Position:
Director of Special Programs and Defense Transition Services, University of Central Florida, Orlando , Florida

Professional Profile:
Highly successful professional with 40 years of increasing levels of educational, management and political experience. More than 35 years as an administrator, professor and teacher in private and public education. One of the few educators that has worked in all grade levels from primary to higher education in segregated and non-segregated schools. Lectures on the Civil War and African American History, specializing on the role of the black cowboy winning the west.

Professional Experience:
Director of innovative program to recruit U.S. military veterans to further their education with goals of becoming educators. Program is designed to give veterans a second career; help alleviate the shortage of qualified teachers; increase the number of males in the education system; and provide positive role models and mentors for at risk children.

Professor and administrator for 12 years at one of the oldest private colleges in Florida.

Recruited students for one of the fastest growing community colleges in Florida. Also initiated a 2+2 agreement between Valencia Community College and historically black colleges and universities.

First African -American male to teach at Winter Park High School.

Education:
Ed.D., Nova University, 1977
M.E., Florida A & M University 1971
B.S., Paul Quinn University, 1960

Charles Hite

Position:
Associate Director, Defense Transition Services, University of Central Florida

Professional Profile:
Highly accomplished professional with over 27 years of increasing levels of management experience.
•Twenty years experience in the U.S. Air Force
•Management experience both in the military and public sector
•Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) rules and regulations
•Extensive work with the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security (FDLES)
•Budget preparation
•University grant writing procedures and regulations
• Public speaking experience

Professional Experience:
Financial management of grants and aid worth over $840,000.00
•Prepares and oversees departmental budget worth over $250,000.00
•Worked with UCF Division of Sponsored Research and the FDLES to write several grants to assist downsized military and defense industry workers
•Four years of experience with Job Training Partnership Act rules and regulations
•Assistant staff director for the State of Florida, Florida Defense Conversion and Transition Commission responsible for developing state response to the downsizing of the defense industry and military basing
•Helped develop partnership programs between the state, communities, education and training institutions to assist downsized military personnel
•As Chief, European Exercise Division, responsible for writing training plans and briefing senior representatives of nine European countries on Strategic Air Command participation


Education:
M.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Aeronautical Science
B.A., University of South Florida, Marketing/Management

Louis Chavannes

Position:
Program Manager / Soldiers to Scholars,

Professional Profile:
17 years experience in banking
Management experience with not-for- profit organization

Professional Experience:
2 years experience with The Union Haitian Bank.
10 years experience with The Royal Bank Of Canada,
2 years experience with Mc Coy Federal Credit Union
1 year experience with Great Western Bank
2 years experience with Metro Saving Bank
1 year experience with Soldiers to Scholar &, including I year
as Program Manager.

Education:
Completion of degree program in Accounting
Completion of degree program in Management (Canadian Bankers Association),
Completion of Pick Performance Management Program (Sun Trust Bank).

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