Denise Turner Roth

Denise Turner Roth 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.

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.

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.
Roth returned to Greensboro politics, serving as an at-large member of the Greensboro city council, after securing the most votes in the 2025 Greensboro municipal election on November 4, 2025.