{"id":707,"date":"2021-11-29T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/?page_id=707"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:56:31","slug":"ucf-research-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-research-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Research Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\tThe Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Research Foundation (Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½RF) was created in 1991 as a non-profit direct support organization of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to promote, encourage and provide assistance to the research activities of University faculty, staff and students. Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½RF accepts and administers contracts, grants, and other sponsored activities as well as appropriate donations, the majority coming from private funds. In addition, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½RF provides the mechanism for making Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ discoveries, inventions, processes and work products available to the public. The Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½RF also assists with the economic development initiatives of the University.\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Board of Directors<\/h2>\n
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Beverly Seay<\/dt>\n
Chair<\/dd>\n
Dr. Alexander Cartwright<\/dt>\n
Director, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ President<\/dd>\n
Mark Crandall<\/dt>\n
Director<\/dd>\n
Waymon Armstrong<\/dt>\n
Director<\/dd>\n
Benjamin Patz<\/dt>\n
Director<\/dd>\n
Tiffany Altizer<\/dt>\n
Director and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Board of Trustees Representative<\/dd>\n
Dr. Terri Finkel<\/dt>\n
Director<\/dd>\n
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Corporate Officers<\/h2>\n<\/dt>\n
Dr. Winston Schoenfeld<\/dt>\n
Chief Executive Officer<\/dd>\n
Kim Smith<\/dt>\n
Vice President of Operations, Secretary<\/dd>\n
Megan Carrigan<\/dt>\n
Treasurer<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Corporate Legal Counsel and<\/h2>\n

Registered Agent<\/h2>\n

Robert Wilson<\/strong>
\nSenior Associate General Counsel
\nRobert.Wilson@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Any person who wishes to appeal a decision made by the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½RF Board of Directors with respect to any matter considered at this public meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based.<\/p>\n

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Documents and Resources<\/h2>\n