Bo Bogdanski
Vincent A. “Bo” Bogdanski is the Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs at Colorado State University. Bo has been at CSU for three years after 12 years at the University of Utah in various roles including Assistant Director. He retired from the U. S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel with twenty-two years longevity and spent over half his military career in contracting and contracting related positions. Bo has taught NCURA fundamentals, is a yearly speaker at the NCURA national meeting, was a presenter during the NCURA video conference “Principals of R & D contracting,” and is continually asked to give the federal perspective in day-to-day grants and contracts activities.
Nancy Daneau
Nancy Daneau is the Assistant Director for Administrative and Operations Managment, Office of the Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University. Nancy is a certified research administrator with 15 years of experience in the field, pre through post award. Over her career she has served in many capacities at both public and private educational institutions and at the central and departmental levels. Nancy has been a moderator, presenter, and faculty member at NCURA regional and national meetings.
Randy Draper
Randy Draper is Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Formerly, he served as Director, Research Administration, Arizona State University; Director, Office of Grant and Contract Services, Northern Arizona University; and, Senior Assistant Director, Office for Sponsored Research, Harvard University. His career in sponsored project began in 1980 at Johnson State College in Vermont, where he served as Project Director for a US Department of Education Title III, Strengthening Developing Institutions grant. In addition, Randy has been a program evaluator, proposal writer, and faculty member. He received a Ph.D. in Educational Policy, with a concentration in the Anthropology of Education, from the University of Oregon, and holds masters and bachelors degrees from the University of Vermont.
David Mayo
David Mayo is the Director of Sponsored Research at the California Institute of Technology. In this capacity, David is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Office of Sponsored Research. In 2002 David came to Caltech from the University of California-Santa Barbara, where he had worked in research administration for over 20 years, starting as a departmental grant manager, and working up to the position of Associate Director of Sponsored Projects. David has a broad knowledge of research administration, but specializes in federal and industrial contracting, intellectual property, policy and procedure development, and training.
David Richardson
David Richardson is the Assistant Vice President for Research/Director, Sponsored Programs at Pennsylvania State University where he oversees the pre-award and post-award operations. During his career David has served in a variety of research administrative capacities ranging from pre-award administrator to business manager. His experience gained in these capacities has provided him with a fundamental understanding of the institutional, departmental, and investigator perspective for administering sponsored projects. He is very involved in NCURA at both the regional and national level having recently served as regional chair, co-chair of the national workshops, co-chair FRA 8 conference and serves on the Board of Directors.