By Crow’s Nest Staff
Two business executives who have made large contributions to USF Tampa are the new leaders of the USF system Board of Trustees.
The board unanimously elected Jordan Zimmerman as its chair on April 1. He replaces Brian Lamb, who was appointed to the Board of Governors of the State University System by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Zimmerman, a USF Tampa alumnus who is founder and chairman of a Fort Lauderdale-based advertising company, donated $10 million to the USF Tampa College of Arts and Sciences in 2015 to name the journalism school there the Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications.
The trustees also unanimously elected Les Muma to replace Zimmerman as vice chair of the board.
Muma, a 1966 graduate of USF Tampa, co-founded a financial services and technology firm. Muma and his wife, Pamela, have given more than $56 million to USF Tampa. The College of Business there is named for them.
Pictured: Les Muma (left) and Jordan Zimmerman. Courtesy of Ashley Rodriguez
