About Us
Student Success Council
The Student Success Council was formed in August 2010 and charged with the implementation
of the Student Success Task Force recommendations, most notably the institutionalization
of the USF student success initiative. The council continues to coordinate and drive
the policies, programs, and practices to ensure that all USF students graduate in
a timely manner with the degree of their choice, fully prepared for success in the
work force or graduate and professional schools, with the highest levels of student
satisfaction and the lowest levels of indebtedness.
Leadership
Cynthia DeLuca
Vice President, Student Success
Membership
Ruth Huntley Bahr
Dean - Office of Graduate Studies
Moniquie Brown
President - Staff Senate
James Cavendish
Associate Professor and Chair - Department of Sociology
Roberta (Bobby) Collins
Director - Research, Innovation & Scholarly Endeavors (RISE), Morsani College of Medicine
Nithin Palyam
Student Body President
Christopher Duffy
Interim Vice President - Administraative Services
Deni Elliott
Interim Regional Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Vice Provost, Eleanor Poynter
Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press Policy, St. Petersburg campus
Karen Frank
Assistant Dean - College of The Arts
Radford Janssens
Instructor - Mathematics & Statistics
Jennifer Lister
Associate Dean - College of Behaviorial & Community Sciences
Reginald Lucien
Associate Director of Academic Advising - The Judy Genshaft Honors College
Bill McCausland
Vice President & Executive Director - USF Alumni Association
Jackie Nelson
Senior Director - Undergraduate Programs, Muma College of Business
Carolina Nutt
Director - COMPASS Student Experience, St. Petersburg campus
Teeranai Ovathanasin
Assistant Regional Vice Chancellor - Student Success, Sarasota-Manatee campus
Robert Potter
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Kingsley Reeves
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Jennifer VanDeWoestyne
Assistant Director - Advising, Sarasota-Manatee campus
Ex Officio
Jessica (Jessie) Burgess
President - Administrative Advisory Council
Valeria Garcia
Assistant Vice President, Office of Decision Support
Carrie Purol
Director - Application Services, Information Technology
Executive Associate
Carmen Goldsmith
Special Assistant to the Vice President of Student Success