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Steering Council

  • Kate M. Rotella, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, MPA
    Director of Fiscal Affairs and Acquisitions
    Eastern Connecticut State University     
     

  • William P. Shields, Jr.
    Executive Director
    The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)     
     

  • Dr. Kim Abrego, DPT, PT
    Disaster Recovery Services, LLC (DRS)
    Chief Operatiing Officer

  • Janice LaChance, JD, FASAE
    Interim Executive Director and CEO, American Geophysical Union
     

  • Donald Kettl
    Retired, Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
    University of Maryland School of Public Policy

Advisory Board

Senior Public Procurement Practitioners

  • Mike Bevis, FNIGP, NIGP-CPP, JD, CPPO, CPSM, DBIA, CJP, C.P.M.,  - Chief Procurement Officer, City of Norfolk
     
  • Kirk  Buffington, FNIGP, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, C.P.M., CPFIM - City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (retired)
     
  • Lourdes Coss, NIGP-CPP, CPPO - Procurement and Leadership Strategist
     
  • Alex Denis, NIGP-CPP, CPPO,Chief Operating Officer – General Services, North County Transit District – San Diego Railroad, Oceanside, CA
     
  • Darin Matthews, FNIGP, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPSM, C.P.M., Chief Procurement Officer,  California State Polytechnic University
     
  • Emma Sears, NIGP-CPP, Procurement Manager, Corporation of the City of Vaughan, ON
     
  • Ezzard (Charles) Spencer, NIGP-CPP, NIGP-PPA, FCCN, FCCM, Procurement Director, City of Plantation, FL

Business Community Thought Leaders

  • Dave Wetzel, National Public Sector Leader, Canon U.S.A., WA
     
  • Valya Broyer, Vice President, Public Sector, ODP Business Solutions, CO
     
  • Marcheta Gillespie, FNIGP, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPM, CPPB, C.P.M., President, NIGP Code and Consulting Services, AZ
     
  • Ken Heckman, Founder and CEO, Axia Cooperative, T

Academic Community Thought Leaders

  • Maria Aristigueta, University of Delaware (Retired)
     
  • Naim Kapucu, PhD, Pegasus Professor and Director, School of Public Administration & Policy, University of Central Florida School of Public Administration
     
  • Bill Resh, Chair & Professor of Public Management & Policy; Director, Civic Leadership Education & Research Center; Affiliate Faculty, Political Science at Georgia State University
     
  • Carl Stenberg, James E. Holshouser Jr. Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Government, UNC - Chapel Hill, School of Government
     
  • Rex Facer, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, Head, Local Government Unit, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
     
  • Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Stakeholder Association Thought Leaders

  • Dan Blair, National Academy of Public Administration, Washington D.C. (retired)
     
  • Mark Dorsey, MBA, FASAE, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, Construction Specifications Institute & CSI Foundation
     
  • Antoinette Samuel, MPA, FASAE, Retired, Senior Executive and Director, Operations and Administration, National League of Cities, DC