“Dedicated to the improvement of our profession, our facility personnel, the health and safety of our public facilities through sharing knowledge and resources.”

http://massfacilities.com‎

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$125‎for‎members‎(MFAA*‎or‎MASBO)

$100‎(25%‎discount)‎for‎three‎or‎more‎attendees‎from‎same‎district

$150‎non-members $75‎single‎day‎ 50%‎student‎discount MFAA‎Retirees‎no‎charge MFAA members registered for

full event are allowed (5) five-free guests passes for ½ day Lunch with EXPO Combo on Wed. Sept. 30th.

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Conference Registration

The‎MFAA‎2015‎Conference/EXPO‎will‎be‎held‎at‎the‎Resort‎and‎

Conference‎Center‎at‎Hyannis,‎MA‎September‎29,‎30,‎and‎October‎

1.‎This‎year’s‎event‎is‎packed‎with‎professional‎development‎op-

portunities,‎a‎top‎notch‎EXPO,‎along‎with‎a‎list‎of‎speakers‎from‎

various‎state‎agencies‎who‎will‎provide‎updates‎and‎insight‎into‎

what‎lies‎ahead‎for‎our‎public‎facility‎professionals.

Being‎a‎Public‎Facilities‎Administrator,‎as‎you‎all‎know,‎requires‎

us‎all‎to‎be‎“Experts” in‎all‎areas‎of‎the‎business‎of‎managing‎our‎

communities‎most‎valuable‎assets.‎The‎MFAA‎takes‎great‎pride‎in‎

providing‎a‎forum‎with‎diverse‎learning‎opportunities‎to‎help‎sup-

port‎our‎members‎and‎colleagues.‎We‎are‎excited‎to‎help‎all‎facili-

ties‎professionals‎continue‎their‎professional‎growth‎with‎a‎focus‎

on‎providing‎safer,‎healthier,‎and‎sustainable‎learning‎environ-

ments‎for‎our‎staff‎and‎students.

Do‎you‎think‎you‎are‎too‎busy‎to‎make‎this‎event?‎One‎look‎at‎our‎

agenda‎and‎you‎will‎know‎that‎this‎is‎the‎one‎event‎you,‎and‎your‎

district,‎can’t‎afford‎for‎you‎to‎miss.‎Spend‎a‎few‎hours‎of‎profes-

sional‎development‎to‎save‎hundreds‎of‎hours‎back‎in‎your‎dis-

tricts‎by‎implementing‎best‎practices‎and‎recourses‎you’ve‎gained‎

from‎the‎only‎conference‎in‎Massachusetts‎geared‎specifically‎for‎

public‎facilities‎professionals.

Our‎event‎will‎feature:

Networking‎opportunities‎with‎peers, idea‎sharing‎and‎collabo-ration on‎success‎strategies Four‎separate‎educational‎tracks‎targeting‎leadership‎and‎facil-ity‎operational‎excellence Key‎presenters‎from‎various‎state‎agencies‎providing‎legal‎up-dates‎and‎program‎changes Over‎75‎vendor‎exhibits‎focused‎on‎supporting‎your‎facility’s‎maintenance‎programs SchoolDude.com‎learning‎lab

There‎are‎a‎block‎of‎discounted‎rooms‎reserved‎for‎the‎MFAA.‎ Make‎

sure‎when‎you‎call‎to‎reserve‎your‎room‎you‎say‎you‎are‎with‎the‎

MFAA‎Conference‎to‎get‎the‎reduced‎rate‎of‎$129‎per‎night.‎The‎num-

ber‎of‎rooms‎is‎limited‎so‎make‎sure‎you‎call‎today‎and‎reserve‎your‎

room.‎‎http://www.capecodresortandconferencecenter.com/

(The above rate is per room, per night, for run of house guestrooms, plus cur-

rent 11.7% Massachusetts Rooms Occupancy Tax, which is subject to

change. For triple occupancy, please add $20.00 per room/per night, quad

occupancy $40.00 per room/per night to the above rate, plus MA room’s occu-

pancy tax. Children under the age of 16 stay free in the same room with parents

utilizing the existing bedding; cots are available at $15.00 plus tax, per

night. Room attendant and bellmen gratuities are not included.)

Conferences offer the opportunity

for you to be introduced to several

industry experts in a short amount

of time—typically over a 2-3 day

period—and most importantly al-

low you to network with others

who work in your field. An industry

expert who’s a good seminar speak-

er—which most tend to be—will

provide you with a magnitude of

usable content that will be benefi-

cial to your work and industry in-

sight almost immediately.

The Importance of Attending

Industry Conferences.

GlobalDMS by Zach Bodack 8/9/2012

Why attend the MFAA 2015 Conference?

In our increasingly virtual world, there's still no substitute for

face-to-face engagement. The MFAA Annual Meeting & Expo

brings together Massachusetts school facilities leaders to

learn and to connect—sharing challenges, successes, best

practices, and more. Attending the meeting will not only en-

hance your knowledge and skills, it will also provide un-

matched career opportunities:

Interact with experts in school facilities management. Participate in face-to-face dialogue with your peers on top-

ics most relevant to you. Expand your network and build new relationships. Acquire creative ways to increase efficiencies and reduce

costs for your district. Build confidence in your ability to communicate and negoti-

ate in high-stakes situations. Develop skills to budget effectively despite unknown varia-

bles. Discover valuable products and services for your schools

and your office. Earn CPE and CEU credits at our informative hands-on

workshops and educational sessions.

Who should attend?

The Annual Meeting & Expo is designed specifically for school

facilities professionals who want to exchange ideas, build rela-

tionships, broaden their expertise, enhance their leadership

skills, advance their careers, and better serve their districts.

Can’t make the entire event……don’t forget our one day pass

option.

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Keynote Speaker:

Joshua Peach, SchoolDude.com

“Are you Ready to Take on the

World or Just Take Up Space?”

Topics at a glance: Course‎offerings‎have‎been‎designed‎to‎provide‎a‎wide‎array‎of‎top-

ics‎that‎every‎facilities‎professional‎has‎to‎be‎well‎versed‎in‎if‎

not…..an‎expert‎in.‎Leadership,‎budget‎forecasting,‎bid‎procure-

ment,‎cleaning,‎sustainable‎design,‎current‎building‎technologies‎

and‎trends,‎rebates‎and‎incentives,‎along‎with‎updates‎from‎state‎

agencies‎on‎policies‎and‎grants‎to‎name‎a‎few.‎‎All‎important,‎all‎

available‎in‎one‎place!‎(full‎conference‎schedule‎below)

Keynote and Highlighted Speaker: Joshua (Josh) Peach—SchoolDude.com

Josh‎has‎been‎working‎with‎schools‎for‎over‎2‎decades.‎He‎

has‎been‎a‎part‎of‎SchoolDude‎for‎the‎past‎10+‎years‎and‎

stops‎at‎nothing‎to‎provide‎quality‎and‎satisfaction‎to‎his‎cli-

ents.‎Josh‎is‎a‎Nationally‎recognized‎speaker‎at‎countless‎edu-

cational‎conferences‎and‎shares‎with‎clarity‎his‎vision‎of‎lead-

ership‎and‎empowerment.‎Josh‎is‎actively‎involved‎in‎many‎

educational‎organizations‎and‎is‎currently‎serving‎on‎both‎the‎

Northern‎New‎England‎&‎Midwest‎Facility‎Masters‎Confer-

ence‎Committee‎Member,‎‎NSPMA‎Board‎Member,‎only‎cor-

porate‎recipient‎of‎MassCUE‎Makin‎it‎Happen‎award,‎only‎

second‎recipient‎of‎ASBO‎International‎Corporate‎Leadership‎

Award,‎Friend‎of‎MASBO‎Award‎Recipient‎and‎Amateur‎

Pumpkin‎Paddler

Jack McCarthy—Executive Director

Massachusetts School Building Authority

On‎January‎25,‎2012‎Jack‎McCarthy‎was‎appointed‎the‎Exec-

utive‎Director‎of‎the‎Massachusetts‎School‎Building‎Authority‎

by‎State‎Treasurer‎Steven‎Grossman.‎Prior‎to‎this,‎from‎Au-

gust‎2003‎to‎August‎2011,‎he‎worked‎at‎the‎Inspector‎Gen-

eral’s‎Office‎as‎the‎Senior‎Assistant‎Inspector‎General.‎It‎was‎

there‎that‎he‎was‎responsible‎for‎advising‎the‎Inspector‎Gen-

eral‎on‎issues‎concerning‎prevention‎and‎detection‎of‎fraud,‎

waste‎and‎abuse‎by‎all‎state,‎county,‎and‎municipal‎entities‎of‎

the‎Commonwealth,‎including‎authorities,‎commissions,‎

boards,‎and‎special‎districts.‎He‎also‎served‎as‎the‎Inspector‎

General’s‎Chief‎Representative;‎assisting‎in‎the‎development‎

and‎determination‎of‎short‎and‎long-term‎goals‎and‎objectives‎

for‎the‎office.‎

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Highlighted Speaker:

Jack McCarthy

“What’s New with MSBA”

Tuesday September 29th

8:00 am - 12noon Development & Outreach Committee's Networking Session

(separate evite and registration will be handled by the D&O Committee Chair)

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Registration (Lobby)

12:00pm - 1:30 pm Lunch and Roundtable Discussion (Bogey's Conference Cntr.Lobby area)

2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Tour Monomoy CHPS Certified High School

Monomoy Regional High School - Harwich, MA Are you about to start a school construction project? Want to learn how another commu-nity did it? Or are you interested in the latest in building technologies? Come tour one of the MA latest High Performance Schools. Monomoy Regional High school houses the students from the towns of Chatham and Harwich. It’s many energy efficient features include: LED lighting, low voltage motors, light-harvesting in classrooms with automatic daylighting controls, displacement ventila-tion, enhanced filtration and controllability of building systems and superior energy per-formance of equipment and appliances.

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. President's Welcome Reception (outside pavilion by pool)

Sponsored by: ASSA ABLOY Norel Service Co., Inc. W.B. Mason

7:30 pm –8:30 pm Board of Director's meeting

Leadership Cleaning/

Maintenance Building Design Energy Dude

(Centerville A/B) (Orleans A/B) (Hyannisport East) (Hyannisport West) Lab

7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast & Registration (Bass River)

Sponsored by: Pavilion Floors, Inc. Galaxy Integrated Technologies

8:30-9:00 a.m. Welcome Address (Bass River)

9:0

0-9

:50

a.m.

Telling Your Story Pre-sent with Confidence; Learn techniques and ideas on how to make good public presenta-tions that effectively tell your story.

- Scott Little; Mich.ASBO Assoc.Executive Director

Cleaning Efficiencies; Using people, product, and process; leverage best practices to lower costs while improve overall appearance.

-J.P. Mayo; Hillyard, Inc. Development Manager

Latest technologies in lighting technologies and design concepts for High Performing Buildings.

- Carlos Alonso Neimeyer Reflex Lighting

Making the case for energy efficiency improvements in your school.

-Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite NEEP -Linda Derveau; EPA

SchoolDude Lab

(Barnstable II)

15 minute Coffee Break

10

:05

- 11

:00

a.m.

Building Your Budgets Planning /Forecasting Best Practices

-Pamela Brasil; MA Exec.Office of Human Services IT Financial Analyst

To Bid or Not to Bid- Contracting Cleaning Services

-Scott Little; Mich.ASBO As-soc.Executive Director

K-12 Educational Facility Safety and Security Program and Upgrades

- Jim Harper; ASSA ABLOY K-12 Specialist

The Missing Link: Connecting w/Local Energy Program Ad-ministrators to Earn Incentives for Efficiency Improvement Projects

-Vicki Marchant w/ Cape Light Compact -Emily Buff; w/ Eversource -Mark Stafford w/ National Grid

SchoolDude Lab

(Barnstable II)

11

:10

- 12

:00

a.m.

Optimizing our Facilities Operations; discover strategies/tools used to create effective well run dept. that is invaluable

-Scott Little; Mich.ASBO Assoc.Executive Director

School Recycling Basics w/ MassDEP

-Carolyn Dann MassDEP -Rich Swanson Highham H.S.

School Emergency Prepared-ness Case Studies and Suc-cesses

-Josh Peach Schooldude.com

Strategies on Energy Bill Re-duction and Solar PV Projects

-Patrick Laroche MAPC Energy Coordinator

SchoolDude

Lab (Barnstable II)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

Sponsored by: Scoreboard Enterprises RebuildEx

(Bass River)

Suburban Glass/Mirror

1:00 - 1:45 p.m. Keynote "Are you planning to take on the world or just take up space?" (Bass River)

Josh Peach, SchoolDude.com

1:45- 2:00 p.m. Presentation of Mass. Maritime Academy Scholarships (Bass River)

2:00 - 4:30 p.m. VENDOR EXPO (Grand Ballroom) Expo Bag Sponsor: Service Master by Gilmore

SchoolDude Lab

(Barnstable II) 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. VENDOR EXPO w/ REFRESHMENTS & HOR D OUVERS (Gr.Ballrm)

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Conference Attendee Banquet Dinner (Bass River)

Wednesday, September 30th

MFAA General Session Dude

New England Higher Ed

(Hyannisport East/West 2nd Flr.) Lab Users Group

(Centerville A/B)

7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast & Registration

8:40

-9:30 a

.m.

"Commbuys" with OSD Over-view/Updates/Using State Contracts

-Bonnie Borch-Rote OSD Outreach Instructor

SchoolDude Lab (Barnstable II)

NEUSG Session I

15 minute Coffee Break

9:45 - 11:00 a.m

.

Public Construction, Repairs, and Maintenance Laws Review and Updates

-Susan Goldfischer Deputy General Council for DCAMM

SchoolDude Lab

(Barnstable II)

NEUSG Session II

11:10 - 12:0

0 a.m.

MGL Ch.30B Exclusion "NOT" Exceptions

-Natasha Bizanos, Esq. Senior Counsel/30B Coordinator Regulatory and Compliance Division Office of the Inspector Gen-eral

SchoolDude Lab (Barnstable II)

NEUSG Session III

12:10 - 12:4

5 p.m

.

What’s New with the MSBA?

- Jack McCarthy MSBA Executive Director

SchoolDude Lab (Barnstable II)

NEUSG Session IV

12:45-1:00 p.m. President's Closing Remarks

Thursday, October 1

Premier Sponsor:

SchoolDude.com

EXPO Bag Sponsor:

ServiceMaster by Gilmore

Key Event Sponsors:

ASSA ABLOY

Galaxy Integrated Technologies

Norel Service Co., Inc.

Pavilion Floors

RebuildEx

Scoreboard Enterprises

Suburban Glass Restoration

W.B.Mason

Event Sponsors:

Amazing EXPO floor! Our EXPO offers a wide array of vendors that provide both the

supplies and services specific to facilities management. Many

of our vendors are on one of the Massachusetts State Bid

Contracts through MA OSD. We also are thankful for many

state agency representatives that are hosting booths to tell

attendees more about their programs and offerings .

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Action Apparel, Inc.

Airex Filter Corporation

All American Sports Group

Allegion Schlage Lock Company

American Plant Maintenance

American Window Film, Inc.

ARS Restoration Specialists

ASSA ABLOY

Buckeye Cleaning Center

Casey Engineered Maintenance Inc

Clean Cut Solutions

Cochrane Ventilation, Inc.

Comtronics Corp.

Dugmore & Duncan, Inc.

ENE Systems, Inc.

ESDI (Equipment Direct Sales)(Magic Aire)

F.W.Webb Company

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

Filter Sales & Service

Frank Corp. Environmental Services

FTG Technologies

Fuss and O'Neill EnviroScience

Galaxy Integrated Technologies, Inc.

Gale Associates

Goosetown Communications

Graybar Electric Company Inc.

Hillyard RoVic

Hillyard RoVic

Hussey Seating Company

Interstate All Battery Center

Island Lighting & Power Systems, Inc.

Likarr Maintenance Systems

MASS DEP

Massachusetts Maritime Academy -Grad Studies

MCPPO

MD Stetson Company. Inc.

MHEC

Multista of Massachusetts

Musco Lighting

NEEP/DOER

New England School Services

NORA

Norel Service Co., Inc.

NorthEast Electrical Distributors

Northern Energy Services, Inc.

NSTAR Electric CO Dba Eversource Energy

OSD

Partners Technology, Inc.

Pasek Corporation

Pavilion Floors, Inc.

Playground Inspections of NE

Read Custom Soils

RebuildEx

RPF Environmental

Russo Barr Associates, Inc.

SchoolDude

Scoreboard Enterprises

ServiceMaster by Gilmore

Shiffler Equipment Sales, Inc

Sika Corp. - Roofing

Simplex Janitorial Supplies

Site Specifis, LLC

Stone and Berg Company, Inc.

Suburban Glass and Mirror Co. Inc.

Tandus-Centiva

TEC- The Education Cooperative

Tremco Roofing & Building Maintenance

Valley Communications

W.B.Mason

Wholesale Distribution

Window Film Depot, Inc.

Window Services Inc

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Resort and Conference Center @ Hyannis Floor Plan

Speaker Spotilight:

“As you direct your district’s opera-

tions, you don’t get a lot of opportu-

nities for re-takes. –you usually need

to get it right the first time. This con-

ference brings together the most

concentrated collection of quality

facilities information that you will

ever come across, assisting you on

getting it right on the “first take”. Be-

tween the 18 educational sessions,

the 70 plus exhibit booths, and the

incredible networking opportunities

with peers from across the state–

this is a conference you really can’t

afford to miss.”

Our Speakers: Scott Little - Associate Executive Director of the Michigan School Business Officials (MSBO), a non profit association with over 2500 members. He has been with MSBO for 15 years. Scott works pri-marily with members in the facilities, transportation, and food ser-vice operations; providing professional development and other ser-vices. He also serves as the Executive Director of School Nutrition Association of Michigan (SNAM) since 2013.

J.P. Mayo - is the New England Business Development Manager for Hillyard, Inc. He has conducted training seminars in the northeast area for the cleaning industry over the last twenty-five years. His focus on providing innovative solutions and processes to a fast-changing, resource challenged marketplace.

Jim Harper - K-12 educational end user specialist for ASSA ABLOY covering 1300 school districts in the New England Region. Jim has over thirty nine years of industry experience.

Jim is also a past president of the Institutional Locksmith’s Associa-tion and remains a life member. He is also an instructor for the As-sociated Locksmiths of America. Jim performs services as a legal expert witness in negligent security legation. He is recognized as an expert in master-key system design and key control procedures.

Pamela Brasil - IT Financial Analyst for Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Over the past 15 years my career has taken on many roles working within the Commonwealth. Each role while unique has all been working towards the same goals “educating participants”. When training groups of people to work with the State of MA eProcurement System it became apparent to me that while it was educational it was also very important to learn to fore-cast and budget. This brings me to my current position as the IT Finance Analyst for EOHHS.

Budgeting is one of the most important tasks that will help ensure consistency as well as give you the opportunity to realize needs throughout any fiscal year or calendar year. Even though we all work within different guidelines and projections the main denomi-nator remains the same…Funding.

Carolyn Dann - Since 2001, she has worked for MassDEP as a Regional Municipal Assistance Coordinator, most recently working to improve and expand cafeteria recycling in school systems in Andover, North Andover, Waltham, Stoneham, Hamilton-Wenham and Lawrence.

Rich Swanson - an educator for twenty-three years and currently works as an assistant principal at Hingham High School (HHS). A former history teacher and Social Studies Department Head, Rick helped to found Hingham's award-winning Green Team in 2007. Last year, thanks in part to his leadership, HHS took the top prize for high schools in MassRecycle's 18th Annual Recycling Awards. This year, HHS was one of just three MA schools to win federal recognition as a 2015 USED Green Ribbon School.

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Scott Little

Associate Executive Director

Michigan School Business Officials MSBO

Speaker Spotlight:

Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite - manages Northeast Energy Efficiency Partner-ships’ (NEEP) High Performance Building team. She assists states in improving ener-gy code compliance and operational ener-gy savings for retrofit and new buildings. Carolyn is the Chair of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the SEE Action Ex-isting Commercial Buildings Working Group, past Chair and current member of the Town of Bedford’s Energy Task Force and chaired Governor Deval Patrick's Net Zero Energy Task Force for Public Build-ings. For the City of Newton, Carolyn man-aged operations and maintenance for 85 public buildings, developed a capital im-provement plan incorporating sustainable practices, and coordinated a 330,000 sq. ft. high school addition. Carolyn’s High Performance Building team received a CHPS Green Apple Award for advancing public policy concerning schools and was recognized for excellence

in the advancement of building energy codes and performance, winning the U.S. Department of Energy Jeffrey A. Johnson Award for her participation in developing the nation’s first stretch energy code.

Our Speakers: Carlos Alonso Neimeyer - LEED AP, CEM Carlos brings over twenty years of experience working in the lighting and energy efficiency industry as an engineer, salesman and manager. Currently working with New Eng-land’s most respected Lighting Manufacturer Representative organiza-tion, Reflex Lighting Group providing specification sales services in the territory. Formerly a Program Manager with NSTAR for the Energy Efficiency Ser-vices, developing and implementing an outreach program directed to ar-chitects, mechanical and electrical engineers, lighting designers and large chiller manufacturers. Carlos area of responsibility was large new construc-tion and served as chairman of the Massachusetts Lighting Committee in behalf of the Utilities in the State.

Cammy Peterson - manages the Clean Energy Division at the Metro-politan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the regional planning agency serving the 101 cities and towns of Metro Boston. In this role, she oversees and facilitates municipal and regional renewable energy and energy efficiency planning, project, and policy efforts across the MAPC region. She enjoys collaborating with cities and towns to facili-tate progress toward Green Communities designation, stretch code implementation, clean energy technology and services procurement, and improved permitting and zoning. She further works with her team to coordinate community energy resiliency projects; solar, re-newable thermal, climate, and energy efficiency policy development; and statewide and municipal governance initiatives. Since joining MAPC in 2013, Ms. Peterson has also led the Energy team's solar pro-jects, including the Regional Solar Initiative and other solar energy management services projects.

She earned a Masters degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University, where she focused on clean energy and climate policy and planning, and she holds a Bachelors degree, cum laude, from Harvard University.

Patrick Roche Roche joined MAPC in 2014 as an Energy Coordi-nator in the Clean Energy Division. Mr. Roche currently manages the LED streetlight retrofit program, and has helped 15 communi-ties, with over 18,000 lights, to procure a vendor to design and retro-fit their streetlight systems. Mr. Roche also manages the Communi-ty Choice Aggregation (CCA) program, which helped the City of Melrose procure a consultant that will implement the first CCA pro-gram the requires additionality (i.e. verifiable emissions reductions) from purchases of excess renewable energy. The summer of 2015, Mr. Roche has been piloting a daily notification program to antici-pate the peak hour of demand on the ISO-NE grid. The notification enables municipalities to execute targeted load reductions to reduce costly capacity charges.

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Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite

Senior Program Manager NEEP and

Chair of CHPS Board of Directors

Speaker Spotlight:

SUSAN M. GOLDFISCHER serves as Deputy General Counsel with the Massa-chusetts Division of Capital Asset Man-agement and Maintenance (DCAMM), the agency responsible the Common-wealth’s major public building construc-tion projects with annual spending on construction and design of over $400 mil-lion. Ms. Goldfischer has primary respon-sibility for DCAMM’s construction pro-curements and bidding; its compliance activities including the MBE/WBE partic-ipation, prevailing wage and minority and women workforce participation; support-ing agency construction projects from inception through completion; and re-views emergency waiver requests from public entities across the Common-wealth.

Ms. Goldfischer has worked with con-struction industry participants including public officials, construction and design industry representatives and workforce participants on identifying and imple-menting public construction law en-hancements. She has made presentations across the commonwealth on matters related to public construction; is a regular presenter for the Office of the Inspector General’s MCPPO training program for public procurement officials and has au-thored a chapter on debarment in Crime and Consequence, The Collateral Effects of Criminal Conduct, MCLE.

Our Speakers:

Bonnie Borch-Rote - As the Outreach Lead in the Marketing, Com-

munications, and Events unit for the Operational Services Division (OSD), Bonnie Borch-Rote is responsible for promoting OSD’s Programs and Services to two distinct audiences: public buyers and vendors. For public buyers, Bonnie specializes in highlighting the variety of programs offered by OSD, such as COMMBUYs, the Environmentally Preferable Products Program, and Surplus Property. For vendors, Bonnie provides valuable information related to doing business with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, highlighting the certification programs and processes and training opportunities. Prior to joining Marketing, Communications, and Events, Bonnie served as a Supplier Diversity Office Certification Investigator, a role that required her to verify that business enterprises met all standard criteria for being certified as minority- and/or women-owned and controlled businesses. Bonnie holds a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University New Orleans and is a licensed attorney in Massachu-setts and in her native Louisiana.

Natasha Bizanos, Esq. - Senior Cousnel/30B Coordinator for the Regulatory & Compliance Division of the Office of the Inspec-tor General. Natasha joined the Office of the Inspector General in early 2013 as an Associate General Counsel. She is now serving as Senior Counsel/30B Coordinator. Natasha coordinates the 30B Team, instructs for the MCPPO Program and is primarily involved in Chapter 30B matters and bid protest issues and handles calls from cities, towns and their counsel on the 30B hotline. Previous-ly, she worked as the Contractor Certification Manager at the Di-vision of Capital Asset Management Maintenance, and as a Policy Analyst at the Massachusetts State Auditor’s office.

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Susan Goldfischer

Deputy General Counsel

Massachusetts Department of Capital

Asset Manangement DCAMM

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intel-

ligent people and the affection of children; To earn

the appreciation of honest critics and endure the be-

trayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find

the best in others; To leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a re-

deemed social condition; To know even one life has

breathed easier because you have lived; That is to

have succeeded.‎

What is Success?

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

MFAA P.O.Box 1027 Dedham, MA, 02027 www.massfacilities.com

“Do More with Less” could be the new moto for facilities departments everywhere. All of us need to find different strategies and recourses that will help us accomplish goals in these fiscally troubling times. The MFAA Conference/EXPO provides you with one location to find top notch professional development, resources, networking with indus-try leaders, and the tools that specifically target our industry. Our work is critical component to the success of our educational institutions. Always remember, your team’s hard work protects the health, welfare, safety, and future of all the students that walk through our doors on a daily basis. Best job in the world if you are up for the challenge!!! Ken Wertz MFAA Executive Director exec@massfacilties.com