SPEAKER: Dr. Aysegul Timur
TITLE: Gulf Coast University

Bio
Dr. Aysegul Timur serves as President, Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Timur, Ph.D., was selected to become Florida Gulf Coast University’s fifth president on May 4, 2023, following a unanimous endorsement from the FGCU Board of Trustees.

Dr. Timur received her doctoral degree in Business Administration, majoring in Economics, from the University of South Florida, and both her Master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from the University of Istanbul. Her areas of specialization include business policy and organizational development, quality and continuous improvement, health (especially pharmaceutical pricing), and international economics. Before joining the University team, she held a variety of faculty and executive leadership positions in higher education, including full professor of economics.