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246 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LEADERS EARNED THEIR

NIGP CERTIFIED PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION IN 2023

INCLUDING 75 LEADERS WHO EARNED THEIR NIGP-CPP IN NOVEMBER 2023

 

Largest Class Since August 2021

 

January 8, 2024

As we welcome a New Year in 2024, we also celebrate the 246 leaders who earned their NIGP Certified Procurement Professional designation (NIGP-CPP) in 2023.  This leadership-focused professional certification continues to gain respectability across North America as the professional procurement certification of choice – with 44% growth in approved applications and 18% growth in new certificants in the past six months.  Today, there are NIGP-CPP leaders throughout 46 states and 5 Canadian provinces including 75 leaders from the November 2023 Class whom we have the privilege to honor here:

 

Alberta

• Hafsa Qureshi – Airdrie
• Clint Sampson – Calgary
• Melanie Tyson - Leduc

Alaska

• Cory Beal - Fairbanks
• Carson Davis – Wasilla

Arkansas

Maine

• Barrie Lighe – Biddeford

Maryland

• Susan Arneson - Upper Marlboro
• Dana Bowman - Fort Washington
• Kris Chewlin - Largo
• Jeffrey Davis - Baltimore
• April Dickens - Bryans Road
• De'Nerika Johnson - Upper Marlboro
• James Knighton - Hyattsville
• Christopher McDonald - Baltimore
• Tamara Roberts – Laurel

Michigan

• Samantha Gallimore - Laingsburg
• Brittney Villarreal - Lansing

Minnesota

• Kimberly Austin - Pillager
• Robert Carey - Saint Paul
• Laura Vedder - Saint Paul

Mississippi

• Bobbie Green - Jackson
• Karen Hatten - Brandon
• Samuel Lemonis – Raymond

Missouri

• Rachel Hogrefe - Jefferson City
• Timothy Jones - Lee's Summit
• Justin Long - Jefferson City
• Renee Medlin Schumacher - Lebanon
• Richelieu Sese - Independence

North Carolina

• Penny Helms - Monroe
• Chad Hicks - Boone
• Jeffrey Howard - Asheboro
• Ana Sostaric – Raleigh

Nebraska

• Mikayla Johnson – Lincoln
• Dana Smith – Lincoln

New Jersey

• Mathias Banner - Newton
• Alfred Sellu – Burlington

New York

• Kimberly Christian - Queensbury
• Vadim Fridkin - Brooklyn
• Gina Klug - Smithtown
• Christopher O'Connor - Lyons
• Ashley Scutt - Geneseo

Ohio

• Jace Bounds - Dayton
• John Edmondson - Cincinnati
• Nicole Eger - Centerville
• Melissa Geswein

Oklahoma

• Nathan Watson - Edmond

Ontario

• Cholponai Amatova - Stouffville
• Shannon Banks - Welland
• Laura Case - Kitchener
• Sarah Crooks - Peterborough
• Nina Dang - Newmarket
• Michelle Doiron - Newmarket
• Tyler Gallea - Ajax
• Savan Harsh - Niagara Falls
• Mark Jones - Toronto
• Jose Justino - Ajax
• Nitin Lakhanpal - Newmarket
• Jodi Leary - Ajax
• Lynda Lewis - Bowmanville
• Maria Lombardo - Bolton
• Sherry Marr - Port Colborne
• Brandy Out - Pembroke
• Caterina Papa - Newmarket
• Polina Semenov - Waterloo

Oregon

• Kathryn Braeme-Burr - Portland
• Richard Contreras - Portland
• Julia Fraser - Portland
• Kimberley Hankins - Salem
• Craig Johnsen - Woodburn
• James Olson - Portland
• Kiersten Vanderhoof - Hillsboro
• Lynnette Waite - Portland

Pennsylvania

• Margaret Anthony - Allentown
• Jason Crouch - Philadelphia
• Rose Panetta - Allentown

Rhode Island

• Alejandro Tirado – Providence

South Carolina

• Katie Brown - Walhalla
• Vernon Daniels - Columbia
• Latoyia Davis - Lexington
• Kenton Davis - Columbia
• Scott Dobereiner - Lexington
• Logan Hickey - Spartanburg
• Ashley Kennedy-Shell - Columbia
• Emmett Kirwan - Columbia
• Joel Manning - Rock Hill
• Victoria Moyer - Beaufort
• Gary Porth - Cameron
• Traci Tokarczyk - Summerville
• Lucas Watford – Columbia

Tennessee

• Gary Clay - Nashville
• Scott Ferguson - Nashville
• Michelle Lane - Nashville
• Lindsey Parrish - Chattanooga
• Cathryn Perdue - Germantown
• Terri Ray - Nashville
• Karisa Scott – Knoxville

Texas

• Timothy Accountius - McKinney
• Sana Amanullah - San Antonio
• Jennifer Cook - Coppell
• Michelle Croft - Austin
• Tracey Epps - Denton
• Erik Erwin - Frisco
• Julie Gohlke - Schertz
• Jo Ann Gunn - Fort Worth
• Priscilla Harrington - Manor
• Beverly Mendez - Austin
• Sissy Norman Sabillon - Conroe
• Michael Parrish Plano
• Sue Pawlik - Bellaire
• Jonathan Preiss - San Antonio
• Katherine Rios - McKinney
• Brandi Whittenton - College Station

Utah

• Richard Straw – Salt Lake City

Virginia

• Joanne Bryant Capron
• Ethel Edwards - Virginia Beach
• Amy Gardner - Suffolk
• Annie Korn - Harrisonburg
• Nebila Kurtu - Leesburg
• Barbarann Martinez - Fairfax
• Julie Turner- Suffolk
• Kennedy Venaglia - Henrico
• Amee Vyas - Fairfax
• Linda Williams - Fairfax
• Jessica Yost - Yorktown

Washington

• Lionel Boisvert - Seattle
• Nicona Butler - Ephrata
• Alexander Clark - Tacoma
• Clark Langstraat - Everett
• Christopher Martinez - Olympia
• LeAnna Sandy – Olympia

West Virginia

• Heather DeHaven - Martinsburg

If you are considering professional certification, the unique focus of the NIGP-CPP…targeted specifically for procurement leaders…truly sets it apart. The NIGP-CPP is the only certification offering anchored in the Public Procurement Competency Framework that was developed from a research study funded by the Volcker Alliance. It offers the flexibility demanded by fast-paced professionals… no training prerequisites, four testing windows annually, a two-year period to pass the individually-scored modular exams, and six eligibility pathways that reflect a mix of educational achievements and relevant work experience. Equally unique, the NIGP-CPP is integrated into the NIGP Pathways portfolio of learning and credentialling that grows with your career in public procurement.  For those professionals new to public procurement, professional certification is likely not the first step in your journey, but Pathways intentionally offers something for everyone so you can begin to be recognized for your learning well before you are eligible for certification.

As a reminder, the opportunity to ‘bridge’ to the NIGP-CPP from a current CPPO or CPPB designation administered by the UPPCC is quickly coming to a close.  The bridge provides an opportunity for an eligible candidate to take and pass only Module B of the two-part NIGP-CPP exam. The final testing window is May 2024 and the registration period to schedule a May exam will close on March 31, 2024.  After May 2024, current CPPO or CPPB holders can continue to apply for their NIGP-CPP under Pathway F which provides an abbreviated application process but will be required to successfully pass both exam modules.

To learn more about the value of the NIGP-CPP program, visit the NIGP Website by clicking here or join us for one of our monthly informative webinars on the NIGP-CPP and Pathways program.