Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont (UVM) Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Vermont Department of Human Resources (DHR) to educate current and emerging leaders in state and local government and non-profit organizations through the Vermont Certified Public Managers Program (VCPM). VCPM participants acquire and apply best management practices and theory to their management activities enabling them to better serve Vermonters.

Chris Koliba, professor in the Community Development and Applied Economics Department and director of the MPA Program, said, "by partnering with the State of Vermont to administer the VCPM Program, the UVM Master of Public Administration Program has a chance to extend the reach of our network and faculty under the mission of inspiring, equipping, and elevating action-oriented public service leaders across our region."

UVM’s MPA program has earned the distinction of being one of the best public affairs graduate programs in the country, ranking 94th among 285 public affairs graduate schools by U.S. News and World Report. Under the new partnership, instructors from UVM’s MPA program will lead the VCPM course work and participants will have an opportunity to earn college credit. Ancillary benefits include positioning the state of Vermont as an employer of choice in a tight labor market and building stronger relationships between state and municipal governments and non-profit organizations. Plans are in place to expand the program to more municipal and non-profit employees in the future, enabling more Vermont organizations to benefit from best-in-class leadership instruction.

“Graduates of VCPM will provide state and local governments and non-profits with a pipeline of leaders that have undergone a rigorous program of study,” said Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, which will continue to maintain oversight and ownership of the program. “Topics of study include: Emotional Intelligence; Diversity and Cultural Competence; Guiding People and Systems through Change; Ethics; Consulting Skills to Solve Government Challenges; and Utilizing LEAN/continuous improvement strategies to establish performance measurement systems and increase efficiencies.”   

The VCPM program is accredited by the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium and graduates are eligible to join the American Academy of Certified Public Managers®. Vermont state government has managed the VCPM program since the National Certified Public Manager Consortium was developed in 1980 and was one of the first states to belong to the consortium. Since then, the Certified Public Manager (CPM) program has expanded across the United States. 

The partnership will take effect in May 2019. Contact Amy Kelsey, VCPM Program Coordinator, amy.kelsey@uvm.edu(link sends e-mail) or 802-598-4551 or Kari Miner, Director of Workforce Development and SOV Chief Learning Officer,  or 802-598-4551 or Kari Miner, Director of Workforce Development and SOV Chief Learning Officer,  or 802-598-4551 or Kari Miner, Director of Workforce Development and SOV Chief Learning Officer,  or 802-598-4551 or Kari Miner, Director of Workforce Development and SOV Chief Learning Officer, kari.miner@vermont.gov(link sends e-mail) or 802-461-7680 with questions about the program or partnership. or 802-461-7680 with questions about the program or partnership.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont (UVM) Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Vermont Department of Human Resources (DHR) to educate current and emerging leaders in state and local government and non-profit organizations through the Vermont Certified Public Managers Program (VCPM). VCPM participants acquire and apply best management practices and theory to their management activities enabling them to better serve Vermonters. Chris Koliba, professor in the Community Development and Applied Economics Department and director of the MPA Program, said, "by partnering with the State of Vermont to administer the VCPM Program, the UVM Master of Public Administration Program has a chance to extend the reach of our network and faculty under the mission of inspiring, equipping, and elevating action-oriented public service leaders across our region." UVM’s MPA program has earned the distinction of being one of the best public affairs graduate programs in the country, ranking 94th among 285 public affairs graduate schools by U.S. News and World Report. Under the new partnership, instructors from UVM’s MPA program will lead the VCPM course work and participants will have an opportunity to earn college credit. Ancillary benefits include positioning the state of Vermont as an employer of choice in a tight labor market and building stronger relationships between state and municipal governments and non-profit organizations. Plans are in place to expand the program to more municipal and non-profit employees in the future, enabling more Vermont organizations to benefit from best-in-class leadership instruction. “Graduates of VCPM will provide state and local governments and non-profits with a pipeline of leaders that have undergone a rigorous program of study,” said Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, which will continue to maintain oversight and ownership of the program. “Topics of study include: Emotional Intelligence; Diversity and Cultural Competence; Guiding People and Systems through Change; Ethics; Consulting Skills to Solve Government Challenges; and Utilizing LEAN/continuous improvement strategies to establish performance measurement systems and increase efficiencies.” The VCPM program is accredited by the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium and graduates are eligible to join the American Academy of Certified Public Managers®. Vermont state government has managed the VCPM program since the National Certified Public Manager Consortium was developed in 1980 and was one of the first states to belong to the consortium. Since then, the Certified Public Manager (CPM) program has expanded across the United States. The partnership will take effect in May 2019. Contact Amy Kelsey, VCPM Program Coordinator, amy.kelsey@uvm.edu (link sends e-mail) or 802-598-4551 or Kari Miner, Director of Workforce Development and SOV Chief Learning Officer, kari.miner@vermont.gov (link sends e-mail) or 802-461-7680 with questions about the program or partnership.

The National Certified Public Manager® Consortium approved three state programs for Continued Accreditation at their Annual Business meeting held in Baltimore, Maryland on October 25, 2016. Each of these accredited organizations provides training programs leading to the Certified Public Manager® (CPM) designation for their graduates and has the responsibility for assuring that the use of the CPM designation in their state meets the national standards set by the Consortium.

Continued Accreditation for five years was granted to the following programs (year of initial accreditation):

·         Arkansas: Arkansas Public Administration Consortium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute of Government (1991)

·         Indiana: Ball State University Bowen Center for Public Affairs (2011)

·         South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Administration Division of State Human Resources (1996)

Each of these programs has met the requirements to provide a training program for public sector supervisors and managers that meet the core competencies of:

• 1.       Personal and Organizational Integrity
• 2.       Managing Work
• 3.       Leading People
• 4.       Developing Self
• 5.       Systemic Integration
• 6.       Public Service Focus
• 7.       Change Leadership

A key component of the program is the completion of a Capstone Project where the participant utilizes the core competencies to offer improvements to the organization where they work or to address public policy issue within their state or local governments.

Contacts for Accredited Programs

Arkansas

Jolie Busby
Arkansas Public Administration Consortium
UALR Ross Hall 634
2801 South University
Little Rock, AR 72204-1099
501-569-8469                     FAX: 501-569-3021
jabusby@ualr.edu

Indiana
Charles Taylor
Bowen Center for Public Affairs
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-8794                     FAX: 765-285-5345
cdtaylor@bsu.edu

South Carolina
Stephanie Duncan
Human Resources
Dept. of Administration
8301 Parklane Road, Suite A 220
Columbia, South Carolina 29223
803-896-5026                    FAX: 803-896-5050
sduncan@ohr.sc.gov

 

The National Certified Public Manager® Consortium held their Annual business meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on October 25, 2016. Significant actions taken by the membership include approving the Continued Accreditation of three Certified Public Manager®(CPM) programs; granting Active Member status to one program. Associate Member status to three programs and electing new leadership for the coming year.

Continued Accreditation for five years was granted to the following programs (year of initial accreditation):

·         Arkansas: Arkansas Public Administration Consortium, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute of Government (1991)
·         Indiana: Ball State University Bowen Center for Public Affairs (2011)
·         South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Administration Division of State Human Resources (1996)

Active Member Status was granted to:
·      The Netherlands: Leiden University (the first program outside the U.S. and its territories to request this status).
·       Massachusetts: Bridgewater University granted one year extension

Active status permits a program to begin to implement the program

Associate Member Status was granted to the following CPM programs:
·       Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension
·      Louisiana: University of New Orleans
·       Michigan: Saginaw State University College of Business & Management

Associate status is the first step to full accreditation. Associate members receive a mentor to assist them with planning a program.

The membership also chose new officers and executive council members to lead the organization for the next year:

Chair:                    Charles Taylor, Bowen Center for Public Affairs, Ball State University
Chair-Elect:         Cheryl Robertson, Workforce Development Administration, District of Columbia
Secretary:            Dennis Martino, New Hampshire CPM Program
At-large:           Hector Zelaya, Bob Ramsey Executive Education, Arizona State University
Ellen Freeman-Wakefield, University of Nebraska Omaha
Stephanie Duncan, SC State Budget and Control Board's Division of Human Resources

The following members of the Executive Council will remain on the board to complete the second year of a two-year term:

Past Chair:   Mary De Lorenzo, The New Mexico EDGE, Mexico State University
Treasurer:     Ann Cotten, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore
At-large:        Jolie Busby, Arkansas Public Administration Consortium, University of Arkansas Little Rock
                       Kathleen Beaumont, KeyBank Professional Development Center, University of Washington Tacoma
                       Shondra Houseworth, Mississippi State Personnel Board

Finally, the consortium welcomed a new administrative team lead by Patty Morgan of Red Shoe Solutions of Boise, ID. Patty and her partner, Randy Morgan, will provide administrative support services for the consortium beginning on November 1, 2016.

The board thanked the team of Peggy Stewart and Tom Scott for their 4 years of service and wished them well in their retirement. Chair Mary DeLorenzo noted that their efforts resulted in a dramatic improvement in the maturity and capacity of the organization to achieve its mission.

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The National Certified Public Manager® Consortium's  Executive Council plus other interested members met in Oklahoma City on April 27-28, 2016. 

23 Board members representing 19 CPM programs attended the 2016 Mid-Year Meeting. Ten of the eleven Executive Council members were in attendance.

New board members in attendance included Ann Swaim from Arkansas, Walt McBride and Stacy Jones from Georgia, Jeffrey Schmedeke from Missouri, and Becky Kennard from Nevada. Becky Bryant from AACPM also attended.

Key actions included recommending that the Board approve the 2016-2017 Budget; send out the RFP for a new administrative services contract; finalize the new website; recommend board approval of Georgia's application for Active Status.

There were also fruitful discussions with AACPM regarding ways to improve collaboration between the two organizations.

The final morning consisted of a brainstorming session about future initiatives for the consortium.

See more photos here.

Six State Programs Accredited to Provide the Certified Public Manager® Designation

The National Certified Public Manager® Consortium approved six state programs for Continued Accreditation at their Annual meeting held in Phoenix, Arizona on September 29-30, 2015. Each of these accredited organizations provides training programs leading to the Certified Public Manager® (CPM) designation for their graduates and has the responsibility for assuring that the use of the CPM designation in their state meets the national standards set by the Consortium. 

Continued Accreditation was granted to the following programs (year of initial accreditation):

Colorado, Buechner Institute for Governance, University of Colorado-Denver (2010)

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Florida, Florida Center for Public Management, Florida State University (1980)

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Nevada, Nevada State Department of Personnel (2005)

New Jersey, New Jersey Civil Service Commission, Division of Administration and Training (1984)

Texas, William P. Hobby Center for Public Service, Texas State University (1996)

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Wyoming, Workforce & Community Development, Laramie County Community College (2010)

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Each of these programs has met the requirements to provide a training program for public sector supervisors and managers that meet the core competencies of:

1.       Personal and Organizational Integrity
2.       Managing Work
3.       Leading People
4.       Developing Self
5.       Systemic Integration
6.       Public Service Focus
7.       Change Leadership

 A key component of the program is the completion of a Capstone Project where the participant utilizes the core competencies to offer improvements to the organization where they work or to address public policy issue within their state or local governments.

Formed in 1979 and incorporated in 1980, the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium establishes and preserves standards for the Certified Public Manager® designation. It was founded on the principle that the quality and efficiency of management in government has a major impact on the lives of citizens and the orderly functioning of society. Systematic training programs are essential to maintain and improve the effectiveness and professionalism of government managers.

The Consortium promotes CPM programs by providing and monitoring accreditation standards, facilitating program development, encouraging innovation and developing linkages with programs and organizations with similar concerns.

Contacts for Accredited Programs

Colorado
Benoy Jacob
Buechner Institute for Governance
University of Colorado-Denver
School of Public Affairs
1380 Lawrence St., Ste. 500
Denver, CO  80204
303-315-2990     FAX: 303-315-2229
benoy.jacob@ucdenver.edu 

Florida
Ben Green
Florida Center for Public Management
Florida State University
Suite 4600 City Centre
227 North Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850-597-1086
bgreen@admin.fsu.edu 

Nevada
Patricia Hoppe*
Nevada State Department of Personnel
555 E. Washington Avenue, Suite 1400
Las Vegas, NV 89101-1046
702-486-2928                     FAX: 702-486-2661
phoppe@admin.nv.gov 

New Jersey
Wayne Jeter*
NJ Civil Service Commission
Division of Administration and Training
P.O. Box 311
Trenton, NJ 08625-0311
609-777-1558`    FAX:  609-984-4081
Wayne.Jeter@csc.state.nj.us 

Texas
Howard Balanoff*
William P. Hobby Center for Public Service
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666-4616
512-245-3453                     FAX: 512-331-7293
hb02@txstate.edu 

Wyoming
Rhonda P. Priest
Workforce & Community Development
Laramie County Community College
1400 East College Drive
Cheyenne, WY 82007
307-778-1356
rpriest@lccc.wy.edu

2015 National CPM Consortium Annual Meeting

National Certified Public Manager® Consortium Accredits six programs, grants Associate status to two new programs and elects new officers

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium was held on October 29-30, 2015 In Phoenix, Arizona

Forty-five (45) Board members and 2 guests representing 39 of the 39 CPM programs attended the 2015 Annual Meeting.

Significant actions taken by the membership include approving the Continued Accreditation of 6 Certified Public Manager®(CPM)  programs; granting Associate Member status to two new programs and electing new leadership for the coming year.

Continued Accreditation for five years was granted to the following programs (year of initial accreditation):

Colorado, Buechner Institute for Governance, University of Colorado-Denver (2010)
Florida, Florida Center for Public Management, Florida State University (1980)
Nevada, Nevada State Department of Personnel (2005)
New Jersey, New Jersey Civil Service Commission, Division of Administration and Training (1984)
Texas, William P. Hobby Center for Public Service, Texas State University (1996)
Wyoming, Workforce & Community Development, Laramie County Community College (2010)

 Associate Status was granted to two new CPM programs:

Georgia: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
The Netherlands: Leiden University (the first program outside the U.S. and its territories to request this status)

Associate status is the first step to full accreditation. Associate members receive a mentor to assist them with planning a program. The next step is Active status which allows them to begin to implement the program. Accredited status means that the program has been reviewed and approved to provide the program for 5 years.

The membership also elected new officers to lead the organization for the next year:

Chair:                Mary De Lorenzo, The New Mexico EDGE, Mexico State University
Vice Chair:        Charles Taylor, Bowen Center for Public Affairs, Ball State University
Secretary:         Cheryl Robertson, Workforce Development Administration, District of Columbia
Treasurer:          Ann Cotten, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore
Past Chair:        Mary Hamilton, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska Omaha
At-large:            Janet Ernst, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington, D.C.
At-large:            Jolie Busby, Arkansas Public Administration Consortium, University of Arkansas Little Rock
At-large:            Shondra Houseworth, Mississippi State Personnel Board
At-large:            Hector Zelaya, Bob Ramsey Executive Education, Arizona State University
At-large:            Kathleen Beaumont, KeyBank Professional Development Center, University of Washington Tacoma
At-large:            Stephanie Duncan, SC State Budget and Control Board's Division of Human Resources

Finally, it was decided to hold the 2016 Mid-Year Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK in April, 2016.

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The 2015 Mid-Year Meeting of the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium was held on March 4-5, 2015 in Chicago, IL, prior to the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)..

Twenty (20) Board members and 2 guests representing 16 CPM programs attended the 2015 Mid-Year Meeting. Eight of the nine Executive Council members were in attendance..

This report includes meeting highlights as well as post meeting contacts during the ASPA meeting.
Highlights include:

• Reports from the Goal Teams, which have been extremely active this year
• Results of the branding survey and a consensus to use it to develop a branding statement to be used for design of a new logo and website
• A report on increased interest from other countries, including the Netherlands and Zambia
• Consensus to evaluate the feasibility of a national registry of CPM graduates.
• A half day strategic visioning session
• Meetings with ASPA and AACPM leadership to increase cooperation and collaboration

Finally, it was decided to hold the 2015 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ on October  28-30, 2015 at the Renaissance – Marriott.

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2014 Annual Meeting Sept. 29-30, San Diego, CA

The National Certified Public Manager® Consortium held their Annual meeting in San Diego, California on September 29-30, 2014. Significant actions taken by the membership include approving the Initial Accreditation of 2 Certified Public Manager® programs and the Continued Accreditation of four other programs. In addition, the membership elected new leadership for the coming year.

Initial Accreditation was granted to the following programs:

• U.S. Virgin Islands: University of the Virgin Islands/The Government of the Virgin Islands
• Washington: University of Washington Tacoma, KeyBank Professional Development Center

Continued Accreditation was granted to the following programs (year of initial accreditation):

• Alabama: Alabama Training Institute, Auburn University at Montgomery (2008)
• District of Columbia: Government of the District of Columbia (1998)
• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: Metro. Washington Council of Governments (2003)
• Utah: Dept. of Human Resource Management, State of Utah (1989)

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Active Status was granted to Massachusetts: Bridgewater State University

The membership also elected new officers to lead the organization for the next year:

Chair: Mary R. Hamilton, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Vice Chair: Mary DeLorenzo, The New Mexico EDGE, Mexico State University
Secretary: Charles Taylor, Bowen Center for Public Affairs, Ball State University
At-large: Cheryl Robertson, Workforce Development Administration, District of Columbia
Ann Cotten, Maryland, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore

They join existing At-large members of the Executive Council:

Patricia Hoppe, Nevada State Department of Personnel
Leslie Meadow, Alabama Training Institute, Auburn University Montgomery
Dennis Martino, Bureau of Training & Education, State of New Hampshire

The 2014 Mid-Year Meeting of the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium was held on March 13-14, 2014 in Washington, DC.

All of the executive council members except Patricia Hoppe were in attendance.  Seventeen (17) of the 34 accredited programs were represented by 22 people.  The one active program was represented by one person.  One of the five Associate/Inactive programs was represented by one person.  The AACPM representatives was absent.

In addition, the following representatives of the American Society of Public Administrators participated in part of the meeting: Incoming President Alan Rosenbaum, William P. Shields, Jr., Executive Director and Janice Flug, Chair of the Professional Public Management Certification Program Task Force. 

Issues discussed at the meeting included potential formal affiliation with ASPA, the need to increase dues to assure a sustainable management structure, plan to update the website, and a recommendation to hold the 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego on September 29-30, 2014. The members also voted to send final warnings to pay delinquent dues to the Kentucky and Graduate School programs.

The following items were recommended to be sent to the entire board for an Electronic Vote:

• 2014-15 Budget including an increase payment for Administrator contract
• Increase in dues and accreditation fees for 2014-2015

2013 National CPM Consortium Annual Meeting

The 2013 Annual Meeting of the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium was held on September 21-22, 2013 in Boise, Idaho.  Actions taken at the meeting included Election of Officers and Executive Council and the Awarding of Accreditations.

All of the executive council members were in attendance.  Twenty-seven (27) of the 33 accredited programs were represented by 34 people.  Three of the four active programs were represented by six people.  Four of the five Associate programs were represented by four people.  Two AACPM representatives attended.

The following were elected to the Executive Council for 2013-2014 year:

CHAIR:             Sherry Saracino, Utah
VICE CHAIR:    Mary Hamilton, Nebraska
SECRETARY:    Mary De Lorenzo, New Mexico

AT-LARGE 
2012-2014:      Jeff Panken, Iowa 
Charles Taylor, Indiana
2013-2015:      Pat Hoppe, Nevada
Dennis Martino, New Hampshire
Leslie Meadows, Alabama

PAST CHAIR:    Kathi Parker, North Carolina

The following Programs were Awarded Accreditation (photos below):

Initial Accreditation:

            Maryland: Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore
            Vermont: Div. for Workforce Development, Dept. of Human Resources, State of Vermont

Reaccreditation:

            Illinois: Institute for Legal and Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield
            Iowa: Performance & Development Solutions, Department of Administrative Services, State of Iowa
            Kansas: Public Management Center, University of Kansas 
            Mississippi: Office of Workforce Development, Mississippi State Personnel Board
            Nebraska: School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska Omaha
            New Hampshire: Bureau of Education and Training, Division of Personnel, State of New Hampshire
            Oklahoma: Div. of Human Capital Management, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, State of Oklahoma

The status of the following programs were changed:

            Move from Associate Status to Active Status: Washington: KeyBank Professional Development Center, University of Washington Tacoma

Terminate Program Participation: New York: John Jay College

Move from Accredited Status to Inactive Status: Alaska: Cooperative Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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•  Mary DeLorenzo (r) congratulates Lorena Johnson for Illinois Reaccreditation.
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•  Sherry Saracino congratulates Jeff Panken for Iowa Reaccreditation
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•  Chip Taylor congratulates Terri Callahan for Kansas reaccreditation.
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•  Dennis Martino congratulates Ann Cotten for Maryland Reaccreditation
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Mary Hamilton congratulates Skip King for Mississippi Reaccreditation

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• Sherry Saracino (l) congratulates Ellen Freeman Wakefield and Mary Hamilton (r) for Nebraska Reaccreditation
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• Marilyn Balanoff congratulates Dennis Martino for New Hampshire Reaccreditation
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•  JJ Acker (r)  congratulates Joyce Smith for Oklahoma Reaccreditation
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Robbi Dreifurst congratulates Rose Gowdey for Vermont Reaccreditation