1 Washington Chapter Chat February 2014 What a way to ring in 2014 – Holding “the best ever” WA Chapter Honors & Awards Event & Winning the Super Bowl! We’re proud of our Seahawks, and we are especially proud of our Chapter members who were recognized at the annual H&A event held January 21st at the City of Seattle: 2013 Award Recipients Nelson Park – Manager of the Year Cynthia Shaw – Leading Light Award Tim Shay – Buyer of the Year New CPPBs and CPPOs – Committee Chairs & Volunteers 2014 Board of Directors Cheral WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER 2013 OFFICERS President Cheral Jones, CPPO, CPPB [email protected]Vice President Ginny Justiniano, CPPB [email protected]Treasurer Josh Klika, CPPB [email protected]Secretary Tim Shay [email protected]Membership Secretary Larry Oline C.P.M. [email protected]Past President Nelson Park, CPPO, CPPB [email protected]Upcoming Events March Purchasing Month Excellence in Procurement Summit March 20, 2013 450 110 th Avenue N.E., Room 108/113 Bellevue Washington 98009 Inside this Issue Member Spotlight H&A Recap CPPB/CPPO Certification Community Transit Accreditation New CPPBs and CPPOs Purchasing Month and more……
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Washington
Chapter Chat
February 2014
What a way to ring in 2014 – Holding “the best ever” WA Chapter Honors & Awards
Event & Winning the Super Bowl!
We’re proud of our Seahawks, and we are especially
proud of our Chapter members who were recognized
at the annual H&A event held January 21st at the
City of Seattle:
2013 Award Recipients Nelson Park – Manager of the Year
NAME: Jessica Smith, DES Contracts Specialist, NIGP WA Chapter Social Media Chair
PERSONAL STATS:
Born in Olympia, WA raised on Hood Canal, 2012 Saint Martin’s University graduate. I am a Newlywed, with a one-year old black lab who takes up plenty of my time. I also manage a health club part-time, and run the Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Court Coronation Program.
EMPLOYED BY: The Department of Enterprise Services, Master Contracts & Consulting
HOW LONG: 1 year
NIGP CHAPTER MEMBER SINCE: April, 2013
WHAT DO LIKE ABOUT YOUR JOB:
I truly enjoy the people I work with. DES has become like my second family.
Partnering with customers and vendors to improve contractual relationships and increase efficient and effective procurement processes is very rewarding.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMEONE NEW TO YOUR PROFESSION?
Take every opportunity to learn from the people around you. They have a wealth of experience and information that can help you be successful, facilitate growth, and make the transition into public procurement much less daunting.
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Annual Business Meeting.
The first 2014 Annual Business Meeting also took place, kicked off with celebration and appreciation for the founding Chapter members created the chapter and the governance teams who’ve kept it alive and continuously progressing after 10 years. Next there was a very positive Financial Report from newly elected Treasurer Josh Klika, with the members approving the evolving 2014 Budget. We then received a first-hand look at the new Chapter website from Public Relations & Marketing’s Sue Ownby, and our fun new Facebook page from Social Media’s Jessica Smith, who announced Linked In to be the next social media the Chapter moves to. Theresa Teschlog gave us an Education and Training update for the year, with many interesting classes coming our way. Lastly, we cheered over a wonderful membership success story shared by Nelson regarding Chris Collier, our first student member recruited by Cynthia, who became an intern for Nelson, and is now employed by King County!
Guest Speakers.
We expressed our appreciation for the three distinguished guest speakers that presented excellent topics:
Tammy Rimes of Tammy Rimes Consulting – “How to take your herd to the Winner’s circle” Ramsey Ramerman, Assistant City Attorney, City of Everett “Purchasing and Public Disclosure” Steve Lerch, Executive Director of the State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council – “State’s
economic and revenue outlook”
They will truly be hard to match going forward… Keeping everyone engaged, they provided fantastic information and lessons to put into practice and share back with our agencies.
The awards portion of the day was spectacular. Touching speeches were given about each of the deserving recipients. Nelson, Tim and Cynthia all appeared to be moved by the nominations and winning the awards. The volunteers, certifications and other important recognitions were also incredible, we have quite a group of compassionate contributors to our chapter. Congrats to all, thank you for your dedication….
Here’s to continuing to have a winning year, for the Chapter, its members and our beloved Washington sports teams, go Hawks!
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Community Transit’s Procurement Division achieved NIGP’s Outstanding Agency Accreditation Achievement Award
(OA4 Accreditation)
This accreditation formally recognizes excellence in public procurement by establishing policies and procedures that should be in place for a solid purchasing operation. Community Transit Procurement responded to the rigorous challenge of a detailed application that required substantial documentation and a demonstration of best practices. This is Community Transit’s procurement staff that helped achieve the accreditation: Gerhild Turner, CPPO, CPPB – Procurement and Contracts Manager Stacy Hupp, CPPB – Procurement Specialist Chad Jorissen, CPPB – Procurement Specialist Roger Kee, C.P.M., CPPO, CPPB – Procurement Specialist Theresa Teschlog, CPPB – Procurement Specialist Virginia Ponce de Leon, PMP – Procurement Project Coordinator Next stop: Pareto Award
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Congratulation to the 2013 Fall UPPCC Certification Class
Julie Denton Clark County
Raymund Fernandez Sound Transit Seattle, WA
Ms. Susan Knotts City of Yakima Yakima, WA
Lisa Gacer Seattle Community Colleges Seattle, WA
Ms. Maria Mayhue City of Yakima Yakima, WA
Mari Gregg Poulsbo, WA
Kim Gustafson Washington State Patrol Olympia, WA
Ms. Cynthia Kopperstad Seattle City Light Seattle, WA
Ms. Jennifer Peary Sound Transit Seattle, WA
Mr. Jeffrey Peterson Intercity Transit Olympia, WA
Ms. Kimberly Rayray Seattle City Light Seattle, WA
Ms. Rhonda Wahlgren Skagit Transit Mount Vernon, WA
Chapter Membership Certification to date: 126 Chapter Membership Certification to date: 27
National Certifications to date: 9,574 National Certifications to date: 2,439
The Chapter is offering a two-day CPPB Prep class on April 17
th and 18
th in Seattle, WA.
Course Description:
In an effort to prepare candidates for the computer-based CPPB exam containing 175 questions, this course provides
a review that addresses key information on topics identified in the UPPCC Body of Knowledge.
Please visit the Chapter website for more information about this class, other training opportunities and Scholarship opportunities at https://www.wanigp.org/index.cfm
In honor of Purchasing Month, the WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER OF NIGP presents its tenth annual Excellence in Procurement Summit on March 20, 2014 from 8:30 am – 4:15 pm at Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA.
The purpose of the event is to gather public procurement professionals together to further educate ourselves and celebrate our profession.
To view the agenda, register, access directions and parking information please visit the Chapter website at 2014 Excellence In Procurement Summit
The Washington Chapter Chat will be published bi-monthly: February, April, June, August, October and December.
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Forum is coming!
The Annual NIGP Forum is the largest North American educational conference exclusively for individuals in public procurement. This year’s 69th event will be held in Pennsylvania which is nicknamed the “Keystone State”.
To view the 2014 Forum registration fees please visit 2014 NIGP Forum Registration
For more information about the Forum, Networking opportunities, Workshops, Golf Tournament and Expo visit the NIGP Forum “Connecting Procurement Communities” site at 2014 NIGP Forum Fees
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WA State Chapter of NIGP Committees
Have you thought about becoming more involved with the chapter, but just haven’t felt ready to commit? There are a number of opportunities you may explore. May it be running for a board
position in the fall or joining one of the Chapter committees. It will benefit the member committees by bringing fresh ideas, different perspectives, experiences, etc. and will strengthen our chapter. You will gain knowledge, networking skills, meet other purchasing peers and much, much more…………….
