Public Administration

Advisory Board

Norton Bonaparte headshot

Norton Bonaparte (CHAIR)
City Manager
City of Sanford

Susan Boyer
Executive Director
Florida Benchmarking Consortium (FBC)

Byron Brooks headshot

Byron Brooks
County Administrator
Orange County Government

Bill Cowles headshot

Bill Cowles (VICE-CHAIR)
Former Supervisor of Elections (Retired/Alumni)
Orange County Supervisor of Elections (Retired)

Jose Fernandez headshot

Jose Fernandez
President (Alumni)
Florida Compass Group

Don Fisher headshot

Don Fisher
County Manager
Osceola County

Nicole Martz headshot

Nicole Guillet Martz
President and CEO
Sanford Airport Authority

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Tiffany Homler Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer
LYNX

Stephanie Herdocia headshot

Stephanie Herdocia
City Clerk
City of Orlando

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Fred Kittinger
Associate Vice President (Alumni/Adjunct)
UCF University Relations

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Meloney Koontz
Assistant County Manager
Seminole County

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Richard Levey
Managing Director (Adjunct)
Levey Consulting

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Desiree Matthews
Deputy City Manager (Alumni)
City of Kissimmee

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Charlie Salazar
Fire Chief
City of Orlando

Andy Stewart headshot

Andy Stewart
Public Works Director
City of Auburndale

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Lynn Tipton
Director
Florida League of Cities

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Vanessa Victoria
Finance Manager
Osceola County Clerk of Courts

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Nick Walsh
Support Service Director
City of Satellite Beach

Donna Walsh headshot

Donna Walsh
OPS Senior Health Services Analyst
Florida Department of Health in Orange County

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Jon Williams
City Manager
City of Winter Garden

Strategic Plans

Vision

The undergraduate public administration programs are the preferred program of choice in the state of Florida providing the highest quality undergraduate education for careers in public administration. With a contemporary curriculum, innovative instruction, scholarly and applied research, and community service the program continues to develop a national model of community partnership and service in an evolving metropolitan environment.

Mission

The undergraduate public administration programs provide high quality undergraduate education for current and prospective practitioners in public and nonprofit organizations. Within an evolving metropolitan environment, the program is designed to develop and enhance leadership and management skills essential to public and nonprofit organizations. The curriculum administers ethical principles, critical functions, and professional skills to help students contribute to the policy process and become leaders and managers in public and nonprofit organizations. The undergraduate public administration programs use a public governance model that proactively engages the diverse and changing citizenry.

Values

In a spirit of collegiality and collaboration, the undergraduate public administration programs develop effective partnerships with our local community, other college and university departments, and the academic community at large. All aspects of our programs promote leadership through adherence to democratic principles and the highest standards of ethical conduct. The undergraduate public administration programs value diversity and multiculturalism with an active outreach and recruitment effort to meet diversity goals.

The Strategic Plan Process

The Public Administration Advisory Board, faculty, and staff of the School of Public Administration held a retreat and abbreviated strategic planning session in conjunction with its quarterly meeting in order to establish goals for the undergraduate programs in Public Administration. Ms. Marilyn Crotty, Director of the Florida Institute of Government at the University of Central Florida facilitated the session. At the retreat the group participated in an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that might affect the program. They then identified the strategic issues facing the program and formulated them into six (6) goal areas.

The Public Administration advisory board devoted time to developing measurable objectives and strategies for each goal. This work was incorporated into a draft strategic plan that was disseminated to the work group. The undergraduate public administration programs (Bachelors of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Public Administration) were undergoing the state-required seven (7) year program reviews. The recommendations from the program reviewers regarding all three programs were then included in the strategic plan.

The recommendations from the outside reviewers were discussed and incorporated into the strategic plan as appropriate. The remaining objectives and strategies were discussed and completed. The draft of the strategic plan was discussed in detail and the Public Administration Advisory Board approved this draft of the plan, which was submitted to the faculty of the School of Public Administration for approval in late May.

This plan reflects over a year of work and the efforts from multiple stakeholders, who are dedicated to addressing the strategic issues facing the undergraduate Public Administration programs at the University of Central Florida. The plan will be assessed each Public Administration Advisory Board Meeting using the strategic issues as the format for the agenda each meeting.

Undergraduate Public Administration Program Strategic Plan 2012-2017

The Public Administration program’s current goals and objectives include the following:

Goal 1: Increase student engagement

  • Increase graduation rates
  • Strengthen student organizations
  • Increase alumni engagement and commitment with an alumni chapter

Goal 2: Completion of competency integrated curriculum and assessments

  • Annually review the Institutional Effectiveness Program

Goal 3: Improve public service in the region, nationally, and internationally

  • Improve the dissemination of scholarly knowledge
  • Address local government research needs by conducting one project per year

Goal 4: Develop funding for student scholarships

  • Make and implement a “PA Development Plan”
  • Establish one endowed scholarship for a Public Administration student

Note: The objectives in the full plan each contain measures and time for completion, which the advisory board uses for assessment.