Judy Genshaft University of South Florida

Judy Genshaft was appointed president of the University of South Florida in July 2000.

During Dr. Genshaft’s presidency, USF has been nationally recognized as a top-tier national research university, and is one of Florida’s top three universities. With campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland, USF serves more than 45,000 students in more than 200 degree programs on the undergraduate, masters, specialist and doctoral levels,
including the doctor of medicine. USF has 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1.8 billion annually.

As the leader of a metropolitan research university, President Genshaft has established herself as a leader for economic development, especially related to high-technology and bioscience. President Genshaft has focused on partnering university research—which under her leadership topped $310 million last year—with corporate and entrepreneurial partners. She launched the university’s high-tech business incubator and is developing USF’s Research Park as a hub for bioscience research and entrepreneurship.  In 2007 she was named Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Business Woman of the Year.

President Genshaft is active on a national level serving on the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Big East Executive Board as well as the past Chair of the Tampa Bay Partnership, Chair of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Florida High-Tech Corridor and the Florida Council of 100.

Prior to joining USF, President Genshaft served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She also held various positions during a
16-year tenure at The Ohio State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and psychology
from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, a master’s degree in school counseling from Kent State University, and a doctorate in counseling psychology from Kent State. She has authored and co-authored 69 journal articles and 3 books.