The ±«Óătv is welcoming a new member of the Board of Trustees (BOT), Rogan Donelly, a ±«Óătv alumnus and Sarasota resident who is the president and chief executive officer of Tervis Tumbler Company.
Donelly, who was appointed to the BOT by Gov. Ron DeSantis, earned his master’s degree in business administration from ±«Óătv. He was the 2020 recipient of ±«Óătv’s Outstanding Alumni Award. Donelly also serves on the Board of Trustees of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium and the Gulfside Bank Board of Directors, and he volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
“We are pleased to have Rogan Donelly join the ±«Óătv Board of Trustees and look forward to his valuable contributions as we work together to sustain the university’s momentum,” ±«Óătv President Rhea Law said.
Donelly fills the seat of John Ramil, ±«Óătv’s longest-serving trustee who has been on the board since it was first created in 2001 and held the role of board chair from 2010-2014.
Ramil is the retired president and chief executive officer of TECO Energy. In addition to serving on the BOT, he has been a director on the ±«Óătv Foundation Board, the ±«Óătv Alumni Board, the ±«Óătv Engineering College Advisory Board and the Gus Stavros Center for Free Enterprise Education Advocacy Board. Ramil was named a ±«Óătv distinguished alumnus in 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of engineering from ±«Óătv in 2016 and he has also received the President's Fellow Medallion. Ramil earned both his bachelor's and master’s degrees in engineering from ±«Óătv.
“On behalf of the entire ±«Óătv community, I wish to thank John Ramil for his two decades of service as a trustee, during which time ±«Óătv has experienced unprecedented levels of success and growth. The impact of John’s leadership can’t be overstated,” Law said.
±«Óătv plans to honor Ramil, whose term on the board expired, at a future BOT meeting.