Tampa area university names new president

St. Leo University in Pasco County, one of the largest Catholic universities in the county, has a new president — with no explanation of why the previous president left the school.

The school, in a July 6 statement, announced Edward Dadez, who has held multiple leadership positions at the school for the past 22 years, was named its 11th president. The school’s board chose Dadez as the new president following the resignation of Jeffrey Senese, the school says in the release. Asked for more information on Senese, president since April 2018, a St. Leo spokeswoman, in an email, says, “I have no other information besides what is in the press release.”