Director of Small and Minority Business Affairs

Gerald Schaffer, Vice President for Administrative Affairs

I am pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Larry T. Ellis, who has been serving as an Assistant Director of Purchasing responsible for the Small and Minority Business Enterprise Program, to the position of Director of Small and Minority Business Affairs. Mr. Ellis will continue to direct the University’s efforts towards statutory compliance with state and federal small and minority business policies as he has done since 1988.

Mr. Ellis joins eleven other directors reporting to the Office of Vice President for Administrative Affairs. From 1985 to 1988 Mr. Ellis served as Deputy Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Equal Opportunity, at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to that time, Mr. Ellis served as an Assistant to the President at Lake Sumter Community College.

Please join me in congratulating Larry Ellis on his appointment as Director of Small and Minority Business Affairs within Administrative Affairs.