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Biography
Dr. John M. Rudley
The Texas Southern
University Board of Regents officially appointed
John M. Rudley as the 11th president
of one of the nation’s largest historically
black universities on Friday, February 8, 2008.
Rudley comes to Texas
Southern University from the University of
Houston where he served as Vice President for
Administration and Finance and Vice Chancellor
for Administration and Finance for the
University of Houston system. From June 2007 to
January 2008, he served in the interim dual
position of UH system chancellor and UH
president.
Rudley has held
numerous other leadership positions in higher
education including Vice President for Business
and Finance at the Tennessee Board of Regents,
which is the sixth largest system of
postsecondary education in the nation with six
universities, thirteen community colleges, and
twenty-six vocational schools serving more than
187,000 students.
He also served with
distinction at the highest level of education as
a senior technical advisor with the U.S.
Department of Education from 1991–1992. During
that time, he provided valuable assistance in
responding to the requirements of the Chief
Financial Office Act of 1990. He helped develop
and present to then-Secretary Lamar Alexander
recommendations for organizational changes
regarding the consolidation of the budget
formulation, budget execution, and financial
management service of the department.
Rudley has held
administrative and finance positions in
Tennessee and in Texas. He formerly served as
the Vice President for Fiscal Affairs at Texas
Southern University. He acquired his public
accounting experience from Coopers & Lybrand in
Los Angeles and in Seattle. He is a licensed
certified accountant in Tennessee.
Rudley is a member of
Conference-USA and the Houston Forum Board of
Governors, BioHouston, Inc., and the Houston
Technology Center boards, the Texas Council of
Presidents and Chancellors, the Texas Medical
Center CEO Group, and the Texas International
Education Consortium. He also is president of
the Houston Chapter of 100 Black Men.
He earned his
Bachelor of Business Administration from the
University of Toledo and his Master of Education
in Administration and Supervision and his Ed.D.
in Administration from Tennessee State
University.
He is a
member of the National Association of State
College and University Business Officers.
Rudley and his wife,
Dr. Docia Rudley, have two children: John
Michael and Jamalh.
