Denise Turner Roth
{{Short description|American government official}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Denise Turner Roth
| image = Denise Turner Roth GSA.jpg
| office = Administrator of General Services
| president = Barack Obama
| deputy =
| term_start = August 5, 2015
| term_end = January 20, 2017
| predecessor = Dan Tangherlini
| successor = Emily W. Murphy
| birth_date = {{circa|1974}} (age 49–50)
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse =
| children =
| party =
| termend = January 20, 2017
| education = George Mason University (BA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (GrDip)
}}
Denise Turner Roth (born 1974) is an American government official who served as Administrator of General Services Administration from 2015 to January 2017. Her appointment to that position was confirmed in August 2015.{{cite news|last1=Hardy|first1=Michael|title=Roth confirmed as GSA head|url=http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/acquisition/gsa-gwac/2015/08/06/roth-confirmed-gsa-head/31210815/|access-date=12 November 2016|work=Federal Times|date=6 August 2015}}{{Cite news|last=O'Connell|first=Jonathan|date=2017-05-25|title=The official who let Trump keep his government hotel deal explains herself|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-official-who-let-trump-keep-his-government-hotel-deal-explains-herself/2017/05/24/c46052fc-3fe5-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html|access-date=2018-01-19|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|author=The Editorial Board|date=2017-05-15|title=Opinion {{!}} G.S.A.'s Revolving Door at a Trump Hotel|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/opinion/gsa-trump-hotel-washington-dc.html|access-date=2018-01-19|issn=0362-4331}}
Early life and education
Born in Washington, D.C., Roth attended Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, VA. Roth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from George Mason University and a graduate diploma from the Public Executive Leadership Academy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.{{cite web|title=Denise Turner Roth - Administrator|url=http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100046|publisher=General Services Administration|access-date=12 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126011335/http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/100046|archive-date=26 January 2016}}{{Cite web|date=2016-04-25|title=Denise Turner Roth to deliver UNCG Commencement address|url=https://news.uncg.edu/2016-commencement-speaker/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=UNCGNews|language=en-US}}
Career
Before joining the General Services Administration, Roth worked as the Greensboro, North Carolina City Manager. In 2015, Roth was nominated to serve as Administrator of the General Services Administration, succeeding Dan Tangherlini, 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.{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Jordan|date=2017-06-06|title=Trump's America: Denise Turner Roth|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/trumps-america-denise-turner-roth/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US}}
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Category:Civil servants from Washington, D.C.
Category:Obama administration personnel
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