Susan Hamilton Churuti, a longtime government attorney who helps manage retail space on St. Petersburg’s tony Beach Drive, has been appointed to the five-member Campus Board.
She replaces her husband, Bob Churuti, who has joined her over the year in numerous civic and philanthropic endeavors.
According to a news release from USF St. Petersburg, Susan Churuti is a partner in the Hamilton Partnership, which owns and manages the retail space at 400 Beach Drive and Parkshore Plaza, two mixed-use, high-rise developments.
For more than 20 years, she was Pinellas County attorney. That ended in 2007, when the County Commission fired her after a grand jury criticized her for her role in the county’s purchase of land owned by the Pinellas property appraiser.
The other members of the Campus Board – who must be residents of Pinellas County – are Judy Mitchell, John Connelly, Lawrence Hamilton and Stephanie Goforth, who also serves on the university system’s 13-member Board of Trustees.
The Campus Board oversees USF St. Petersburg’s annual budget and operations.
Information from the Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Tribune was used in this report.Prominent attorney appointed to Campus Board
