Melissa S. Curry, M.Ed., SHRM-SCP, serves as Vice President for Human Resources at the University of Florida, leading efforts to elevate employee engagement and retention for more than 33,000 employees.
As Vice President, Curry spearheaded enterprise-wide strategies for faculty hiring, executive searches, classification and compensation structures, and UF’s implementation of Workday to modernize HR operations and position UF as an employer of choice.
Over her 27-year career at UF, Curry has championed initiatives that reimagine the employee experience, build organizational effectiveness, and create a strong culture of accountability and performance.
Prior to her current role, Curry led a number of system implementations, recruitment efforts for the Faculty 500 initiative, and launched the Strategic Talent Group, an internal executive search group created to assist with UF’s high-level and difficult-to-fill positions.
Curry serves on the Board of Directors for the American Research Universities Human Resource Institute. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa and her master’s degree in higher education administration from UF. She is completing her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership at UF.
