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2004 United States and Canadian Chapters of NIGP

United States

Arizona

Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP
Jess T. Romney CPPB
President
Town of Gilbert
50 E. Civic Center Drive
Gilbert AZ 85296-0000 
jessr@ci.gilbert.az.us
 
(480) 503-6818
(480) 503-6171

Copper Chapter of NIGP
Laura Jestings CPPB
President
City of Tucson
255 W Alameda, 6th Fl W
Tucson AZ 85701-0000 
LJestin1@ci.tucson.az.us 
(520) 791-4400
(520) 791-4735

Arkansas

Arkansas Chapter of NIGP
Joseph Giddis 
President
State of Arkansas
1509 W. 7th St.
Little Rock AR 72201-0000 
joe.giddis@dfa.state.ar.us
 
(501) 324-9312
(501) 324-9311
www.accessarkansas.org/dfa/purchasing/nigp.html

California

California Chapter of NIGP
Anthony Bernard CPPB
President
County of Orange - Planning and Development
1300 South Grand Avenue
Building A
Orange CA 92705-0000 
tony.bernard@ocgov.com
 
(714) 834-6834
(714) 567-5057
http://www.calnigp.org 

Northern California Chapter of NIGP
Adena Huhmann CPPB
President
Placer County
2964 Richardson Drive
Auburn CA 95603-2640 
ahuhmann@placer.ca.gov
 
(530) 889-4258
(530) 889-4274

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Governmental Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
John Stephen CPPO, CPPB
President
City of Fort Collins
215 N. Mason
PO Box 580
Fort Collins CO 80522-0000 
jstephen@fcgov.com
 
(970) 221-6777
(970) 221-6707
www.frii.com/~rmgpa/

Connecticut

Public Purchasing Association of Connecticut Chapter of NIGP
Filomena S. Prokop CPPB
President
City of Middletown - CT
245 DeKoven Drive, Rm 112
PO Box 1300
Middletown CT 06457-0000 
phyllis.prokop@cityofmiddletown.com
 
(860) 344-3465
(860) 344-3561
www.ppac.us

Delaware

Delaware Public Purchasing Assoc., Inc. Chapter of NIGP
Hilda M. Balascio CPPB
President
New Castle County
3528 Hopkins Drive
Wilmington DE 19808-0000 
hbalascio@co.new-castle.de.us
 
(302) 395-5255
(302) 395-5252
www.state.de.us/purchase/html/dppahome.htm 

District of Columbia - Washington, DC

Metropolitan Washington Chapter of NIGP
Cathy D. Ruth CPPB
President
DC Public Schools
825 N Capitol St, NE 7th
Washington DC 20002-4210 
Cathy.ruth@k12.dc.us
 
(202) 442-5111
(202) 442-5093

Florida

Central Florida Chapter of NIGP
Cheryl Olson C.P.M., CPM
President
Volusia County
123 W. Indiana Avenue
Room 301
DeLand FL 32720-0000 
colson@co.volusia.fl.us
 
(386) 822-5773
(386) 740-5158
www.nigp-cfc.org/

Central Gulf Coast Chapter of NIGP
Paul R. Nobles CPPB
President
Escambia County
213 S. Palafox Place
Pensacola FL 32501-0000 
paul_nobles@co.escambia.fl.us
 
(850) 595-4918
(850) 595-4805

Greater Miami Chapter of NIGP, Inc.
Rona M. Sandler CPPB
President
Broward County Sheriff's Office
2601 W. Broward Blvd
Ft Lauderdale FL 33312-0000 
rona_sandler@sheriff.org
 
(954) 321-4551
(954) 765-4006
www.nigpmiami.org

Gulf Coast Assoc. of Governmental Purchasing Officers, Inc. Chapter of NIGP
Mary Marian Howe CPPO, CPPB
President
City of Punta Gorda
326 W Marion Ave
Punta Gorda FL 33950-0000 
mhowe@ci.punta-gorda.fl.us
 
(941) 575-3348
(941) 575-3340

Sarasota Bay Chapter of NIGP
Jeffrey L. Weber 
President
Sarasota County
Sarasota County Government
1660 Ringling Blvd, Procurement, 3rd Floor
Sarasota FL 34236-6808 
jlweber@scgov.net
 
(941) 861-5119
(941) 861-5171

Southeast Florida Chapter of NIGP
Kirk W. Buffington MBA, C.P.M.
President
City of Fort Lauderdale
100 N Andrews Avenue
Room 619
Fort Lauderdale FL 33301-1016 
kbuffington@fortlauderdale.gov
 
(954) 828-5933
(954) 828-5576

Tallahassee Area Chapter of NIGP
Vonnie R. Allen CPPB
President
Agency for Workforce Innovation
PO Box 794
Monticello FL 32345-0000 
Vonnie.Allen@awi.state.fl.us
 
(850) 245-7454
(850) 245-7470
www.tallynigp.org 

Tampa Bay Area Chapter of NIGP
Diane Lynn Page 
President
Hillsborough County Purchasing Dept
601 E Kennedy Blvd
18th Floor
Tampa, FL 33602-0000
paged@hillsboroughcounty.org 
(813) 301-7088
(813) 272-6290
www.nigp-tampabay.org

Treasure Coast Chapter of NIGP
Betsy L. Iverson C.P.M., UGA
President
Martin County
2401 SE Monterey Rd
Stuart FL 34996-3322 
biverson@martin.fl.us
 
(561) 288-5511
(772) 288-5414


Georgia

Coastal Georgia Chapter of NIGP
Bridgette H. King CPPB
President
Savannah Chatham Co. Pub. Sch.
208 Bull Street
Room 213
Savannah GA 31401-0000 
bridgette.king@savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us
 
(912) 201-5698
(912) 201-7648

Georgia Chapter of NIGP
Samuel M. Young CPPO
President
Cobb County
1772 County Services Parkway
Marietta GA 30008-4012 
smyoung@cobbcounty.org
 
(770) 528-8416
(770) 528-8428
www.ganigp.org 

Governmental Purchasing Association of Georgia Chapter of NIGP
Gregory A. Brown CPPO, CPPB
President
City of Valdosta
216 E Central Avenue
PO Box 1125
Valdosta GA 31603-1125 
gbrown@valdostacity.com
 
(229) 259-3521
(229) 259-5460
www.gpag.net

Idaho

Treasure Valley of the State of Idaho Chapter of NIGP
Frank L. Pierce CPPB
President
State of Idaho
569 Kendall St
Boise, ID 83706-1231
fpierce@adm.state.id.us
(208) 327-7322
(208) 327-7320


Illinois

Illinois Association of Public Procurement Officials, Inc. Chapter of NIGP
Robert W. Partridge CPPB
President
State of Illinois Procurement
322 E. Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62701-1403 
bpartridge@ilsos.net
 
(217) 557-0907
(217) 785-5694
www.iappo.org

Midwest Association of Public Procurement Chapter of NIGP
Christopher M. Rossman CPPB
President
City of Naperville
400 S Eagle St
PO Box 3020
Naperville IL 60566-7020 
rossmanc@naperville.il.us
 
(630) 420-6051
(630) 305-5356

Indiana

Indiana Chapter of NIGP
Michael K. Moore CPPB
President
IN Dept of Corrections
302 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis IN 46206-2308 
mmoore@coa.doc.state.in.us
 
(317) 232-5705
(317) 233-1474

Kansas

Kansas Association for Public Purchasing Professionals Chapter of NIGP
Steven W. White 
President
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Campus Box 12
Wichita KS 67260-0012 
steven.white@wichita.edu
 
(316) 978-3082
(316) 978-3528
www.kappp.org 

Kentucky

Kentucky Public Procurement Association Chapter of NIGP
Joan E. Graham CPPB
President
KY Cabinet for Health Services
275 East Main Street, 5C-B
Frankfort KY 40601-0001 
joane.graham@ky.gov
 
(502) 564-6631
(502) 564-2608
www.kppanigp.org/

Louisiana

Louisiana Chapter of NIGP
Patti J. Wallace CPPB
President
LA Dept of Education
PO Box 94064
Baton Rouge LA 70804-9064 
Patti.Wallace@la.gov
 
(225) 342-3828
(225) 342-9484
www.state.la.us/osp/NIGP/index.htm  

Southeast Louisiana Chapter of NIGP
Cecilie Halliwill CPPB
President
Audubon Commission/Audbon Institute
1 Canal Street
New Orleans LA 70130-0000 
challiwill@auduboninstitute.org
 
(504) 378-2526
(504) 378-2563

Maryland

Maryland Public Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
George F. Dietsch CPPO
President
Howard County
6751 Columbia Gateway Drive
5th Floor
Columbia MD 21046-0000 
gdietsch@co.ho.md.us
 
(410) 313-6374
(410) 313-6388
www.mppainc.org  

Michigan

Michigan Public Purchasing Officers Association Chapter of NIGP
Jean A. Farris CPPB
President
City of Rochester Hills
10270 Rock Hollow Lane
Dimondale, MI 48000-0821
farrisj@rochesterhills.org
(248) 841-2538
(248) 608-8178
www.mppoa.net

Minnesota

Minnesota Chapter of NIGP
Nancy K. Przymus CPPB
President
City of Minneapolis
330 2nd Avenue S, Suite 552
Minneapolis MN 55401-0000 
Nancy.Przymus@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
 
(612) 673-2834
(612) 673-2106
www.mnnigp.org 

Mississippi

Mississippi Assoc. of Governmental Purchasing/Property Agents Chapter of NIGP
Donald G. Buffum CPPO
President
State of Mississippi
Central High Building, Suite 349
PO Box 771, 359 North West Street
Jackson, MS 39205-0771
dbuffum@dfa.state.ms.us
(601) 359-2896
(601) 359-3910
www.magppa.state.ms.us/

Missouri

Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
Phyllis J. Hunt CPPB
President
City of Olathe
PO Box 481547
Kansas City MO 64148-0000 
phunt@olatheks.org
 
(913) 971-8670
(913) 971-8719
www.macpp.org/

Missouri Association of Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
Benjamin J. Calia CPPB
President
Hickman Mills C-1 School District
9000 Old Santa Fe Road
Kansas City MO 64138-0000 
benc@hickmanmills.org
 
(816) 316-7044
(816) 316-7020
www.mappi.org 

St. Louis Metro Area Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
Toreen T. Parker CPPB
President
St. Louis County
41 S Central Ave
Saint Louis MO 63105-1719 
tparker@stlouisco.com
 
(314) 615-2530
(314) 615-0197

New Jersey

Northern New Jersey Chapter of NIGP
Ann Marie B. Spagnola 
President
Town of Morristown
CN914 200 South Street
Morristown NJ 07963-0914 
A-Spagnola@Townofmorristown.org 
(973) 644-3293
(973) 267-2726

Southern New Jersey Chapter of NIGP
Charlene Canale 
President
Egg Harbor Township
3515 Bargaintown Road
Egg Harbor Township NJ 08234-0000 
ccanale@ehtpd.com
 
(609) 926-4108 
(609) 926-4002
 www.sjnigp.org

New Mexico

New Mexico Public Procurement Association Chapter of NIGP
Michael C. Vinyard CPPB
President
New Mexico State Purchasing Division
PO Box 26110
Santa Fe NM 26110-0000 
mvinyard@state.nm.us
 
(505) 827-0087
(505) 827-2484
www.nmppa.org

New York

New York State Association of Municipal Purchasing Officials Chapter of NIGP
Donald C. Miller CPPO, CPPB
President
Dutchess County
PO Box 121
Pomona, NY 10970-0000
dmiller@co.dutchess.ny.us
(845) 486-3655
(845) 486-3659
www.nysampo.org/

NIGP-New York Chapter of NIGP
Frank Bello CPPO
President
NYC Police Dept
51 Chambers Street, Rm 310
New York NY 10007-1209 
fbello@nypd.org
 
(646) 610-5753
(646) 610-5224

North Carolina

Carolinas Association of Governmental Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
Chris S. Payne C.P.M., CLGPO
President
City of Greensboro
300 West Washington St.
PO Box 3136
Greensboro NC 27402-0000 
chris.payne@greensboro-nc.gov
 
(336) 373-2192
(336) 373-2544
www.cagponline.org/home.asp 

Ohio

Central Ohio Organization of Public Purchasers Chapter of NIGP
Gretchen Sue Adkins CPPO
President
State of Ohio
274 East First Avenue
Suite 200
Columbus OH 43201-3673 
gretchen.adkins@oaks.state.oh.us
 
(614) 466-4712
(614) 644-1785
www.coopp.org

Ohio, Indiana, Northern Kentucky Chapter of NIGP
Kenneth B. Koester CPPO, C.P.M., A.P.P.
President
Unified Purchasing Cooperative of the Ohio River Valley
7615 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati OH 45231-0000 
koester_k@hccanet.org
 
(513) 728-7924
(513) 931-7202

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Association of Public Procurement Chapter of NIGP
Jim Aulgur CPPO, CPPB, CPO
President
OK Dept of Career & Technology Education
1500 W. Seventh
Stillwater OK 74074-4398 
jaulg@okcareertech.org
 
(405) 743-5500
(405) 743-6809
www.okapp.com/ 

Oregon

Columbia Chapter of NIGP
Paul R. Edwards CPPO, CPPB
President
City of Hillsboro
1120 SW 5th Avenue
Room 750
Portland, OR 97204-0000
paule@ci.hillsboro.or.us
(503) 681-6134
(503) 681-6213
www.aracnet.com/~nigpcol


Oregon Public Purchasing Association, Inc. Chapter of NIGP
Keri L Stocks CPPB
President
OR State Lottery
500 Airport Rd, SE
Salem, OR 97301-5075
keri.stocks@state.or.us
(503) 540-1336
(503) 540-1344
www.oppaweb.org 

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Public Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
George M. Nader CPPO
President
County of Lehigh
17 S. Seventh Street
Allentown PA 18101-2400 
georgenader@lehighcounty.org
 
(610) 782-3149
(610) 820-2013
www.pappainc.org/ 

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Chapter of NIGP
Fran DiBiasio 
President
Town of Johnston
Connaughton Consulting Group
25 Belmont Road
Cranston RI 02910-4718 
fdibiasio@johnston-ri.us
 
(401) 553-8808
(401) 553-8811

South Carolina

South Carolina Association of Governmental Purchasing Officials Chapter of NIGP
William W. Leath CPPO
President
Individual Member 
PO Box 11329
Columbia SC 29211-1329 
leathw@llr.sc.gov
 
(803) 896-4335
(803) 896-4310
www.state.sc.us/scagpo/ 

Tennessee

East Tennessee Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
Michael Reeves CPPB, CPA
President
Knox County
1000 North Central Street
Suite 100
Knoxville TN 37917-0000 
mike.reeves@knoxcounty.org
 
(865) 215-5798
(865) 215-8778

Nashville-Middle Tennessee Chapter of NIGP
Randall D. Dunn CPPO, CPPB
President
Metropolitan Development & Housing Authority
701 South Sixth St
Nashville TN 37206-0000 
rdunn@nashville-mdha.org
 
(615) 251-0301
(615) 252-6714

Tennessee Association of Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
Angelyn C. McDonald CPPB
President
Metropolitan Government of Nashville/Davidson County
Suite 601
222 3rd Avenue North
Nashville TN 37201-0000 
angie.mcdonald@nashville.gov
 
(615) 862-6180
(615) 862-6179

Texas

Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex Chapter of NIGP
Raymond Weaver CPPB
President
Plano ISD Purchasing Department
6600 Alma Drove
Plano TX 75023-0000 
president@dfwnigp.org  
(972) 519-8288
(469) 752-0281
www.dfwnigp.org/ 

El Paso del Norte Chapter of NIGP
Alfonso Guerrero
President
City of El Paso
2 Civic Center Plaza
El Paso TX 79902-0000
guerreroap@elpasotexas.gov
(915) 541-4654
(915) 541-4347

San Antonio Public Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
Cindy R. Casparis CPPB
President
San Marcos Consolidated ISD
PO Box 1087
San Marcos TX 78667-0000 
cindyc@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu
(512) 393-6504
(512) 393-6507
www.sappa.org/

Southeast Texas Association of Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
Cynthia E. Ellis CPPO, CPPB
President
Houston Airport System
4500 Will Clayton Parkway
Houston TX 77032-5262 
cindy.ellis@cityofhouston.net
 
(281) 230-8023
(281) 230-8098
www.setapp.org/ 

Texas Association of Public Purchasers Chapter of NIGP
James P. Lockhart CPPB
President
TX Dept of Transportation
125 E 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701-2409
jlockhar@dot.state.tx.us
(512) 374-5421
(512) 374-5482
www.austinontapp.org 

Virginia

Capital Area Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
Matt Manion C.P.M., VCO
President
VA Dept of General Services
805 E Broad St
Richmond VA 23219-0000 
mmanion@dgs.state.va.us
 
(804) 786-2397
(804) 786-5413
www.capa.state.va.us 

Virginia Assoc. of Governmental Purchasing Chapter of NIGP, Inc.
Barbara J. Layman CPPB, VCO
President
College of William and Mary
Office of Procurement
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg VA 23185-0000 
bjlaym@wm.edu
 
(757) 221-7636
(757) 221-3959
http://vagp.state.va.us/

Washington

Washington State Chapter of NIGP
David A. Davis 
President
WA State Dept of Transportation
PO Box 47415
Olympia WA 98504-7415 
davida@wsdot.wa.gov
 
(360) 570-6711
(360) 570-6725

West Virginia

West Virginia Chapter of NIGP
Mary M. Teel 
President
Individual Member - Mary Teel
5120 Hopewell Drive
Cross Lanes WV 25313-1783 
susieteel@wvdhhr.org
 
(304) 558-1294
(304) 558-2892

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Association of Public Purchasers Chapter of NIGP
Steven R. Martinelli CPPB
President
WI Dept of Transportation
4802 Sheboygan Ave, Room 751
Madison WI 53707-7396 
steve.martinelli@dot.state.wi.us
 
(608) 261-0124
(608) 267-3609
www.wapp.org/ 

Canada

Alberta

Canada West Chapter of NIGP
Sybille H. Hoffmann CPPB
President
Edmonton Public Schools
Centre for Education, One Kingsway Avenue
Edmonton AB T5H 4G9 
sybille.hoffmann@epsb.ca
 
(780) 429-8202
(780) 429-8216
www.nigp-cwc.ca 

British Columbia

Cascadia Chapter of NIGP
Ken S. Babich BCom., CPPO
President
Univ of Victoria
6506 Torin Road
Brentwood Bay BC V8M 2H5 
kbabich@islandnet.com
 
(250) 721-8330
(250) 721-8327

Nova Scotia

Atlantic Public Purchasing Association Chapter of NIGP
Deborah I. Beck 
President
Halifax Regional School Board
90 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, NS B3B 1P8 
dbeck@hrsb.ns.ca
 
(902) 541-3034
(902) 527-4838

Ontario

Ontario Public Buyers Association, Inc. Chapter of NIGP
Larry R. Gordon CPPO, CPPB
President
Corp. of the City of Kitchener
200 King St W
PO Box 1118
Kitchener ON N2G 4G7 
larry.gordon@city.kitchener.on.ca
 
(519) 741-2214
(519) 741-2222
www.opba.ca/ 

Saskatchewan

Assiniboia Chapter of NIGP
Charlotte Dusyk 
President
Saskatchewan Property Mgt. Corp.
1840 Lorne Street, 2nd Floor
Regina SK S4P 3V7 
cdusyk@spmc.gov.sk.ca
 
(306) 787-6993
(306) 798-0700


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