Maureen Binder has been UCF’s associate vice president and chief HR officer providing strategic leadership and oversight of all human resources functions since 2016. This includes overseeing HR compliance and policy development for the Administrative and Professional and University Support Personnel System employee pay groups; and serving as the university’s chief negotiator for non-faculty bargaining units. She acts as liaison to the Academic Affairs division on matters of mutual concern and serves as the business owner for Workday’s Human Capital Management system.

Prior to joining UCF, Maureen was the associate vice president of university HR for the University of Illinois System. She has over 30 years of experience encompassing all facets of HR management, including policy development, compliance, compensation and benefits, labor and employee relations, learning and development, performance management, talent acquisition and recruitment, and succession planning.

In May 2023, Maureen was selected to serve a three-year term on the national board of directors of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) effective July 1, 2023. She has been a member of CUPA-HR for more than 20 years, including two years on the CUPA-HR Illinois Chapter board and three years on the CUPA-HR Florida Chapter board. She has presented at CUPA-HR conferences.

In addition to her extensive HR experience, Maureen has a deep commitment to the HR profession and supporting employees through professional development and positive employee engagement. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia and a MBA from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.

Davina Desnoes joined UCF’s Administration and Finance Division as senior assistant vice president of budget planning and analysis in January 2025 responsible for the preparation and oversight of the university’s $2.3+ billion operating budget and the development of associated policies and procedures to support strategic resource allocation and planning and effective stewardship of financial resources. She collaborates with the Academic Affairs division on matters of mutual concern and serves as a business owner for Workday’s Financial ERP system and reporting software, Adaptive Planning.

Davina’s prior background includes 14 years at Cornell University where she was initially appointed as university budget director and rapidly advanced to assistant vice president for budget and planning.  She represented Cornell on all budget and related matters with the State University of New York (SUNY), oversaw an all-funds operating budget of $2B, capital budget of $1B and administrative support costs of $500M along with managing provost commitments and other special initiatives. She also served as a senior position planning advisor partnering with Human Resources to think strategically about position management and create dashboards utilizing data from human resources, budget, and financial systems to support decision making and management for $1.3B salary budget.

Preceding her successful career at Cornell, Davina spent 19 years of progressive experience at SUNYs University at Buffalo providing leadership, supervision, and guidance in the areas of administrative operations, budget allocation and planning, contracts and grants administration, and position management. Throughout her long higher education career, she assisted in or led the development of long-term financial strategies and forecasting models/tools, collaborated with other units to improve reporting practices and use of institutional data to support analysis and decision-making in enrollment management, financial aid, facilities, etc., and implemented best practices and internal controls to improve efficiency and compliance with organizational policies related to budgeting and finance.

Davina is committed to the Finance profession and remains active in her field via continuous professional development and active participation in national organizations such as National Association of College University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation (NCCI). She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management, and a Master of Education in Educational Administration and Higher Education.

Bert serves as assistant vice president of debt management and university treasurer. Additionally, he is the Treasurer for the UCF Convocation Corporation, UCF Finance Corporation, and UCF Stadium Corporation direct support organizations (DSOs). He also serves as the President and Treasurer for Legacy Pointe at UCF, which is a university affiliated continuing care retirement community.

In total, Bert has 17+ years of GASB finance and accounting experience. He previously served as the controller for 4 of the university’s DSOs including the UCF Convocation Corporation, which manages a budget of over $30 million for the UCF Arena; the UCF Towers housing facilities, and surrounding retail areas; the UCF Stadium Corporation, which includes all financial activity relating to UCF’s Spectrum Stadium; the UCF Finance Corporation which is a corporation used to facilitate debt related transactions on behalf of the University; and Limbitless Solutions Inc., which primarily develops innovative 3D prosthetic limbs for children.

Bert graduated from UCF with a bachelor’s in business administration accounting major in 2005, a master’s degree in business administration in 2009, and obtained his Florida CPA license in 2013.

Since early 2023, Lynn has served as Assistant Vice President for Budget, Operations and Strategic Initiatives, for the Office of the SVP managing division budgets (Financial Affairs, Human Resources, Office of the SVP, and UCF Public Safety), communications, strategic planning, and training. She also provides direction, leadership, and oversight for division and university strategic initiatives/projects as needed based on 20 years prior academic administrative experience. This included 12 years of executive leadership experience reporting to two prior UCF provosts as assistant vice president (4 years) and associate vice president (8 years) managing academic budget analysis and planning, academic personnel (faculty and staff) administration and planning, and administrative space allocation and maintenance.

Coupled with her academic administrative experience, Lynn also gained valuable insights into UCF’s financial administrative operations based on 8 years of experience directing budget initiatives for the Financial Affairs office. During that time, she co-chaired a committee to design and implement a budget allocation process to support student success initiatives; served on committees to select and implement two university budget allocation models; authored, designed, and managed the content for the RCM budget model redesign initiative website; and developed a series of web courses to educate our campus community about the State and university’s budget allocation and financial processes, governance structure, and policies/procedures, including the anticipated timeline, benefits, and impact of the new RCM budget model.

Lynn is a proud graduate of UCF with bachelor’s in management information systems and minor in computer science, and a master’s in business administration.

Carl Metzger is a public safety leader with 36 years of law enforcement experience in Central Florida, most recently as the Chief of Police for the UCF Police Department. In his current role as Associate Vice President for Public Safety, he oversees more than 130 sworn and civilian Police, Victim Services, Emergency Management, and Department of Security employees.

Since beginning his tenure as chief in 2018, Metzger has demonstrated calm, capable leadership — overseeing public safety responses to numerous hurricanes, managing the logistics of high-profile events like ESPN’s College GameDay and Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff, and guiding UCF through its expansion into the Big 12 Conference, which significantly increased the complexity of game day operations.  Additionally, Metzger focused UCF Public Safety on improving the agency’s mental health response, and the UCF Police Department became the first 100% Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained agency in Central Florida.  Metzger also helped found the agency’s Threat Management Team, which has become a model for other universities.  Metzger’s stated goal was to make the UCF Police Department the most professional and innovative campus police department in the country, and his efforts inarguably moved the agency close to that goal.

Before joining UCF, Metzger spent 26 years with the Orlando Police Department, working throughout the patrol, administrative services and special operations divisions while also rising in the ranks. Highlights of his time with OPD include overseeing security and traffic control operations at the Amway (now KIA) Center during the 2012 NBA All-Star Game and leading the Emergency Response Team’s crowd control efforts at the Republic National Convention in Tampa in 2012. He joined UCFPD as a deputy chief in 2014 before being promoted to chief in 2018.

Metzger is a member of the Orange Osceola County Police Chiefs Association, where he served four years as President, the Central Florida Criminal Justice Association, the Florida Police Chief’s Association, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He serves on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Orlando, the Central Florida CIT Advisory Council, the UCF Criminal Justice Advisory Council, and is a member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce Leadership Cabinet on Safety, Wellness, and Sustainability.  Metzger is a certified suicide prevention instructor, and he teaches CIT/suicide prevention to the agencies in Orange County.

Metzger has been recognized with numerous awards during his career, but recently he was recognized with the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Lifetime Achievement Award (2024), UCF Criminal Justice Distinguished Alumnus of the Year (2022), and the Mental Health Association Community Hero Award (2025).

Metzger earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in criminal justice from UCF. He is a graduate of the Drug Enforcement Administration Narcotic Commander’s Course, the Southern Police Institute’s 39th Command Officers Development Course, and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Course.

Metzger is a dedicated husband of 36 years and a devoted father. An avid runner and biker, he has completed 20 marathons, 220+ half-marathons and numerous century (100-mile) bike rides, including three 250-mile Police Unity Tours, helping to raise over $35,000 for the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, DC.

Danta joined UCF in January 2020 and serves as senior assistant vice president and university controller. He is responsible for financial reporting and general accounting, including cash, investment, and asset management; student account services; and tax, payables, and procurement services. He also provides leadership and oversight for the Knights Experience Team (kNEXT) finance and human resources shared services center jointly with UCF’s Chief Human Resources Officer.

Danta has over 18 years of experience in financial reporting and auditing, most recently serving as chief of financial reporting for the Florida Department of Financials Services (DFS). While at DFS, he served on the executive steering committee for the Florida Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management (PALM) project to replace the state’s accounting and cash management systems with an enterprise resource planning solution.

Danta holds bachelor’s degrees in both accounting and finance from Florida State University, and is a certified public account. He enjoys spending time with his family and playing basketball in his spare time.