Denise Turner Roth (born 1974) is an American government official who served as Administrator of

General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. G ...

from 2015 to January 2017. Her appointment to that position was confirmed in August 2015.

Early life and education

Born in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

, Roth attended

Bishop O'Connell High School Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School (also known as DJO) is a Private school, private, Catholic Church, Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was established by the Diocese of Richmond, but it ha ...

in Arlington, VA. Roth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

and a graduate diploma from the Public Executive Leadership Academy at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

Career

Before joining the

, Roth worked as the

Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the List of municipalitie ...

City Manager. In 2015, Roth was nominated to serve as Administrator of the

, succeeding

Dan Tangherlini Daniel Mark Tangherlini (born 1967) is an American government official who currently serves as a Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, Governor of the United States Postal Service. He served as administrator of the U.S. General ...

, who had been serving in an acting capacity. Roth left the GSA shortly after the 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump to work as a senior advisor and chief development officer at WSP USA, a design and engineering firm.

References

1974 births Administrators of the General Services Administration Living people George Mason University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Civil servants from Washington, D.C. Obama administration personnel {{US-politician-stub