{"id":703,"date":"2021-11-29T20:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T20:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/?page_id=703"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:56:02","slug":"ucf-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Foundation, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-xl-9\">\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-12\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThe UCF Foundation Board is composed of community leaders who volunteer their time to guide the foundation. The board has many different roles, including acting as a financial and investment advisor; assisting with real estate policies, procedures, potential transactions, and other real estate issues affecting the foundation; providing general direction of fundraising plans; and managing and governing the business affairs of the foundation.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row mt-3 mt-lg-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h5\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ucffoundation.org\/board\/\"><em>Board of Directors Full Listing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Board Officers<\/strong><\/h5>\n<dl>\n<dt>Stuart Heaton P&#8217;17<\/dt>\n<dd>Chair<\/dd>\n<dt>Roslyn Burttram P&#8217;20 H&#8217;23<\/dt>\n<dd>Vice Chair<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>Manish Hirapara &#8217;98<\/dt>\n<dd>Vice Chair<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>Mark Plaumann &#8217;74 &#8217;79MBA<\/dt>\n<dd>Treasurer<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>James Harhi &#8217;97<\/dt>\n<dd>Secretary<\/dd>\n<dt>Brian Butler H&#8217;22<\/dt>\n<dd>Former Board Chair<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dd><strong style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 1.25rem\">Corporate Officers<\/strong><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Rodney Grabowski, CFRE<\/dt>\n<dd>Chief Executive Officer<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>Craig Erwin<\/dt>\n<dd>Chief Financial Officer<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>Rachel Schaefer<\/dt>\n<dd>Chief of Staff<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dt>Janelle Hom &#8217;10MA<\/dt>\n<dd>Senior Director, Strategic Volunteer Engagement and Foundation Board Relations<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<dd><span style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 1.25rem;font-weight: 600\">Corporate Legal Counsel and<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<h2 class=\"h5\">Registered Agent<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Richard Welsh<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior Associate General Counsel<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Richard.Welsh@ucf.edu\">Richard.Welsh@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any person who wishes to appeal a decision made by the UCF Foundation, Inc. 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.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h5\">Documents and Resources<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucffoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/UCFF-Articles-of-Incorporation-ada.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Articles of Incorporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucffoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UCF-Foundation-Bylaws-Approved-6.25.24-ada.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bylaws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/ucffoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2023-IRS-Form-990-FY2024-ada.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Recent Tax Return<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/2025-ucf-foundation.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Recent Financial Statements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/ucffoundation.org\/foundation-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other Key Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-xl-3 mt-3 mt-lg-0\">\t\t<section class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-dso-list \" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"[icon class=&quot;fa fa-list-ul&quot;]UCF DSOs\" aria-label=\"[icon class=&quot;fa fa-list-ul&quot;]UCF DSOs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h4 heading-underline\">\t\t\t<span class=\"fa fa-list-ul\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\tUCF DSO<span class=\"text-lowercase\">s<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-academic-health\/\">\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\tUCF Academic Health, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-athletics-association\/\">UCF Athletics Association, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-convocation-corporation\/\">UCF Convocation Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-finance-corporation\/\">UCF Finance Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-foundation\/\">UCF Foundation, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-research-foundation\/\">UCF Research Foundation, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/ucf-stadium-corporation\/\">UCF Stadium Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/leadership\/dso\/CFCPO\/\">Central Florida Clinical Practice Organization, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/compliance.ucf.edu\/compliance-helpline\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mt-3\" src=\"https:\/\/admfin.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/Integrity-Line.png\" alt=\"Speak Up\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":649,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-703","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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