FSEC Advisory Board Meeting
November 18, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Remote Only via Zoom
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00 p.m. | Welcome | Jen Szaro, Chair, FSEC Advisory Board; President & CEO, Association of Energy Service Professionals |
| Advisory Board Members Roll Call | Sherri Shields, Director, Communications & Marketing, FSEC | |
| Approval of June 5, 2025 Minutes | Jen Szaro, Chair | |
| Status of FSEC Programs [PDF (4MB) | Video] |
Jim Fenton, Director, FSEC | |
| Open Discussion | All | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn | All |
DRAFT Meeting Minutes
Attendance
Presenter:
James Fenton, Director, Florida Solar Energy Center
Board Members:
Carrie Black, Orange County Government; Dave Click, ESA Solar Energy LLC; Jason Gaschel, Florida Power & Light Company; Bill Grieco, Innventure, LLC; Mike Hess, City of Orlando; C.T. Hsu, C.T. Hsu + Associates, P.A.; Paul Johnson, Watsco, Inc.; Jeff Juger, Jinko Solar Inc.; Karen Kicinski, Lifestyle Homes Builders; Justin Kramer, Orlando Utilities Commission; Bruce Lindsay, Trane Technologies; Roger Messenger, VB Engineering, Inc.; Tony Norrow, Universal Orlando Resort; Helda Rodriguez, formerly NovaCharge, LLC; Louis Rotundo, Rotundo and Associates; Brooks Rumenik, Florida Office of Energy; Winston Schoenfeld, UCF; Susan Schumann, Florida Municipal Power Agency; Jen Szaro, AESP; Tamara Waldmann, Duke Energy Florida; Kristy Walson, BranchPattern.
Others:
Meghana Agnigundala, Erfan Asadipour, Jim Barkaszi, Luis Bolanos, Paul Brooker, Chris Castro, Dave Chasar, Dylan Colvin, Benjamin Cross, Jody Cummings, Joshua Currie, Al Davis, Russ Degraw, Zhipeng Deng, Max Dillard, Liz Dusch, Philip Fairey, Karen Fenaughty, Jonathan Garriga, Penny Hall, Hamed Haggi, J. Harr, Justin Hoysradt, Safvat Kalaghchy, Colleen Kettles, Lorraine Koss, Nasser Kutkut, Eric Martin, Manjunath Matam, Janet McIlvaine, Donard Metzger, Tabby Moye, Nazim Muradov, Elizabeth Myron, Jeff Myron, Bereket Nigusse, Ujjwala Magdum, William Mollenkopf, Tony Morgan, Dan Morris, Karthik Panchabikesan, Alex Parlato, Talat Rahman, Daniel Ramirez, Veronica Rigo, Richard Raustad, Susan Schleith, Nicholas Schwartz, Sudipta Seal, Alireza Shantia, Pankaj Sharma, John Sherwin, Sherri Shields, Jeff Sonne, Kelly Stevens, Jonathan Stowers, Cheryl Thorn, Subith Vasu, Rob Vieira, Tamara Waldmann, Yifan Wang, Nick Waters, Chuck Withers, Paul Yelvington, Benjamin Yoakum, William Young, khoinguyen, PHKJWH9F92JV, Caller.
Attendance Total = 90
- Jen Szaro called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. She turned the meeting over to Sherri Shields to begin roll call.
- Jen Szaro asked for a motion to approve the meeting minutes from June 5, 2025. Motion to approve was given by Jim Fenton. Motion was seconded by Bill Grieco. Minutes were unanimously approved by voice vote.
- Jim Fenton provided an Update of FSEC Programs. UCF laid of 90% of the FSEC staff on 11/14/2025. As of July 1, 2025, FSEC has 66 employees. After 1/1/2026, FSEC will have 16 employees. On 7/1/ 2025, FSEC will have 7 employees remaining, and will likely be relocated to main campus.
- Discussion. Jen Szaro has asked for a list of the current contracts with associated funding; a package of everyone’s resumes, skills or talents. Paul Johnson asked for a total of how much it would be to keep FSEC open; there was an estimation of $8-10M per year.
- Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.