Randy Boyd

Randy Boyd serves as president of the University of Tennessee System, which includes campuses in Chattanooga, Pulaski, and Martin; the Health Science Center in Memphis, the Institute of Public Service, and the flagship campus in Knoxville. The UT System also manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its UT-Battelle partnership, where Boyd serves as co-chairman. He is a founder and chairman of tnAchieves, the education nonprofit that has helped send more than 133,000 students to community college free of tuition and fees. A first-generation college graduate, Boyd earned a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis on industrial management from UT-Knoxville. He also earned a master’s degree in liberal studies with a focus on foreign policy from the University of Oklahoma. During the administration of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Boyd served as Special Advisor on Higher Education and later as Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. He is credited as the architect of the Drive to 55 college completion initiative and the Tennessee Promise scholarship.