Joe Natoli is the University of Miami’s senior vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer. He manages the functions of accounting and finance, including endowment and other long-term investments, human resources and employee benefits, information technology, procurement, risk management, real estate planning and construction, buildings and grounds, auxiliaries including the BankUnited Center and campus police.

Prior to joining the University, Natoli spent 30 years with Knight Ridder, Inc., at the time, the nation’s second largest newspaper company, where he served as chairman and publisher of the company’s largest newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.  He previously was president and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, and president of the Miami Herald Publishing Company. 
He joined the University in September, 2006 following the purchase of Knight Ridder by The McClatchy Company and subsequent divestiture of The Inquirer and Daily News.

Most of his newspaper career was spent in Miami, on the Knight Ridder corporate staff and at The Miami Herald, where positions held included controller, vice president of operations, general manager and president. 
He is a graduate of the University of South Florida and earned an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.  He completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program and is a former instructor of the Becker CPA Review course. 

He is a member of the board of directors of Perry Ellis International, a publically-traded, leading designer, distributor and licensor of apparel for men and women, Coral Gables Trust Company, a leading provider of wealth management, trust and estate services in South Florida and the Mitchell Wolfson Sr. Foundation Board.  He has chaired or co-chaired community-wide United Way campaigns in Miami-Dade County, Silicon Valley (San Jose) and Southeastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). 
Past honors include Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year by the Silicon Valley Philanthropy Association, Humanitarian Award by the South Florida Epilepsy Foundation, Business School Alumni of the Year by the University of South Florida, Award of Excellence by the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Special Achievement in Business by the National Italian-American Foundation and Emerging Leaders by Florida Trend Magazine.

He and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Joey and Danielle.