USF names former dean finalist in search for new president

After a roughly eight-month search, the University of South Florida has named a sole finalist in its search for a new president.

On Tuesday, the university announced its search committee has nominated Moez Limayem, 62, to USF’s Board of Trustees to become the university’s ninth president. It will now be up to the Board of Trustees and the Florida Board of Governors to approve Limayem for the job. 

Limayem is no stranger to USF. He served as the Lynn Pippenger Dean of the Muma College of Business for 10 years before becoming president of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville in 2022.