Board Brief 2015-42
Professional Education Committee Final Report
To:
NCMA Board of Directors
From:
Carly J. Cox, CFMC, Fellow
PY15 Chair, Professional Education Committee
Subject:
Professional Education Committee Final Report
Date:
July 8, 2015
Executive Summary:
The purpose of this Board Brief is to summarize the goals, major activities, and accomplishments of the
Professional Education Committee (PEC) for Program Year 2014-2015.
PEC Committee Membership:
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Carly Cox (Chair, Maternity leave January 2015 - April 2015)
Allie Stanzione (Acting Chair, January 2015 - April 2015)
Jonene Johanson
Leonardo Manning
Cassandra Manos
Rodney Matsushima
Alisa McGlothen
Tom Robinson
Melissa Starinsky
Mark Stevens
John Wilkinson
PEC PY15 Committee Goals, Actions, and Status (Supporting Information on Page 2)
Priorities for the Year
Strategic review of NCMA’s
education portfolio
Support alignment of NCMA’s
education portfolio and the
CMBOK
Enhance relationships with
universities and NCMA
Cox, Carly
Actions this Reporting Period
1. Defined our committee’s role for the inaugural
year and discussed plan for future support of
NCMA’s strategic plan.
2. Documented the scope of NCMA’s current
educational portfolio
3. Facilitated GCMC focus group to discuss
member satisfaction with NCMA education
programs
4. Reviewed corporate education and training
policies to understand how our education
events could reach broader audience through
different marketing technique.
5. Revised the PEC Charter to align with NCMA
Policy Manual
1. Compared and contrasted CMBOK with the
current NCMA offerings.
2. Supported CMBOK working group.
3. Completed CMBOK survey and provided
feedback.
4. Created NCMA education portfolio/CMBOK
competency matrix.
1. Improve relationship with DAU & sign MOUs
2. Formal meetings with educational institutions
not offering CM curriculum, but in prime
markets to do so. (example: WSU)
3. Brainstormed opportunities to enhance
relationships:
a. Discussed on how to bring more value to
NCMA and Educational Partners
Status
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete
In Process
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete,
Staff Role
Complete
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Board Brief 2015-42
Professional Education Committee Final Report
b. Discussed how to support certification of
students with CM college courses
c. Discussed how to assist universities
creating CM programs
d. Discussed possible CM flyers for
universities
4. Deconflicted committee’s role and staff’s role
Complete
Recommendation: None. This Board brief is provided for information only.
Supporting Information for Actions this Reporting Period:
Information to support the accomplishments of the 2014-2015 Program Year are provided in previous
Board Briefs. The following information is provided to summarize our progress this program year:
This was the inaugural program year for the Professional Education Committee. Much of our time was
dedicated to understanding our charter, responsibilities, role in the association, relationship with staff,
members, and other committees, and long term objectives. To that end, we reviewed and updated the
charter, coordinated with NCMA staff to understand/de-conflict roles/responsibilities, facilitated focus
groups with membership to understand their level of satisfaction with NCMA programs, reviewed
corporate training and education policies to better understand how to sell our programs to a segment of
our market, supported contract management program development with a new university, strengthened
our relationship with DAU, and supported the CMBOK working group. We also identified areas of
opportunity for the committee next year. These include further refining the committee’s role regarding
university relations and establishing a partnership with the staff to coordinate surveys, pole members,
establish topics for conferences, etc. Finally, the Committee Chair supported the CMLDP Program
Manager in making Distinguished Graduate and Honor Graduate designations for the graduation class as
well as management decisions regarding student performance. One other student will be deferred to the
following program year as a result of unexpected personal commitments.
Cox, Carly
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