Tampa Bay Times: Head of USF consolidation task force to be St. Petersburg doctor

By Claire McNeill

As the University of South Florida System starts down the long road to consolidation, it will lean on the guidance of a task force whose leader was appointed Monday.

Dr. Jonathan Ellen, a well-known community leader as president and vice dean of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, will take on the role of chairman. He was appointed by the Board of Governors, which oversees the 12 public universities of Florida.

The task force will have a hefty workload as it develops recommendations for the complex merger, which is being mandated under a new law. Continue Reading…