes all... |
| Michael Heeking | Former COO of WebMD WebMD WebMD is an American corporation which provides health information services. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Clark and Pavan Nigam as Healthscape, later Healtheon, and then acquired WebMD in 1999 to form Healtheon/WebMD... |
| Alan Levine | Current Senior Vice President of Health Management Associates Health Management Associates (Florida company) Health Management Associates is a for-profit corporation which operates hospitals and other health care facilities in the southern United States. It is headquartered at 5811 Pelican Bay Blvd. in Naples, Florida. Its current CEO is Gary D. Newsome.... and Former Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is a state agency of Louisiana, headquartered in Baton Rouge. The agency oversees the health of the population.-External links:*... |
| Anthony Reynolds | The current student body president of the University of Florida |
| Scott Nygren | Current Faculty Senate Chair |
| Carolyn Roberts | Former Chair of the Florida Board of Governors Florida Board of Governors The Florida Board of Governors was created in 2002 by the passage of a constitutional amendment, which went into effect in 2003. By an unprecedented vote, a 17-member board was established to serve as the statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida, which includes all... |
| Juliet Roulhac | Attorney with Florida Power & Light Company |
| Steven Scott | Current Chairman of Scott Holdings |
| Alfred Warrington Alfred C. Warrington Alfred Coard "Al" Warrington, IV is a former American accountant and business executive. Warrington was a managing partner of Arthur Andersen and the co-founder of Sanifill, Inc., a company which ultimately merged to create the new Waste Management, Inc... |
Former CEO of Sanfill, and benefactor of the Warrington College of Business Warrington College of Business The Warrington College of Business Administration is the business school at the University of Florida. About 6300 students are enrolled in classes, including undergraduates and graduate students, including Master of Business Administration and Ph.D.-seeking students.Undergraduate programs include... |