Julie Sullivan

Julie Sullivan
15th President of the University of St. Thomas
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Preceded by	Dennis Dease
Vice President and Provost of the University of San Diego
In office 2005–2013
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-27) July 27, 1957 Gainesville, Florida
Alma mater	University of Florida (B.S., M.S., Ph.D)
Salary	$483,000 yearly

Dr. Julie Sullivan is an American academic administrator, currently serving as the 15th president of the University of St. Thomas, a private Roman Catholic institution in St. Paul, Minnesota. As the successor of Dennis Dease, Sullivan is the first woman and lay person to hold the title in St. Thomas history.

Before becoming the president in July 2013, she had served as the executive vice president and provost at the University of San Diego since 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Sullivan held a professorship in the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego. She also served as an instructor for seventeen years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was announced on March 1, 2022, that Sullivan had accepted an offer to become the president of Santa Clara University, beginning in Fall 2022.

Sullivan earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s degree in taxation, and a Ph.D in business from the University of Florida. She is a (non-practicing) Certified Public Accountant.