About the Institute

Leadership

Darren Schumacher
CEO
darrenschumacher@usf.edu

Taylor Johnston
COO
taylorjohnston@usf.edu

Scott Dalziel
CFO
dalziels@usf.edu

Michael Andrews
Associate Director of Contracts and Compliance
mtandrews@usf.edu

Garrett Bridenbaugh
Program Director, Academic Consortium
garrett567@usf.edu

Peter Jorgensen
Associate Director of Engineering
pjorgensen@usf.edu

Ken Kuebler
Business Development Director
kpkuebler@usf.edu

Tony Lattanze
Director of Engineering
alattanze@usf.edu

Taeisha Lyn Sanden
Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
tmondina@usf.edu

Samantha Tromly
Director of Programs
stromly@usf.edu

Board of Directors

General (ret) Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. (Chair)
- Director and Chair, Board of Directors (Executive Director, USF Global and National Security Institute and Executive Director, CyberFlorida)
  - frankmckenzie@usf.edu
Stephen J. Mitchell (Vice-Chair)
- Director and Vice-Chair, Board of Directors (Senior Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Tampa)
  - NDSMitchell@outlook.com
Michael Andrews
- Secretary, Associate Director of Contracts and Compliance
  - BartonR@hillsboroughcounty.org
Ronald Barton
- Director (Hillsborough County Assistant Administrator)
  - BartonR@hillsboroughcounty.org
Mark Clifton
- Director (SPATHE Systems President, Managing Partner)
  - mark.clifton@SPATHEsystems.com
Lt. General (ret) Dennis Crall
- CEO Advance Foundry, Former CIO of C4, CyberFlorida
  - denniscrall@advancefoundry.com
Gordon Gillette
- Director and Chair, Audit and Finance Committee (CEO for Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County)
  - g4gillette@yahoo.com
Mark House
- Director (Director of Strategic Projects, The Beck Group)
  - MarkHouse@beckgroup.com
Jim Smith
- SOCOM Acquisition Executive (ret).
  - jim.smith.nj@gmail.com
Sylvia Thomas
- Director (Interim Vice President for Research, Innovation & Knowledge Enterprise)
  - sylvia@usf.edu

Audit and Finance Committee

Gordon Gillette (Chair)
- Director and Chair, Audit and Finance Committee (CEO for Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County)
  - g4gillette@yahoo.com
Michael Andrews
- Secretary, Associate Director of Contracts and Compliance
  - mtandrews@usf.edu
Jennifer Condon
- USF Controller
  - jcondon@usf.edu
Rob Fischman
- USF CFO USF Foundation
  - RFischman@usf.edu
Mark House
- Director (Director of Strategic Projects, The Beck Group)
  - MarkHouse@beckgroup.com

Governance Committee

Matthew Mullarkey
- Interim Chair, USF - MUMA College of Business
  - mmullarkey@usf.edu
Michael Andrews
- Secretary, Associate Director of Contracts and Compliance
  - mtandrews@usf.edu
COL (ret) Tim Baxter
- Principle, Fusion Strategies Group, LLC
  - trbax@protonmail.com
Randy Larsen
- USF - Department of Chemistry
  - rwlarsen@usf.edu
Lt. General (ret) Dennis Crall
- CEO Advance Foundry, Former CIO of C4, CyberFlorida
  - denniscrall@advancefoundry.com