2013 National CPM Consortium Annual Meeting
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the National Certified Public ManagerĀ® 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
- Mary DeLorenzo (r) congratulates Lorena Johnson for Illinois Reaccreditation.
- Sherry Saracino congratulates Jeff Panken for Iowa Reaccreditation
- Chip Taylor congratulates Terri Callahan for Kansas reaccreditation.
- Dennis Martino congratulates Ann Cotten for Maryland Reaccreditation
Mary Hamilton congratulates Skip King for Mississippi Reaccreditation
- Sherry Saracino (l) congratulates Ellen Freeman Wakefield and Mary Hamilton (r) for Nebraska Reaccreditation
- Marilyn Balanoff congratulates Dennis Martino for New Hampshire Reaccreditation
- JJ Acker (r) congratulates Joyce Smith for Oklahoma Reaccreditation
Robbi Dreifurst congratulates Rose Gowdey for Vermont Reaccreditation