Board Brief 2015-23
Awards and Honors Working Group
Memo to:
NCMA Board of Directors
From:
Chairman, Awards and Honors Working Group, Program Year 2015
Date:
February 25, 2015
Subject:
Awards and Honors Working Group Report
This is the mid-year report of the activities for the Awards and Honors Working Group for the
Program Year July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
The Group was composed of the following individuals, all of whom volunteered their time to
develop and execute plans that definitively established the Awards and Honors program as a
legitimate contributor to the attainment of strategic, as well as tactical goals, for the Association
and its members.
Award
Chair/Co-Chairs
Al Keen Honorary Life Member Award
Michelle Currier and representatives of the
working group, CMLDP and Board of
Advisors
Heather Dallara
Albert Berger Outstanding Chapter Leadership
Award
Arthur G. Muller Annual Volunteer Award
Holly Gregg, Kat Ratassepp, Stephen Yuter,
Deborah Shackelford
Blanche Witte Memorial Foundation Award
Charles J. Delaney Memorial Award
Shene Commodore, Tony L. Westly II,
Liubov A. Kriel
Michelle Currier and representatives of the
working group, CMLDP and Board of
Advisors
Cathy Dixon, Kat Ratassepp, Stephen Yuter
Elmer B. Staats Young Acquisition Professional
Excellence Award
Procurement Round Table (Non-NCMA
A&H)
Excellence in Contracts Professionalism Award
Janet Mattson, Holly Gregg, Cassandra
Manos
Fellow and Outstanding Fellow
Chris Hitchcock and Cathy Dixon
(Additional Co-chairs TBD, Mary Beth Lech)
Charles A. Dana Distinguished Service Award
Jones, Robert
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Herbert Roback Memorial Award
Robert Jones and Larry Trowel
James E. Cravens Membership Award
Robert Jones, Holly Gregg and Tracy
Harriot
Laurie Davis, Shene Commodore, Holly
Gregg
NCMA Education Award
NCMA National Achievement Award
Robert Jones and Larry Trowel
NCMA Global Contracting Award
Not to be awarded this year
NCMA/ICAF Award
ICAF Faculty Selection Committee (NonNCMA A&H)
The NCMA Top Professionals under 40 in
Contract Management Award
Cassandra Manos, Janet Mattson, Gerry
Weinberger, and Luisa Martinez-Medina
W. Gregor Macfarlan Excellence in Contract
Management Research and Writing
Non A&H
Walter R. Graalman Award
Bill Swan and Jeannine Roso, Gerald Haan,
Jenny Arkinson, Valeria Combs, Melanie
Hurst, Diana Hollins, Deborah Shackelford,
Quyen Tran, Cassandra Manos
ACTIONS SINCE LAST BOARD BRIEFING:
Due to new work commitments, Kevin Regenhold, CCCM, Fellow stepped down as working
group chair on February 1. Robert Jones, CFCM, CCCM was appointed chair for the balance of
the program year by Mike Fischetti.
The Fellow Award is the 3rd highest honor for NCMA members for their continued and
dedicated service throughout their career to NCMA. Five Fellows were approved as of the Fall
board brief. Since that time, the review team co-chaired by Cathy Dixon and Chris Hitchcock
reviewed five (5) additional applications, all gaining approval. The five newest Fellows are:
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Lori Deara, CFCM, Fellow, Picatinny Chapter
Tammy Edgington, CPCM, CFCM, CCCM, Fellow, Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Milva Finnegan, CPCM, CFCM, CCCM, Fellow, Saint Louis Gateway Chapter
Sean Garcia, CPCM, CFCM, CCCM, Fellow, Chicagoland Chapter
Jaime Gracia, CFCM, Fellow, Tysons Corner Chapter
Applications for the Fellows designation are received throughout the Program year.
Jones, Robert
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Chapter Annual Reports (CARs) were due on August 31 and are evaluated and used as criteria to
award the Walter R. Graalman award. Co-chairs Bill Swan and Jeannine Roso and team
completed their reviews as well as conducted requested debriefings after final rankings were
announced. 93 chapters qualified at some level for the Graalman award for their PY 2013-2014
activities. These awards will be presented at a ceremony following the Spring Chapter Leader
Summit. Mary Beth distributed guidance for the CARs and Graalman to current chapter leaders
in mid-February. The biggest changes for the program year will be submitting the list of new
officers and volunteers by May 15th, and submitting the balance of the required documents by
July 31st (up from Aug 31). Both Bill and Jeannine will be at the Spring Chapter Leader Summit
to be a resource and answer questions from those in attendance. The Graalman for PY 2015-2016
will continue to recognize chapters for how well they provide value to their members, how well
they connect NCMA to those members, and how effectively they operate their chapter.
The nomination period for the Arthur G. Muller Volunteer Award was extended to November
15, 2014, and seven (7) nominations were received. The review team, chaired by Holly Gregg,
selected Luisa Martinez-Medina, Rio Grande chapter as the award winner.
The group received four (4) nominations for the Blanche Witte Memorial Foundation Annual
Award. Shene Commodore led the review team and Crystal Glenn of the Tysons Corner chapter
was selected as the first place winner.
The group received four (4) nominations for the Excellence in Contract Management
Professionalism Award. Janet Mattson leads the review team and deliberations are currently in
process.
NCMA Past President Michelle Currier leads the joint review team for the Alvis Keen Honorary
Life award and the Charles Dana Distinguished Service award. The review team consists of
members of the awards and honors working group, CMLDP community, and members of
NCMA’s Board of Advisors. The team reviewed the list of eligible candidates and is in the
process of narrowing the list of winners.
Nominations for the NCMA Education Award are due March 1st. Laurie Davis will lead this
review team.
Nominations for the Outstanding Fellow Award are due March 1st. Cathy Dixon and Chris
Hitchcock will head this review.
To date, no nominations for the Herbert Roback Memorial Award have been received.
A major task the Awards and Honors Working Group has undertaken revolves around increasing
the awareness of the awards available within the NCMA. We as a Working Group, as well as the
NCMA as an entirety, have the responsibility to ensure our most deserving members are
receiving the recognition they deserve from their tireless efforts throughout their career in which
they have worked to not only make their individual chapter a success, as well as the entire
NCMA.
Jones, Robert
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As in the past, we would again like to ask for the Board’s help in making the NCMA Awards and
Honors Program that much better. We recognize that everyone is extremely busy and that time is
often in short supply. We would ask, however, that you take time to think of individuals that may
be deserving of recognition from your company, organization, or chapter and submit their
nomination to the Awards and Honors Working Group. Also, we would like to ask for your
feedback to let us know what we might do as a group to make this process easier for you to
submit nominations.
There is still a lot of work for the Awards and Honors Working Group to complete this Program
Year. We are eager and ready to continue the high quality of service provided to NCMA by this
Group over the past years.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert Jones, CFCM, CCCM
Chair, Awards and Honors Working Group
Program Year 2014-2015
Jones, Robert
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