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FSU Research Foundation GAP Grant Program
The mission of the GAP Committee is to recommend GAP Grant funding to the FSURF Board of Directors to support the first steps of commercialization. Funding for the GAP is provided by the FSU Research Foundation. The Chair of the committee is a member of the FSURF Board of Directors.
2007-2008 Review Committee Members:
| Name | Business/ Affiliation / Department | |
| Kay Stephenson * | President and CEO, Datamaxx Group | |
| Christopher Campbell | Former AT&T executive | |
| Michael D. Devine | Executive Director, SynCure, Inc. | |
| Nolia Brandt | Former President and CEO, Brandt Information Services, Inc. | |
| Steve Roden | Chief Executive Officer, LearnSomething.com, Inc. | |
| Timothy Holcomb | Assistant Professor, FSU College of Business, Jim Moran Institute | |
| Joel Friederich | Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Elbit Systems of America/Tallahassee | |
| Staff | ||
| Kirby W. Kemper | Vice President for Research, Florida State University (ex-offico) | |
| Ross Ellington | Associate VP Research, Florida State University (ex-officio) | |
| Larry Lynch | Retired FL Capital Region Manager of Educational Marketing, IBM | |
| Jack Sams** | Director of IP Development, FSU Office of IP Development and Commercialization, GAP Program Manager | |
| John Fraser | Assistant Vice President for Research & Economic Development Executive Director Office of IP Development & Commercialization Florida State University, 2007 Immediate Past President - AUTM |
*Committee Chair
** Program Administrator
