Brandi Boniface is an Assistant Director of Research at the University of Florida. Previously, Ms. Boniface was the Sr. Industry Contracts Manager for the University of South Carolina with responsibility for the Industry Contracts Unit. She has over 12 years experience negotiating, writing, awarding and administering R&D contracts, grants and other agreements, including 4 1/2 years as a contract specialist and warranted contracting officer with the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, VA. Ms. Boniface earned a B.A. in International Relations from U.C. Davis, a B.S. in Marketing and Business Economics from the University of South Carolina and is a graduate of The International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) program at the Darla Moore School of Business.