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2017 Executive Board PRESIDENT—JOE GUY, CPPB GUYJ@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV 602-506-8718

VICE PRESIDENT—KRISTY GARCIA, CPPB KRISTY.GARCIA@MESAAZ.GOV 480-644-5052

TREASURER—SHARON BRAUSE, CPPO, CPPB, CPCP SHARON.BRAUSE@MESAAZ.GOV 480-644-2815

SECRETARY—HEATHER HODGMAN HHODGMAN@AJCITY.NET 480-474-8500

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT— BILL MUNCH, CPPO, CPPB BMUNCH@VSIT.ORG 602-677-1988

The Official Newsletter of

the Arizona State Capitol

Chapter of NIGP

THE PURCHASING EXCHANGE

Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP

September / October 2017

Inside this issue:

President’s Message 2

Meet the Candidates 3

Regional Conference 5

Regional Schedule 6

Career Seminar II Recap 8

Forum Recap 9

Upcoming Events 14

Membership Report 15

Member Birthdays 16

Celebrate Birthdays 17

Member Spotlight 18

Harvest Festival 20

Haunted House 21

Connected? 22

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Hello Chapter Members! We have had an exciting summer as a chapter. The National Forum in

Salt Lake was a great learning and team building event. It was fantastic to see so many of our

members in attendance this year. We fell short of the goal of being awarded Chapter of the

Year but we were awarded the Chapter Excellence in Membership Recruitment, Retention and

Engagement. We will beat them next year in Nashville.

Nominees for Chapter Vice President and Secretary have been set. Keep your eyes open for the

ballot in early October. The election results will be announced during the Regional Conference

and Expo.

Speaking of Regional, we now have sold 108 booths for the Vendor Expo. Flyers are posted on

the website for the membership to distribute to their customers. Attendance to the Expo portion

of Regional is free of charge. If you have not registered yet, please do so.

I sincerely hope that the Chapter is meeting your needs as a member. As always, please feel

free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or concerns.

Sincerely,

Joe Guy, CPPB

AZNIGP Chapter President

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Heather Hodgman

Heather Hodgman is a candidate for Vice President. Heather has been an

active member since 2008 and is currently working at the City of Apache

Junction as the Public Works Management Analyst. Heather is also currently

serving as chapter Secretary. Heather has served on numerous committee’s

over the years and is looking forward to the opportunity to broaden her

knowledge and experience as the chapters next Vice President.

Click here to read her complete bio and application.

Teena Ziegler

Teena Ziegler is a candidate for Vice President. Teena has been an active

member since 2005 and is currently working as the Chief Procurement Officer

at Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. She believes that ensuring

the continuation of this professional organization to meet the needs of its

members in the areas of training, leadership and support is important as ever.

Click here to read her complete bio and application.

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Susan Holt is a candidate for Secretary. Susan has been a member for 3.5

years and is currently employed as a Sr. Procurement Specialist at Arizona De-

partment of Environmental Quality. She enjoys the procurement profession

and is interested in volunteering her time in furthering the knowledge platform

for her peers.

Click here to read her complete bio and application.

Lori Noyes

Lori Noyes is a candidate for Secretary. Lori has been an active member

since 2011 and is currently employed as the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer

for the Department of Public Safety. Lori is excited to serve the chapter

through her participation on multiple committees and would like to further that

participation in a capacity that she feels can contribute immensely.

Click here to read her complete bio and application.

Susan Holt

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Countdown to Regional Conference

Regional Conference & Vendor Expo

If you have not already registered please do so now as time is run-

ning out to register and attend this year’s Regional Conference &

Vendor Expo being held at the Phoenix Convention Center on

October 26, 2017.

It will be an exciting day filled with many professional development

classes, a vendor expo, motivating speakers, and networking opportu-

nities with peers and vendors.

Come join us for this important event and educational opportunity.

Don’t miss this annual event that is fun and a huge fundraiser for

our chapter.

And remember to bring those donations for our furry friends from

Paws 4 Life. Wish list items are provided below. Thank you in

advance for your donations!

New Leashes

Water and Food Bowls

Unopened dog treats

Unopened dog food (canned or dry)

New dog toys: Kongs, rope toys, etc.

Brushes and/or combs

Gift cards to pet supply stores

Baby blankets

Doggy beds

Clean towels

Hand sanitizer

Cash donations

Don’t forget to vote in October’s

election for Vice President and

Secretary. Your vote counts!

Results will be announced at the

Regional Conference.

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Regional Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance

28th Annual Regional Conference & Vendor Expo

Phoenix Convention Center—South Building, 100 N. 3rd St., Phoenix

Registration and Continental Breakfast—7:00 AM—8:00 AM

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Opening Plenary Session—8:00 AM—9:00 AM

“The Super Hero in You” - Keynote Speaker—Lourdes Coss

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Grand Opening of Super Hero Vendor Expo—9:00 AM—9:55 AM

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Concurrent Sessions 10:00 AM—10:50 AM

• Shazam! - Scott Patterson—Reverse Auction 101

• Flame on! - Edith Baltierrez, Mike Cassidy, and Eric Bailey—Optimizing your team through intentional efforts

to improve diversity and inclusion

• My Spidey-Sense is tingling—Patrick Ibarra—Six Ways to Engineer Employee Engagement

• Purchasing powers unite! - Marcheta Gillespie—Collaborating to improve the Procurement Profession

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Concurrent Sessions 11:00 AM —11:50 AM

• Up, up, and away! - Lourdes Coss—Financial Analysis for Procurement Professionals

• Yo Joe! - NIGP Business Council—2017 White Paper: The Supplier-Practitioner Connection

• Here We Come to Save the Day! - NCPA—Job Order Contracting (JOC) Excellence and Performance Study

• Purchasing powers activate! - Tammy Rimes—What is your Super Power?

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Luncheon / Business Meeting 12:00 PM—1:00 PM

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Concurrent Sessions 1:15 PM—2:10 PM

• Great Scott! - Lourdes Coss—Managing Vendor Communications

• Hi ho Purchasing away! - Jean Clark—Procurement Transformation Progression

• We have the power! - Peggy Ferrin—Body Language in Business/Negotiations

• Purchasing powers activate! - Tammy Rimes—Are you ready for the future?

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Regional Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance

28th Annual Regional Conference & Vendor Expo

Phoenix Convention Center—South Building, 100 N. 3rd St., Phoenix

Afternoon Break / Snack 2:15 PM—2:55 PM

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Concurrent Sessions 3:00 PM—3:55 PM

• Cowabunga! - Conversations that Connect—Cities

• Cowabunga! - Conversations that Connect—Counties

• Cowabunga! - Conversations that Connect—Schools

• Cowabunga! - Conversations that Connect—States

Blend your skills, knowledge and experience and connect with your colleagues to discuss current issues, problems,

best practices, and hot topics.

If you have any ideas of things to discuss to get the discussion started please email them to Kristy

Garcia, Conference Committee Chair at Kristy.Garcia@MesaAZ.gov. Thank you!

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Super Hero Vendor Expo is open all day (9:00 AM—4:00 PM). Please take the time to visit and support

our vendors throughout the entire day. Invite end-users to attend Vendor Expo for free.

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Closing / Grand Prize Raffle 4:00 PM—4:45 PM

Must be present to win!

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Schedule is subject to change.

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Available presentations will be posted to chapter website when available and also provided on a flash-

drive to all attending registrants.

Full schedule with speaker bios and class descriptions is available on the chapter website at

www.aznigp.org

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Career Seminar II Recap Career Seminar II—August 8, 2017 The last career seminar of the year was a great success. The seminar was held at ADOT on August 8, 2017, with 92 members in attendance. Thank you to Taryn Stangel, Michelle Hudson, and Megan Smith from the Arizona Auditor General Office who explained to us what they look for when performing audits. Also presenting was Dr. Wywiad Dean Kashiwagi who recently retired from ASU and presented on Best Value Procurement. His company, KSM Inc., are experts in business management and procurement of services. Learn more about Dr. Kashiwagi and what his team does at www.ksm-inc.com. Following the speakers, our business meeting was held, in addition to lunch, and was opened by our President, Joe Guy. The following items were highlight-ed during the meeting:

• Our next luncheon meeting will be held on September 12, 2017.

• If interested in running for VP or Secretary please submit your nomination form no later than September 12, 2017. The nomination form is available on the chapter website.

• Don’t forget to support our charity, Paws 4 Life.

• Scholarship money is available. Please apply today! Several members won prizes as part of the pro-d prize drawing, and Judy Leung, Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) and Dave Six, Central Arizona Project, won a free lunch to attend a future luncheon meeting.

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National NIGP Annual Forum

Recap

NIGP Forum 2017

The NIGP Annual Forum

was held this year in Salt

Lake City, UT, August 27-30,

2017. Our local chapter had

33 members in attendance so

we were well represented.

For the second year in a row,

our chapter won the Excel-

lence in Membership Recruit-

ment, Retention and Engage-

ment Chapter Excellence

Award. Thank you all for be-

ing active, engaged members

and helping our chapter be

successful. NIGP also recog-

nized our 40 Year Anniver-

sary as a chapter.

We had a fun time bonding

with other members and

have memories to remember

for a lifetime. Always an ad-

venture and memorable time.

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National NIGP Annual Forum

Pictures

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Upcoming Events

Chapter Luncheon

December 12, 2017—11:30 AM

Professional Development

September 18-19, 2017—NIGP Seminar:

Fundamentals of Leadership and

Management

October 26, 2017—Regional Conference &

Vendor Expo

November 20, 2017—NIGP Seminar:

Preparing for and Surviving Internal

Audits

Webinars

November 14, 2017—11:30 AM

Writing Specs that Result in Competition

Transitional Board Meeting

December 12, 2017—8:00 AM

If you plan on chairing a committee in

2018 please attend the transitional

board meeting. It is a fun-filled day of

training, planning events, preparing

the budget, and much more for our

Chapter for 2018.

NIGP Course to be held at ADOA

NIGP Seminar: Preparing for and Surviving Internal Audits

Date and time: November 20, 2017 (8:00 AM—5:00 PM)

Seminar Location: ADOA / SPO, 100 N. 15th Ave., 1st Floor

Conference Room, Phoenix, AZ 85007

Presented by: Omid Ghamami, CPSCM, MBA

Contact hours: 8.00 hours

Cost: NIGP Institute Members—$310; Non-Members—$410

To Register: Go to www.aznigp.org Under Upcoming Events

Overview

The purpose of an internal audit is to determine that an or-

ganization’s risk management, governance, and internal con-

trol processes are operating effectively. This course will equip

students with the necessary skills to assess their organiza-

tion’s operations and deal with the details of an internal audit.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course participants will be

able to:

• Perform a risk assessment for purchasing operations.

• Identify and prepare for commonly raised auditor issues.

• Effectively respond to an internal audit.

• Influence the audit team using their own language and

assessment criteria.

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Membership Report

Active Members = 438

Pending Members = 13

Expired Members = 1

Vacant Positions = 2

New Members = 25

It has been a busy start to a new mem-

bership year. So far this fiscal year we

have 25 new members. We hope you get

involved and reap the many benefits that

membership has to offer.

Benefits to being a Chapter member in-

clude free webinars, networking opportu-

nities, discounted professional develop-

ment events, scholarship opportunities,

enhanced leadership skills, National

staff and resources and much more!

Please contact Kristy Garcia, Member-

ship Committee, to redeem free lunch

vouchers, remove or add any members,

and with any questions or help getting

registered.

Kristy.Garcia@MesaAZ.gov

(tel) 480-644-5052

National Membership

Are you a member of NIGP National? If

not join today! A $25 rebate is given to

our Chapter for having non-National

members apply for and become new

Agency or new Individual Members of

the Institute. This money can be used

toward scholarships, seminars, events

and much more!

Join NIGP

Attention Members!

Please visit www.aznigp.org to ensure

your profile is up-to-date and that if you

are an NIGP National member, that the

proper box is checked. (The Chapter pays

NIGP different rates based on this!)

Also, make sure your Job Title and De-

partment are documented in the re-

quired fields.

You can also review your history, print

attendance certificates, and print

invoices/receipts under Review / Up-

date Your Profile then select the

History tab.

Your member history displays on this

page and includes meeting/event attend-

ance and membership payments.

To download a copy of an invoice or re-

ceipt, click the blue “paper” icon in the

left column next to the appropriate en-

try.

To download a membership or meeting

attendance certificate, click the blue

“seal” icon in the left column next to the

appropriate entry.

Welcome New Members!

Maureen Curley

Arizona Department of Health Services

Shonna McBride

Pinal County

Anita Case

Peoria Unified School District #11

Cary Case

Peoria Unified School District #11

Cora McCan

Peoria Unified School District #11

Anna Romero

Peoria Unified School District #11

Michael Soto III

City of Phoenix

Julie Smith

City of Phoenix

Debra Russell

City of Phoenix

Heather Roye

City of Phoenix

George Goodale

City of Phoenix

Emeka Ekpe

City of Phoenix

Gioia Bufkin

City of Phoenix

Nichol Shrum

City of Phoenix

Jessika Rodriguez

City of Phoenix

Melanie Bynoe Torzala

City of Phoenix

Brad Stephens

Arizona Game & Fish

Rod Robinson

Scottsdale Unified School District #48

Lori Keller

City of Phoenix

Enrique Rivera

City of Phoenix

Jennifer Calimag

Arizona Department of Child Safety

Jocelyn Almanzar

Arizona Department of Child Safety

Margaret Bobbitt

Arizona Department of Corrections

Ken Sanchez

Arizona Department of Corrections

Paul Pociask

Arizona Department of Corrections

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1st—Susanna Hernandez

1st—Shona McBride

3rd—Cathy Lonnegren

4th—Julie Smith

6th—Larry Larson

7th—Vicki Fitzpatrick

7th—Shivani Shrivastava

10th—Jason Harris

11th—Kelly Engelhart

13th—Inez Babchuk

13th—Joey Molina

14th—Melinda Holmes

15th—Norman Sophiea

15th—Carolee Stees

16th—Rebecca O’Brien

17th—Margaret Bobbitt

17th—Sharon Tohtsoni

18th—John Albin

18th—Ann Drake

18th—Cyndi Hawk

21st—Teena Giannini

21st—Mark Held

23rd—Garry Alexis

25th—Cary Case

25th—Andrea Nejeres

29th—Doug Boyer

29th—Patricia Jonas

30th—Dave Six

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS SEPTEMBER

4th—Judy Leung

6th—Suzanne Alberts

7th—Ingrid Arnott

7th—Elmer Garcia

7th—Anna Romero

9th—Anita Case

9th—Bruce Pampel

9th—Daniel Pinkstaff

16th—Lloyd (Geff) Weaver

18th—Martie Lambertson-Harrell

20th—Art Enriquez

22nd—LaVonne Morris

23rd—Amir Bonakdar-Sakhi

23rd—Linda Yuhas

24th—Robyn Caillouette

26th—Rebecca Seifert

26th—Mark Stoffel

27th—Monique Harris

28th—Sabina Moore

28th—Melannie Rustein

29th—Kelie Thomas

31st—Karie Ingles

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS OCTOBER

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Fun ways to celebrate employee birthdays!

Special Treat. Everyone deserves a treat on their birthday! Make sure to find out what the employee

likes—whether it’s chocolate chip cookies, a candy bar, or cake.

Decorate their desk. What better way to show employees you’re thinking about them on their birth-

days than to show up to the office early and really decorate that person’s desk? Go all out! Be creative

with some surprise decorations.

A note from the whole team. A birthday is a great time to show how much the employee means to the

organization. Instead of a generic birthday card, have colleagues write a few sentences about the employ-

ee’s contributions and what they like most about working with that person.

Give them a gift card. A simple, low-key way to celebrate an employee’s birthday is by giving them a

gift card. Just make sure it’s something they’re interested in first before you purchase.

Take them out for a meal. Suggest that you take them out for lunch or dinner at the restaurant of

their choice. Bring along some coworkers too so that everyone can join in the fun.

Give them the day off. Some employees may not be interested in celebrating their birthday at work,

instead choosing to be around family. Or your employee just might need a day off to recharge their bat-

teries. Whatever the case, offering a personal day for this once-a-year event is something employees will

appreciate.

SOURCE: www.tinypulse.com

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

G A R R Y A L E X I S , M B A , M H A , L S S G B

S R . P R O C U R E M E N T S P E C I A L I S T, A D OT

How long have you been in

Purchasing? I’ve been working in

this field for a combination of 24

years. 20 year military and 4

years civilian.

How long have you worked

for your employer? A

combination of 17 months. From

DCS, DEMA, and now ADOT.

How did you get into

Purchasing? I enlisted into the

Army in the logistics career field

and then continued in the field

of purchasing.

What was your most unusual

procurement? Working as a

facilitator translating French

creole to English for purchasing

goods for a country off the coast

of Southeast Africa.

Which procurement are you the

most proud of? Establishing a

Central Issue Facility (CIF) to

support over 100,000 plus

soldiers in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar,

and Afghanistan.

Before joining my current

employer, I was: a supply chain

consultant at Palo Verde Nuclear

Power Station. What was your first car?

A 1995 Mazda 626

If you could have only one meal

for the rest of your life, what

would it be?

My mom’s lentil beans.

My favorite place is?

Trinidad and Tobago,

West Indies

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT CONTINUED...

What do you like to do outside

of work? Spending time with

family, travel, cooking Caribbean

food and my wife’s home

improvement projects. Where is your home town?

I was born and raised in Point

Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago and

then moved to Brooklyn, N.Y.

What makes you

laugh? Comedy

and funny stuff

people say.

It’s your day off.

What are you

doing?

Out on the town

with my wife.

Home improvement project

Favorite book? Animal Farm.

Favorite movie? Coming to

America. Dream vacation?

On an island mingling with

the locals and sampling local

cuisines.

Any recent accomplishment / recognition

you are proud of and would like to

share? Celebrated 20 years of marriage

this year and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Certification. Also, just completed my

2nd Master’s Degree: Master of Science

Medical Health Administration Health

Informatics (Cum Laude)

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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTACT BECKI WATSON AT watsonb001@mail.maricopa.gov or

602-506-3823; Mobile 480-200-9780, to purchase tickets or to sign up to volunteer. Thank you.

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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTACT BECKI WATSON AT watsonb001@mail.maricopa.gov or

602-506-3823; Mobile 480-200-9780, to purchase tickets or to sign up to volunteer. Thank you.

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