Executive Director, Career Services
The University of Tampa
Tampa, Florida, United States
Mark Colvenbach
Executive Director, Office of Career Services
Mark Colvenbach currently serves as Executive Director in the Office of Career Services at The University of Tampa. Colvenbach has served in various roles in the Office of Career Services over the past twenty-one years including Manager of Employer Development and Coordinator of University Internships. Prior to joining the staff at the University of Tampa, Colvenbach worked nearly three years in the non-profit sector.
Colvenbach is active professionally in several organizations, including various leadership roles. Colvenbach held multiple positions on the board for the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (SoACE) including President. In addition, Colvenbach served for five years on the board of the Florida Association of Colleges and Employers (FloridaACE) in roles including President and three years as the Professional Development Director. As a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), Mark attended the NACE Management Leadership Institute, a one-week intensive professional development training geared towards current and future Career Center directors. Colvenbach has presented numerous times at conferences for NACE, SoACE and FloridaACE. In addition, Colvenbach has been fortunate to participate in multiple Global Summits taking place in Ireland, England and Canada. This past March in London, Colvenbach was able to present on the new UTAMPA 201 Career Readiness curriculum that was awarded Best Faculty Program at the Global Career Services Summit. In 2019, he presented as part of the RheinMain University (Germany) summer school program designed to place students on inter-cultural teams as part of a global marketing project.
Colvenbach thoroughly enjoys being active in various community organizations as well. In 2012, Colvenbach completed the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Tampa program and since has become an active committee member of the Leadership Tampa Alumni group leading Education Day as the Chair since 2017. In 2022-2023 Colvenbach served as Class Chair for the Leadership Tampa program. For the past five years, he has served on the Spurlino Family YMCA in the Tampa Bay area.
A native of New York, Mark graduated from State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Following his move to Florida, he completed his Master of Science at Florida State University.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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