Faculty/Staff
Irene Hurst
Director of Operations, Center for Analytics and Creativity
ihurst@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-4517
Irene Hurst is the director of operations at the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Center for Analytics and Creativity. She has served as director of Graduate Studies and MBA programs, and previously served for more than 11 years as the director of USF's Small Business Development Center.
A former small business columnist for the Maddux Report, Hurst, 10 years ago, started the Women Executive Forum, an organization that gives female business owners the opportunity to lend support to one another. In 2006, she was named the Indo鈥怳.S. Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay's "Business Woman of the Year," and in 1997, she was awarded the "Woman of Distinction" award by Soroptimist International of the Americas. She has passion for elevating women in the workplace and in entrepreneurial endeavors.
Hurst earned an MBA at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息and has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Indonesia. She serves on the Small Business of the Year and Ambassadors Committees for the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and is a member of several boards of directors in the region.
Service
- Sunshine State Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors
- Indo-US Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in Tampa
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HCA South Tampa Hospitals 鈥� Community Advisory Committee
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TypTap Insurance Group