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Darren C. Muci, CPPO, is the Division Director
of Operations for the Wichita (KS) Public Schools. He is
responsible
for the management of: Purchasing, Supply, Production Printing, Student
Transportation and Nutrition Services.
Darren has
been honored as the Purchasing Manager of the Year by the Kansas
Association of Public Purchasing
Professionals
in 1998 and 2003, and was
selected for participation in the Leadership Kansas program sponsored
by
the Kansas Chamber of Commerce
and Industry in 2002. Professionally,
Darren serves as an active member of the
National Institute of
Governmental Purchasing (NIGP),
the Kansas Association of Public
Purchasing Professionals (KAPPP),
the U.S. Communities Government
Purchasing Advisory Board
and is the Lead Public Agency representative for
two national contracts.
Darren is a
graduate of The Wichita State University (1984) with a degree in Fine
Arts and has taken many classes towards
Masters
degrees in Business Administration and Public Administration at Wichita
State University.
Art S. Hanby is currently the
Director, Business Support Services, for the San Diego Unified School
District where he
is responsible
for both procurement operations and
other support departments. He also serves as a Knowledge Coordinator
for
the NIGP
K-12 Knowledge Community and as the Vice-Chairman of the NIGP
Research Committee.
Art began his K-12 purchasing career as the first Purchasing Agent for
The School Board of Broward County, Florida
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He then held the position of Director of Purchasing and Warehousing for
13 years. After accepting
a position as the first Contracting Officer
for Detroit Public Schools, Art was shortly promoted to Deputy Chief
Contracting Officer
and Executive Director.
Art has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Delaware and a
Master’s Degree in Business Management from
Central Michigan University.
He is both a Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) and Certified
Professional
Public Buyer (CPPB),
and holds Lifetime certification as
both a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) and Accredited
Purchasing
Practitioner (A.P.P.).
Chris Mellis
earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Operations management from
Drexel University. He is also a Government
Certified Contractor through
the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing. He joined the
US Communities Organization
4 years ago in the capacity of Regional
Manager. His responsibilities are to educate Agencies on the
benefits of Cooperative
Purchasing
and the US Communities program. He also shows public agencies how
cooperative purchasing can save them both
time and money. Chris also provides constant training to the
Supplier sales force, which helps the Suppliers understand
and promote
the U.S. Communities program to public agencies. |
