Florida Board of Governors

06/18/2012

MEDIA ADVISORY: Board of Governors' committee chairman: Florida Polytech trustee interview process is continuing

MEDIA ADVISORY—JUNE 18, 2012

BOARD OF GOVERNORS’ COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN:
FLORIDA POLYTECH TRUSTEE INTERVIEW PROCESS IS CONTINUING

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Chair of the Board of Governors’ Trustee Nominating and Development Committee, Mori Hosseini of Daytona Beach, announced today that the interview process for the Florida Polytechnic University trustee applicants remains well under way, and that appointments will not be considered at this week’s Board of Governors meeting.

“Creating a new university is a rare and remarkable opportunity, and appointing a well-qualified, diverse and effective charter Board of Trustees will be critical for this new institution’s success. We are working closely with the Governor’s Appointments Office to avoid any appointee duplication – we must ensure that the final full slate of trustees embodies a wide range of skills, professional experiences, and cultural diversity that will help us build Florida Polytechnic University.”

“Quality is driving this process, and we are identifying and vetting our most-qualified candidates so that the Board of Governors can announce its appointments in the coming weeks,” Hosseini added.

NOTES FOR MEDIA:

• The Board of Governors has a three-day regular business meeting in Orlando this week: www.flbog.edu. Half of the schedule is each institution presenting a University 3-Year Work Plan, a strategic planning and performance metrics document that the Board of Governors takes up every year in June. Other trustee appointments (for New College and FAMU) remain on the agenda.
• The Board of Governors’ own Select Committee on Florida Polytechnic University – which Hosseini leads as Chair in addition to his role as the Board of Governors’ Vice Chair – has been working with USF over many months to ensure that the Board of Governors has addressed various transition issues and other aspects until a Board of Trustees is in place, through our five Board appointments and Governor Scott’s six trustee appointments. Senate Bill 1994 was “effective upon signature,” and was signed by the Governor on April 20. The only issue directly associated with the new fiscal year on July 1 is that several budget-related items either change over or start on July 1 – while many administrative and governance matters do not have the same precise deadline.
• The persons indicated by a “strike-through” below have withdrawn their applications during the past few weeks for a variety of reasons. The Board of Governors is at 52 total applicants at this time. (These withdrawals came well before today’s decision above—this is just a housekeeping note with multiple notes packaged together.)
• Regarding the “reverter clause” issue on the property/land, Chair Hosseini will speak to that issue directly on Thursday during the full Board of Governors meeting.
• For more info on university Boards of Trustees and this process, see the info below and here: http://www.flbog.edu/aboutsus/ubt.php.

 Florida Polytech University                                                                      

Alford    Carol     C.                          05/30/12             Lakeland, FL        Internal Auditor, Hillsborough Community College

 Allen      Eric        Keith                     05/31/12             Lakeland, FL        Attorney, Law Offices of Eric Allen

Armstrong Jack  David                    05/31/12             Ft. Lauderdale, FL             President, Broward College

Bach      Tim        J.                           05/07/12             Apopka, FL          President/Owner of Patterson/ Bach Communications Advertising Agency

Bacon Gregory   Allen                     05/31/12             Indianapolis, IN  Application Specialist, Auralex Acoustics

Block     Trudy     Alice                     05/30/12             Polk City, FL        City Councilor, City of Polk City

Brame   Roderic Ian                        05/30/12             Land O Lakes, FL               Program Director/Assistant Professor, Florida Polytechnic Univ.

Brown   Joshua   Keith                     05/25/12             Auburndale, FL   Attorney w/Peterson/Myers

Buetow Curtis     J.                           05/30/12             Davenport, FL     Engineering Manager w/Powerteam Generation

Clark      Gary       E.                           05/29/12             Lakeland, FL        Independent Consultant w/CPS Investment Advisors, Financial Services

Clark      Ronald  Lyle                       06/01/12             Lakeland, FL        Attorney and Chairman Clark, Campbell and Lancaster P.A.

Cloud ThomasAlexander                05/17/12             Orlando, FL         Attorney/Partner w/Gray Robinson

Dicks      John       Larry                     5/31/12               Plant City, FL       Attorney of Counsel, Trinkle Redman

Duncan Ann        Wilkins                 05/31/12             Tarpon Springs, FL            President/Founder Vertical Integration, Inc.

Emst      Robert   Elliott                   05/29/12             Auburndale, FL   Business Analyst w/Pallet One, Inc., Manufacturing

English  Robert   F.                           05/25/12             Lakeland, FL        CEO of Valiant Products, Manufacturing

Evans Jonathan Edward                 05/30/12             Oldsmar, FL         Assistant to the City Manager, City of Largo

Evans Mygnon Champion              06/01/12             Lakeland, FL        Attorney/Owner Mygnon Evans Law Office

Featherman Sandra Green             05/30/12             Highland Beach, FL           Retired; past President of the University of New England

Fleming John Edward                      06/01/12             Winter Haven, FL              President, Phoenix Industries, LLC

Gambrell Carroll Blake                   05/30/12             Lakeland, FL        Retired the last 5 years; Ph.D in Engineering

Gardner Robert  LeGrande             05/29/12             Lakeland, FL        Ph.D from Virginia Polytechnic Institute; current instructor at Florida Polytechnic University

Grasse   James    Martin                  06/01/12             Lakeland, FL        Delaware North Corporation, Concessions

Griffith  Winston Nichols               05/31/12             Tallahassee, FL   Program Specialist, Leon County Schools

Hallion, Jr Richard Paul                   05/17/12             Shalimar, FL        Research Associate in Aeronautics, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Hatcher Neysa    Hope                    05/31/12             Winter Haven, FL              Inspector in Charge, United States Dept. of Agriculture

Hendricks John   Wayne                 05/31/12             Sarasota, FL        Managing Partner, Strategic Technologies

Kincart  Robert   Owen                   05/25/12             Lakeland, FL        Scientist/President of American Compliance Technology, Science & Engineering

Kimberlin Ralph  Dace                     05/31/12             Winter Haven, FL              Retired Professor and Consultant

Lewis     Charles  Alan                      05/30/12             Carrabelle, FL     Consultant, SANA, LC, Medical Technology

Oldt       Thomas Roe                       05/29/12             Winter Haven, FL               President/Registered Principal of Thomas Oldt Investment Services, Investment Advisory/Asset Management

Pittman Terry      Eugene                 05/30/12             Eagle Lake, FL    CEO of Business Builders of America

Raymond Maurice A.                      05/29/12             Lakeland, FL        Retired – Ph.D in Polymer Chemistry from UF; last position was Director of Research & Dev. w/Rhone-Poulenc, Chemical in 1995

Rezendes, II Joseph                         05/30/12             Safety Harbor, FL              Senior Security Analyst at Franklin Templeton, Inc., Financial Services

Rhodes  Deborah Lynn                    05/31/12             Lakeland, FL        Adjunct Instructor, Palomar College

Riddle    Kenneth Leon                    05/31/12             Lakeland, FL        Supervisor of Chemical Programs, Lakeland Electric

Robinson             James    David     05/30/12             Lakeland, FL        President/CEO DSM Technology Consultants

Roeser, Jr.           John       Franklin 05/30/12             Davenport, FL     Retired; past Group Vice President at Howard Johnson Company; past Vice President American Can Company; currently Park Event Operations at Walt Disney World

Russo    Christopher         David     05/29/12             Auburndale, FL   Attorney w/Moody Law, P.A.

Sanoba  Gregory               A.           05/31/12             Lakeland, FL        President/Owner The Sanoba Law Firm

Scaringe               Robert   Peter     05/10/12             Rockledge, FL     President/CEO of Mainstream Engineering Corp.; R&D/Manufacturing

Shaheen               Richard Labib     05/25/12             Jupiter, FL            Senior Director Engineering & Technical Services; Fla. Power & Light

Shannon              John       Hugh      05/31/12             Lakeland, FL        Attorney, John Hugh Shannon, P.A.

Sommer Douglas Dean                   06/01/12             Lakeland, FL        Independent Contractor, ITW, QMI, Wynn’s

Strickland Eugene Swaney             06/01/12             Lakeland, FL        City Manager, City of Lakeland

Thompson Jonathan Wade           05/25/12             Lakeland, FL        Physical Therapist; currently Director of Operations at Bond Clinic in Winter Haven

Wilson   Donald  Herbert                05/31/12             Homeland, FL     Partner/Attorney w/Boswell & Dunlap

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