BCC Promotes Three To New Leadership Roles

By  //  March 19, 2012

education

Brevard Community College has announced the promotion of three administrators to new roles at the school.

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA –  A number of promotions at Brevard Community College have been announced by Dr. Jim Richey, BCC president.

Richey said Dr. Linda Miedema, Richard Laird and Mark Cherry have all been promoted to new positions at the school.

“Dr. Miedema, Mr. Laird and Mr. Cherry are well-deserving of these promotions,” Richey said.

“The depth of experience, leadership and professionalism each of them brings to their new roles will serve the college extremely well as we move forward. I’m proud to have them on my team.”

Richey

Financial and Technical Services

Laird, who has been serving as BCC’s Chief Operations Officer, will now serve as Vice President of Financial and Technical Services.

He will report directly to Richey and will be responsible for budget development, financial analysis, planning and forecasting, investment management and audit management.

Laird’s duties also will include overseeing a number of departments including Information Technology, Facilities Management, and the BCC Foundation.

With an impressive background in private sector business, Laird helped launch and lead companies in the high technology fields from 1983 until his arrival at BCC in 2008.

In the private sector, Laird was president of Emerging Business Network and Central Florida Innovation Corporation, an investment banking and consulting firm devoted to creating high technology companies in Central Florida.

Laird is credited for helping to direct the birth of a Lockheed Martin e-learning technology program.

He also was President and CEO of Infinite Networks Inc., and President and CEO of Relm Wireless Corporation, turning around a company that made wireless communication products.

A graduate of Heidelberg College, Laird earned an MBA from Monmouth University, where he later was a member of the Monmouth University Board of Trustees.

Financial Officer

Cherry, BCC’s Associate Vice President for Financial Services, has been named the College’s Chief Financial Officer.

Before his recruitment by BCC in 1998, he was Controller of Tallahassee Community College, planning and overseeing income and expenditures throughout the institution.

He also served as Assistant Director for Contracts and Grants, as well as other finance-related positions at Florida State University.

Planning and Assessment

Miedema, who has been serving as BCC’s Interim Vice President of Planning and Assessment, will now serve as permanent Vice President for Planning and Assessment.

Miedema

Reporting directly to Richey, she will continue to develop and implement a college-wide model for strategic planning initiatives, quality enhancement and assessment methods.

“Dr. Miedema, Mr. Laird and Mr. Cherry are well-deserving of these promotions,” BCC president Jim Richey said.

“The depth of experience, leadership and professionalism each of them brings to their new roles will serve the college extremely well as we move forward. I’m proud to have them on my team.”

[/sws_green_box] She’s going to continue serving as BCC’s liaison with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the regional accreditation body for higher-education institutions in the Southern states.

Recruited by the college in 2001 as Assistant Professor of Nursing, Miedema also served as a Dean and as Provost of the BCC Titusville Campus.

Before joining the staff at BCC, she was a registered nurse and hospital administrator in both Florida and Michigan.