Gifts and Grants Committee

Foundation Directors
Joe Mikols, Chair
David Drake
Ken Bailey
Randall Phelps
John Engelman
Bob Friar

Faculty Members of Committee
Paul Klatt, A&S
Anita Fagerman, Bus
Kristin Walters, EHS
Jeff Carney, ET
Greg Potter, Pharmacy
Susan Wancour, Allied Health
Amy Dinardo, MCO

FSU Staff (Support/Non-Voting)
Financial Aid Office
Leah Monger, FLITE
Linda Golden, Admin. & Fin
Carla Miller, Advancement
Heather Youngs, Advancement

Scope of Responsibility

  1. Develop and recommend gifts and grants policies and procedures
  2. Monitor scholarship awards for compliance with donor specifications
  3. Recommend and monitor grant disbursement
  4. Recommend student scholarship recipient(s) for Foundation Scholarship
  5. Recommend additional resources for exceptional merit grants and Foundation for Excellence Scholarships

Current Agenda

  1. Enhancement of the stewardship of existing endowments
  2. Creation of a meaningful opportunity for connecting donors with endowment beneficiaries on a consistent basis
  3. Review of Exceptional Merit Grant proposals and submission of nominations to Foundation Board
  4. Review of Foundation for Excellence Scholarship candidates and submission of nominations to Foundation Board.
  5. Enhancement of resources available for exceptional merit grants and Foundation for Excellence
  6. Scholarship in cooperation with the Development Committee