2007 AEP Award Recipients

ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, CA

Gerald Bretag, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Officer

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA

John Deighan, Chief Purchasing Officer

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD

William L. Schull, C.P.M., CPPB, Purchasing Agent

BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MD

Richard Gay, RSBO, Manager, Office of Purchasing

BERNALILLO COUNTY, NM

Lisa Sedilo-White, Purchasing Director

BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL, ENGLAND

John Charters, BSc (Hons), Dip RSA, Dip Mgt, MCMI, MCIPS, Corporate Procurement Manager

BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, FL

Robert Waremburg, CPPO, Director, Supply Management & Logistics

CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

Matthew Roberts, C.P.M., CPP, Director, Contract & Procurement Services

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH, CA

Charles Hughes, J.D., C.P.M., Director of Procurement & Support Services

Mary Rueda, C.P.M., Manager of Purchasing & Contract Administration

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR, CA

Tom Roberts, Director, Business & Finance

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, CA

Suzanne Swartz, Buyer III-Lead, Procurement & Contract Services

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS, CA

Bella Newburg, Director, Procurement & Support Services

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FL

Kimberly Corbett, C.P.M., CPPB, Director of Purchasing

CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, IL

Albert Murillo, Director, Procurement & Contracts

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Naomi Kelly, City Purchaser/Director, Office of Contract Administration/Purchasing

CITY OF ALLEN, TX

Herbert Miller, Jr., CPPO, CPPB, CCA, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF ARLINGTON, TX

Debra Carrejo, CPPO, CPPR, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF ATLANTA, GA - THE HOUSING AUTHORITY

Bruce Collins, MCA, CPPO, Vice President, Contracts & Procurement Division

CITY OF BRYAN, TX

Roger D. Dempsey, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Manager

CITY OF CHANDLER, AZ

Robert Descheemaker, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor

CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TX

Cheryl K. Turney, C.P.M., Assistant Director of Fiscal Services, Purchasing Department

CITY OF COLTON, CA

Jennifer Sims, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager

CITY OF COSTA MESA, CA

Debbie Dobrott, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor

CITY OF DENTON, TX

Tom Shaw, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Agent

CITY OF EDMOND, OK

Brenda Mayer, CPPO, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF EDMONTON, CANADA

Gerry Goodall, Director, Materials Management

CITY OF EL CAJON, CA

Colin Dawson, Purchasing Agent

CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

Kirk Buffington, CPPO, C.P.M., MBA, Director of Procurement Services

CITY OF FORT WORTH, TX

Jack Dale, C.P.M., CPPB, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF FRESNO, CA

Janet Smith, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF FRISCO, TX

Tom Johnston, C.P.M.,  Purchasing Agent

CITY OF GARLAND, TX

Carol Cooper, C.P.M., Director of Materials Management

CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX

Marty Davis, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, FL

Aristeus J. Johns, Procurement Services Manager

CITY OF IRVINE, CA

Tracy Hamilton, C.P.M., CPIM, Purchasing Agent

CITY OF KALAMAZOO, MI

Nicholas Lam, CPPO, Purchasing Director

CITY OF LANCASTER, CA

Cathy Petrosky, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent

CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TX

Todd White, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager

CITY OF LIVERMORE, CA

Robert Federle, C.P.M., Purchasing Specialist

CITY OF MC KINNEY, TX

Debra J. Nye, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF MESA, AZ

Edward Quedens, Procurement Services Department Director

CITY OF MESQUITE, TX

Michele Brand, Manager of Purchasing and Telecommunications

CITY OF MIAMI, FL

Glenn Marcos, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Director/Chief Procurement Officer

CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS. FL

Pam Thompson, CPPO, CPPB, Procurement Manager

CITY OF MILPITAS, CA

Chris Schroeder, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Agent

CITY OF MIRAMAR, FL

Carlos Vilches, MBA, CPCM, CPPO, CPPM, C.P.M., Procurement Director

CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

Tina N. Yoke, Purchasing and Support Services Manager

CITY OF NAPERVILLE, IL

Michael Bevis, CPPO, C.P.M., PMP, Chief Procurement Officer

CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA

Sheri L. Chapman, CPPB, Director, Department of Purchasing

CITY OF ORANGE, CA

Glenn J. Kaye, C.P.M., Purchasing Officer

CITY OF ORLANDO, FL

Jon Mead, C.P.M., Director of Purchasing

CITY OF PALM BAY, FL

Bobbye Marsala, CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB, FCPM, FCPA, Purchasing & Contracts Division Manager

CITY OF PLANO, TX

Mike Ryan, Chief Procurement Official

CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE, FL

Cheryl Shanaberger, CPPO, Deputy Director, Office of Management & Budget

CITY OF PORTLAND, OR

Jeffrey Baer, CPPO, Purchasing Agent

CITY OF PUNTA GORDA, FL

Mary M. Howe, CPPO, CPPB, Procurement Manager

CITY OF RICHARDSON, TX

Pam Kirkland, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CA

Art Torres, C.P.M., Purchasing Services Manager

CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS, MI

Jean Farris, CPPB, Supervisor of Procurement

CITY OF ROSWELL, GA

Richard Brownlee, Purchasing Manager

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TX

Janie Cantu, C.P.M., Director, Purchasing & Contract Services

CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CA

Lance Wade, Director, Chief Procurement Officer

CITY OF SAN JOSÉ, CA

Walter C. Rossmann, C.P.M., Chief Purchasing Officer

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, CA

Jim Wright, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent

CITY OF SAVANNAH, GA

Margaret H. Joyner, CPPO, Purchasing Director

CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Monroe C. Warren, Purchasing Director

CITY OF SPARKS, NV

Dan Marran, CPPO, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager

CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, FL

Louis Moore, CPPO, Director, Purchasing and Materials Management

CITY OF SUNNYVALE, CA

Elaine Wesely, C.P.M., Purchasing Officer

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, FL

Cathy R. Davis, C.P.M., Manager of Procurement Services

CITY OF TAMPA, FL

Joe Benjamin, CPPB, Purchasing Systems Manager

CITY OF TEMPE, AZ

Donna Littrell, CPPB, Central Services Administrator

CITY OF TEMPLE, TX

Belinda Mattke, Director of Purchasing

CITY OF TROY, MI

Susan A. Leirstein, Purchasing Director

CITY OF TUCSON, AZ

Mark A. Neihart, C.P.M., A.P.P., CPM, Procurement Director

CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TX

Christine Green, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent

CITY OF VENTURA, CA

Vicki A. Boswell, Manager, Purchasing & Contracts

CITY OF WICHITA, KS

Melinda Walker, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager

CITY OF YUBA CITY, CA

Devin Barber, IT Manager, Administrative Services

CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NV

Bramby Tollen, C.P.M., Director, Purchasing & Warehousing

COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, GA

Alisa Morningstar, CPPO, Director of Procurement Services

COCHISE COUNTY, AZ

Carol Nicholas Bolton, CPPB, C.P.M., Contract Specialist

COLLIN COUNTY, TX

Frank Ybarbo, Purchasing Agent

COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, TX

Cindy White, CPPO, CPPB, Director of Purchasing

COLUMBIA COUNTY, GA

Glenn O’Steen, Procurement Manager

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Ron Bell, Director, Division of Purchases & Supply

CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT, CA

Douglas Anderson, Purchasing Officer

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, CA

Joanne Solis, Purchasing Manager

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CA

Joe Sandoval, Division Manager, Internal Services Department

COUNTY OF MOHAVE, AZ

Travis Lingenfelter, C.P.M., A.P.P., Procurement Director

COUNTY OF ORANGE, CA

Ronald C. Vienna, Purchasing Agent

COUNTY OF PLACER, CA

David Seward, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, CA

Robert Howdyshell, Director, Purchasing & Fleet Services

COUNTY OF ROANOKE, VA

Rebecca E. Owens, MBA, Director of Finance

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, CA

Craig Rader, Purchasing Agent

COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CA

Jim Lindley, Director of Purchasing

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, CA

Winston F. McColl, Director, Purchasing & Contracting

COUNTY OF VENTURA, CA

Rosa Ceniceros, Procurement Services Manager

COUNTY OF VOLUSIA, FL

Cheryl L. Olson, C.P.M., C.P.M., Director of Purchasing & Contracts

CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, CA

John A. Poli, C.P.M., Purchasing Officer

CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OH

Bonnie G. Sams, Procurement Director

DEKALB COUNTY, GA

Kelvin L. Walton, CPPB, Acting Director, Purchasing & Contracting

DENTON COUNTY, TX

Beth Fleming, C.P.M., A.P.P., Director of Purchasing

DE SOTO COUNY – SCHOOL BOARD, FL

Rene Barnard, Purchasing Specialist

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, CA

Paul R. Ghere, Manager of Purchasing

EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, CA

Daniel T. Howell, Director of Purchasing & Contracts

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL

Claudia Simmons, Purchasing Chief

FULTON COUNTY, GA

Jerome Noble, Director of Purchasing

FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS, GA

Wilma A. Gibbs-Matthews, Director of Contracting

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA

Scott Callan, Purchasing Director

HARRIS COUNTY, TX

Jack R. McCown, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent

HIGHLANDS COUNTY BCC, FL

Gerald (Jed) Secory, General Services / Purchasing Director

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL

Lula F. Banks, Ed.D., CPPO, CPPB, Director of Procurement Services

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TX

Michael Kyme, Executive Director, Procurement Operations

HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, TX

Bob Wooten, Manager, HGACBuy Cooperative Purchasing Program

INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, CA

Cameron Langner, Manager of Contracts and Procurement

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK CORPORATE,

WASHINGTON, DC

William Schuerch, Manager, Budget & Corporate, Procurement

Roger Ball, Division Chief, Corporate, Procurement

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Nancy Brooks, Director of Purchasing

IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT, CA

Alex Aguilar, Purchasing Manager

JOHNSON COUNTY, KS

John M. Mahin, Purchasing Manager

LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MI

Rebecca G. Beard, C.P.M., Director of Purchasing

LAS VEGAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY, NV

Penny Marchell, C.P.M., Director of Materials Management

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, CA

Lonnie Mitchell, Chief Administrative Services Officer

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA

Tina M. Borger, Purchasing Agent/Manager of the Division of Procurement

MARION COUNTY, FL

Diane Tucker, Purchasing Director/Management Services Bureau Chief

MARTIN COUNTY, FL

Gregory Herlean, Purchasing Manager

METRO, OR

Darin Matthews, CPPO, C.P.M., Chief Procurement Officer

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Michael Kolodisner, CPPO, Manager, Contracting Services

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL

Miriam Singer, Director, Department of Procurement Management

MOHAVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES COOPERATIVE, INC., AZ

Craig McKee, CPPB, Director of Contracting Programs

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX

Carolyn Hooper, Purchasing Agent

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, VA

Christopher Steele, C.P.M., CMA, Senior Director, Purchases & Supply Department

OAKLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY, CA

Robert Chavez, Contract Compliance & General Services Manager

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, VA

Rick Berry, CPPO, Executive Director of Construction & Procurement Services

Johnny M. Richardson, Manager, Purchasing & Contracts Division

ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, CA

John P. Coggins, CPPO, C.P.M., Purchasing & Materials Manager

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FL

Rhonda Scott, C.P.M., CPPO, Director, Procurement Services

ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, CA

Marc Dubois, C.P.M., Contracts & Purchasing Manager

OSCEOLA COUNTY, FL

Rey A. Palma, Director, Procurement Services

PASCO COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, FL

Kendra Goodman, CPPB, Purchasing Agent

PIMA COUNTY, AZ

George Widugiris, C.P.M., Director, Procurement

PLANO ISD, TX

Raymond Weaver, Director of Purchasing Services

POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FL

Wendy Geltch, C.P.M., CPPO, Purchasing Agent

POLK COUNTY, FL

W.A. “Buddy” Storey, Jr., Purchasing Director

PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY

Andrea Roitman, CPPB, Director of Procurement Department

POTTER COUNTY, TX

Sharon Page, A.P.P., CTPM, Purchasing Agent

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, VA

Willie Frazier, Jr., Superintendent of Purchasing

PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY, NJ

Rodney D. Templon, Director of Procurement

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, NJ

Brian E. Rounsavill, C.P.M., APP, Associate Director of Purchasing

REGIONAL MUNICIPAL OF YORK, ONTARIO, CANADA

Tom Appleby, CPPO, CPPB, C.I.M., Director, Supplies & Services

Paul W. Martin, Assistant V.P. for Administration

SADDLEBACK VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CA

Roy Baker, III, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Manager

SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT

Richard L. Chamberlain, C.P.M., Contracts & Procurement Division Director

SAN JOSÈ STATE UNIVERSITY, CA

Norma Lorigo, C.P.M., Director of Procurement & Support Services

SEMINOLE COUNTY, FL

Ray Hooper, C.P.C.M., Purchasing & Contracts Manager

SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, FL

Christopher C. Bross, CPPO, FCPM, Director of Procurement

STATE OF ARIZONA

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Jean Clark, MPA, CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB, CPM. State Procurement Administrator

STATE OF ARIZONA

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Larry J. Tweet, CPPO, CPPB, Chief Procurement Officer

STATE OF ARIZONA

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Corry A. Slama, C.P.M., CPPB, Chief Procurement Officer

STATE OF FLORIDA

Charles W. Covington, State Purchasing Director

STATE OF GEORGIA

Brad Douglas, Commissioner, State Purchasing Division

TARRANT COUNTY, TX

Jack Beacham, C.P.M., A.P.P., Purchasing Agent

TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, ONTARIO, CANADA

Terry Kyritsis, Assistant Controller, Administrative Services

TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TX

Kelly Bennett, CPPB, Purchasing Agent

TRAVIS COUNTY, TX

Cyd V. Grimes, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent

TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OK

Linda Phillips, Director of Material Management

UNION SANITARY DISTRICT, CA

John Stiggins, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Stephen Mack, C.P.M., Director, Procurement & Contracting Services

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, KY

Don Speer, Director of Purchasing

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC, IN

Robert Kelly, Director of Procurement Services

UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA, FL

Wendy Baudin, MPA, Procurement Manager

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UT

Tracie Montano, C.P.M., Procurement Services Manager

WASHOE COUNTY, NV

John L. Balentine, C.P.M., CPP, Purchasing & Contracts Administrator

WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NV

Linda McKeand, C.P.M., Purchasing Supervisor

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX

Robert E. Space, CPA, CPPO, Purchasing Director

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AZ