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NWRDC Policy Board

NWRDC is governed by a Policy Board consisting of its major customers. Policy Board Membership is determined based on the percentage of revenue paid to the Center and reviewed annually.


Meeting Schedule:  The Policy Board meets on a quarterly basis, with its annual meeting typically held at the end of May. All meetings are announced on the NWRDC Calendar.  If you would like to attend a meeting of the Policy Board, please contact Kate Wasson.


Mehran Basiratmand, Chair
Chief Technology Officer
Information Resource Management
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Building 22, Room 161
Boca Raton, FL  33431
561/297-0230
 
Ron Lauver, Vice Chair, Management Committee Chair
ron.lauver@fldoe.org
Chief Information Officer,
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines St., Suite 1144
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
850/245-9325
 
Michael Barrett, Management Committee Member
mgbarrett@admin.fsu.edu
Associate Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Office of Technology Integration
Florida State University
Mail Code 2736
850/645-1768
 
Stephen Bowen, K-12 Representative
sbowen@fsu.edu
MIS Director
Florida State University Schools
3000 School House Road
Tallahassee, FL 32311
850/245-3802
 
George Ellis
gellis@admin.usf.edu
Associate Vice President for Information Technologies
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, FL 33620
813/974-1222
 
Melanie Haveard
mhaveard@uwf.edu
Executive Director, ITS
University of West Florida
Building 37
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514
850/474-2075
 
Levis Hughes
levis.hughes@fldoe.org
Bureau Chief
Office of Student Financial Assistance
Florida Department of Education
1940 North Monroe Street, Suite 70
Tallahassee, Florida 32303-4759
850/410-6810 
 
Gene Kovacs
Gene.Kovacs@Fldoe.org
Bureau Chief, Community College & Technical Center MIS
Division of Accountability, Research and Measurement
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1324
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
850/245-9502
 
Randy McCausland, Technical Committee Chair
rmccausland@admin.fsu.edu
Director, Infrastructure & Application Support
Enterprise Resource Planning
Florida State University
MC 2736
850/645-2129
 
Ramon Padilla, Management Committee Member
ramon.padilla@flbog.org
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Florida Board of Governors
850/245-0837
 
Tony Powell, Small User Representative
powellt@dor.state.fl.us
CIO, Florida Department of Revenue
104 Carlton Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0100
850/921-4257
 
Peter M. Taylor, Management Committee Member
pete@fiu.edu
Florida International University
Associate Director - Adm Software
W10C-114 Panther Soft #2
11555 SW 12 Street
Miami, FL 33199
305/348-2509
 
TBD
Florida A & M University
Enterprise Information Technology
2000 Levy Avenue Suite 360
Tallahassee, Florida 32310