Bob Boyd

President & CEO, Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida, Tallahassee

ICUF is an association of nonprofit, four-year higher-education institutions chartered in Florida and serves as the collective voice for 30 schools and 170,000 students. “Because of the advocacy work we do at ICUF, at least 41,000 undergraduate students per year can pursue their dream of obtaining an undergraduate degree at the independent institution they choose to attend,” Boyd says.

EDUCATION: Rollins College (BA), Florida State University (JD)

MENTOR: Jim Apthorp, the former chief of staff to the late Gov. Reubin Askew. He is the epitome of old-school political integrity, and carries with him to this day the thoughtfulness, intelligence and grace we often miss in today’s political environment.

READING: A Land Remembered, by Patrick D. Smith

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Bill Fleming, the former president of Palm Beach Atlantic University and a man of high character and faith.

MOTIVATIONAL MANTRA: Prepare, prepare, prepare.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED
“You can get much more done with compromise, than with forcefully, or even passionately, pushing a position you think is right.”