Overview
GRRATE was formed through the guidance of a steering committee composed of subject matter experts, principal investigators and a project specialist.
An advisory committee of community stakeholders, educators and industry professionals meets semiannualy to support and review the project's progress and tethers GRRATE's efforts to community needs.
The Steering Committee
The Steering Committee plays an essential part in monitoring the quality and progress of the GRRATE project, (Guitars, Robotics and Rocketry Advanced Technological Education), as it develops. The Committee is instrumental in implementing and sustaining project management standards, structures and policies, addressing external threats and issues that could impact the project, and approve changes that need to be made. The top priority of the Committee is to make sure that the project is a success.
Steering Committee Members
- Gina Greenidge, Co-PI Watson Center, Engagement of Underrepresented Students
- Shellie Banfield, PI Davis Center, Adult Education
- Ryan Keith, Subject Matter Expert, Faculty Writing, Tutoring and Student Engagement
- Jim Weichold, Subject Matter Expert, Faculty Science, Rocketry
- Phillip Pinon, Subject Matter Expert, Faculty Mathematics, Robotics
- Charlyne Walker, Subject Matter Expert, Faculty Information and Programming Technologies
The Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee works together to ensure that the program is delivering learning that is current and relevant to current business, industry, labor, and professional employment practices. The committee provides support and advice to the GRRATE project and identifies best practice standards. Committee members provide a connection to and ongoing exchange of information and ideas with members of the community to support public relations roles and marketing of the program.
Advisory Committee Members
- Shellie Banfield, PI Davis Center, Adult Education
- Gina Greenidge, Co-PI Watson Center, Engagement of Underrepresented Students
- Stefanie Waschull, AVP, LAS Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Naima Brown, Vice President Student Affairs Student Affairs, Bradford County Initiative
- Jimmy Yawn, Coordinator Career Research and Rocketry Expert
- Jaydeep Mukherjee, Director, NASA Florida Space Grant Industry Specialist
- Ian Fletcher, Vice President of Education and Talent Alignment, Chamber of Commerce Business Talent Alignment
- Tina Baker, Community Organizing, Director of the Community Partnership School in Keystone Heights
- Lenore Montalbano, Academic Chair, Information Technologies
- Domenic Scorpio, Industry Representative, President and CEO at Scorpio Corporation
- Gerry Dedenbach, Industry Representative, Executive Vice President and Principal Planner at CHW Professional Consultants
- Brad Bishop, Education K-12 Dir. Career and Technical Education, Bradford County School District
- Mary El Semarani, Academic Chair, Emerging Technologies
- Elliot Welker, Industry Representative, Biotechnology
- Treasure Picketts, Education K-12, Clay County