Dr. Karen A. White

Karen A. White

Karen White, USF St. Petersburg Regional Chancellor, brings with her more than a decade of metropolitan university experience to the university. Since her appointment in 2003, USFSP evolved to an autonomous undergraduate and graduate institution.

Prior to USF St. Petersburg, Dr. White served as the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor of the University of Maryland System, a consultant to the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges on urban and metropolitan university issues, Assistant to the President at Wright State University, and Professor of Music at Southeastern Louisiana University.

A native of Joplin, Missouri, she earned the baccalaureate degree in music education from the University of Arkansas and a masters and doctor of musical arts from the University of Arizona.  A violinist, she has performed over 200 solo and chamber music recitals.

Dr. White is active on the boards of the Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities, the Florida Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce (ex officio), the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership (ex officio), the Tampa Bay United Way, the YWCA of Tampa Bay, WorkNet Pinellas, and a member of Suncoasters of St. Petersburg, Inc.