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1 Washington Chapter Chat WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER 2013 OFFICERS February 2014 President Cheral Jones, CPPO, Vice President Ginny Justiniano, Treasurer Josh Klika, Secretary Tim Shay Membership Secretary Larry Oline C.P.M. Past President Nelson Park, CPPO, Upcoming Even ts M arch Purchasing Month Excellence in Procurement Summit March 20, th Avenue N.E., Room 108/113 Bellevue Washington Inside this I s sue Member Spotlight H&A Recap /CPPO Certification Community Transit Accreditation New s and CPPOs Purchasing Month and more 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 s and CPPOs Committee Chairs & Volunteers 2014 Board of Directors Cheral 1

2 Member Spotlight 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. 2

3 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! 3

4 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, Procurement and Contracts Manager Stacy Hupp, Procurement Specialist Chad Jorissen, Procurement Specialist Roger Kee, C.P.M., CPPO, Procurement Specialist Theresa Teschlog, Procurement Specialist Virginia Ponce de Leon, PMP Procurement Project Coordinator Next stop: Pareto Award 4

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7 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 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 Ms. Maria Mayhue City of Yakima Yakima, 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 Prep class on April 17 th and 18 th in Seattle, WA. Course Description: In an effort to prepare candidates for the computer-based 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 7

8 Purchasing Month March 2014 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 8

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10 The Washington Chapter Chat will be published bi-monthly: February, April, June, August, October and December. Do you have something to share with your purchasing peers? Want to be a newsletter contributor? Benefits: Receive re-certification points for articles published Get published in an upcoming newsletter You may submit articles to Heidi Bohl at Heidi.Bohl@des.wa.gov for publication in April s Edition by March 30 th August s Edition by July 30 th December s Edition by November 30 th June s Edition by May 30 st October s Edition by September 30 th February s Edition by January 30th Forum is coming! The Annual NIGP Forum is the largest North American educational conference exclusively for individuals in public procurement. This year s 69 th 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 10

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13 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. Committee Chair Contact Info Scholarship Committee Finance Committee Ginny Justiniano Josh Klika ginny.justiniano@soundtransit.org klikaj@wsdot.wa.gov Membership Committee Larry Oline C.P.M. Public Relations And Marketing Committee Sue Ownby CPPO, loline@agr.wa.gov sue.ownby@yakimawa.gov Education And Research Committee Charity Special Committee Theresa Teschlog Craig Bush Theresa.teschlog@commtrans.org craig.bush@seattlecolleges.edu Diversity Special Committee Servando Patlan servando.patlan@des.wa.gov Policy Advisory Special Committee Nomination & Election Special Committee Newsletter Special Committee Honors & Awards Special Committee Chapter of The Year Special Committee Linda Hodgson Sue Ownby CPPO. Maria Mayhue CPPO, Heidi Bohl Ginny Justiniano Cheral Jones CPPO, Dave Davis CPPO linda.hodgson@des.wa.gov sue.ownby@yakimawa.gov maria.mayhue@yakimawa.gov heidi.bohl@des.wa.gov ginny.justiniano@soundtransit.org cheral.jones@des.wa.gov DaviDa@wsdot.wa.gov 13