Brevard Community College
District Board of Trustees
Alan H. Landman, Chair
Stephen G. Charpentier, Vice Chair
Myra Igo Haley
Dewey L. Harris
Moses L. Harvin
ALAN H. LANDMAN
A Brevard County resident since 1987, Mr. Landman received his undergraduate degree
from the University of Florida in 1984 and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University
of Florida in 1987. Mr. Landman worked for one of Brevard's largest law firms until
1993 when he started his own practice specializing in criminal and family law. He
is a member of the Florida Bar as well as four United States District Courts, the
Supreme Court of Florida, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Landman was nationally
recognized in 2004 when one of his criminal trials was aired on Court T.V. In 1999,
Florida Today named him as the top DUI attorney in Brevard County after an analysis
of more than 10,000 cases. Mr. Landman was appointed to a four-year term on the Eighteenth
Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission in 2008 by Gov. Charlie Crist, and reappointed
for another four-year term in 2012 by Gov. Rick Scott. Mr. Landman served as President
for the Indian Harbour Beach Little League and has contributed or been involved with
numerous community schools and charities. Mr. Landman was appointed to the Board (succeeding
Clarence McCotter) for a term beginning June 19, 2009 and ending May 31, 2013. Landman
is the current Chair of the Board of Trustees, having served in that position since
August 15, 2011.
STEPHEN G. CHARPENTIER
A Brevard County resident since 1965, Mr. Charpentier is a graduate of Brevard Community
College (1976) and the University of Central Florida (1978). He earned his Juris Doctorate
degree, with honors, from Florida State University (1981) and has been engaged in
the private practice of law in Brevard County since that same year. Mr. Charpentier
worked for an established Brevard County civil litigation firm for two years before
moving to one of Brevard's larger law firms. There he became a partner and primarily
worked on plaintiffs' personal injury cases. Mr. Charpentier resigned from this firm
in order to establish Childress & Charpentier, P.A. in 1989. Mr. Charpentier is "of
counsel" with the Maher Law Firm, a national law firm based in Winter Park, Florida.
He is a member of the Florida Bar, as well as the New York Bar and the Bar of the
District of Columbia and is licensed to practice before the Federal District Court
for the Middle District of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the
United State Supreme Court. Mr. Charpentier is a former Chair of the Eighteenth "C"
Section of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee, a former President of the Brevard
County Bar Association, a former President of the Brevard Bar Foundation and is President
of the Vassar B. Carlton American Inn of Court (2008-2009). He is also a member to
the 18th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Committee. Stephen G. Charpentier was
appointed to the Brevard Community College District Board of Trustees in May 2008
and served as Chair of the Board from May 2010 to August 2011. He is the Board's current
Vice-Chair.
MYRA IGO HALEY
Ms. Myra Igo Haley, a resident of Indian Harbour Beach, brings more than 25 years
of professional experiences to the BCC Board of Trustees. She spent the first seven
years of her career in the health care industry at three hospitals in Indianapolis,
Indiana, where she worked first as a staff nurse, and later as a patient care manager,
nursing manager and supplemental administrator. In 1992, Ms. Haley moved her career
to Melbourne, Florida and simultaneously transitioned out of the health care industry.
From 1994 to 2000, Ms. Haley served as President of Suntree Properties, Inc. She currently
works at two different organizations serving in the following capacities: President
of The Suntree Partners, a position she has held since 1992, and President of the
Igo Family Foundation, a position she has held since 1995. Beyond her accomplished
career, Ms. Haley is an active community member serving on multiple boards including
the Health First Foundation, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Rossetter House Museum,
and Renaissance Administration. Prior to her appointment on the BCC Board of Trustees,
she also contributed her time and talents to BCC as member of the Maxwell C. King
Center of Performing Arts Board of Directors. Ms. Haley holds a bachelor's degree
in business administration from the University of Mississippi and a diploma degree
from Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee. She was appointed
to the BCC Board of Trustees on June 21, 2011 (succeeding Ms. Dixie Sansom's seat)
for a term ending May 31, 2014.
DEWEY L. HARRIS
Mr. Harris earned a bachelor's degree in history and international affairs from Florida
State University in 1968 and has been a Brevard County resident for more than 40 years.
He taught elementary school in Brevard County for 10 years, including at Stevenson
Elementary School in Merritt Island, before moving to Inverness, Florida where he
and his wife opened a private elementary school, which they operated for three years.
Mr. Harris went on to earn a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of
Central Florida in 1979 and has been practicing accounting ever since. He started
his accounting career at Davies, Houser & Secrest, C.P.A., P.A. in Cocoa. In September
2000, Mr. Harris started his own accounting firm, Harris, Miller & Bernhardt, P.A.,
which serves not only Brevard County business and property owners, but also international
clients who do business or own property in Brevard. In addition to his professional
career, Mr. Harris has been actively involved in numerous community organizations
in Brevard County over the past three decades. He currently serves as a board member
for Circles of Care and the Cocoa Village Playhouse, which he has been involved with
for 18 years. Mr. Harris was appointed to the BCC Board of Trustees (succeeding James
Theriac) for a term beginning August 10, 2010 and ending May 31, 2014.
MOSES L. HARVIN
Moses L. Harvin is President and CEO of American Services Technology, Inc., a company
that serves federal agencies including the Air Force, Army, Department of Veterans
Affairs and Department of Energy. The Melbourne resident was the first African American
elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce,
and was elected as a member of the Board of Trustees for Claflin University in South
Carolina. Harvin is a member of the following organizations: Civilian and Military
Council, Brevard Community College Foundation Board of Governors, National Minority
Supplier Development Council, National Contract Management Association, Florida/NASA
Business Incubation Center (TRDA), United Way of Brevard, Association of the United
States Army, Lead Brevard, Host of Brevard, National Space Club and Mt. Moriah Missionary
Baptist Church. Harvin received an undergraduate degree from Claflin University and
a Master's Degree from Webster University. He received his commission in the U.S.
Army from South Carolina State University. In a distinguished military career during
which he rose to the rank of major, Harvin received the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service
Medal and Joint Service Medal. Badges include the U.S. Army Ranger Tab. Harvin was
appointed to the BCC Board of Trustees for a term beginning November 8, 2011 and ending
in May 2015.
