December 22, 2004

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SMPS Iowa CPSM Event
Building
Business: The Six Domains of Marketing
January 18, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Muscatine, IA

SMPS Mid-Day Webinar Series
•Lessons from Client Selection Committees
January 25, 2-3:30 pm (ET)
•Submitting an Award-Winning Competition Entry
March 8, 2-3:30 pm (ET)
•Market Planning and Budgeting
May 10, 2-3:30 pm (ET)

Inspire Customer Loyalty: What Clients Have to Say
(co-hosted by PSMA and SMPS)
January 27, Orlando, FL

Everything You Want to Know About the Design and Construction Industry: A Career Development Workshop for Non-Technical Professionals
(co-hosted by Georgia Tech and SMPS)
February 4-5, Atlanta

Business Development Best Practices Workshops
February 22—Los Angeles
February 23—Phoenix
March 15—Houston
March 16—Kansas City, MO
April 19—
Baltimore, MD
April 20—New York
August 10—New Orleans

SMPS Southwest Region Conference
January 13-14, Austin, TX

SMPS Northeast Regional Conference
and CPSM Exam

March 16-18, North Hampton, MA

SMPS Missouri Valley Regional Conference
Aoril 21-22, Kansas City, MO

Build Business: Beyond Boundaries
2005 SMPS/PSMA National Conference
August 10-13, New Orleans

Staffing of National Committees Completed
National committees and task forces have been commissioned by the National Board to advance a number of initiatives in 2004-05, from planning national educational programs to developing leadership training for chapter officers to managing the annual awards programs.

Following is the list of 2004-05 committees and task forces, their mission statements, and rosters of volunteers.

Certification Committee

Mission: Improve stature and status of professional service marketers.

Board Liaison: Peter J. Kienle, FSMPS, CPSM
Moody/Nolan Inc.

Chair: Michael T. McCann, CPSM
Urbahn Architects

Theresa M. Casey, CPSM
On Target Marketing & Communications LLC

Donna Lynn Jakubowicz, CPSM
Barton Malow Company

Linda M. Koch, FSMPS, CPSM
KA Architecture

Deborah K. Murphy, CPSM
George Butler Associates Inc.

LeAnn E. Nowak, CPSM
Wind2 Software Inc.

Robert Trout, CPSM
Merrick & Company


Chapter Leadership Development Task Force

Mission: To develop a feasibility plan for leadership training geared toward SMPS chapter board members.

Board Liaison: Mike Savage
Geotechnologies Inc.

Chair: Carolyn Ferguson, CPSM
The Lentz Group


Chapter President of the Year Committee

Mission: To recognize outstanding leadership of an SMPS chapter president as it relates to membership retention and growth, enhanced chapter programming, financial stability, and innovative leadership practices.

Board Liaison: Mike Savage
Geotechnologies Inc.

Chair: Ruth J. Higley
Connico Inc.

Gina A. Bedoya
Gilsanz Murray Steficek

Steven P. Osborn, P.E., CPSM
CE Solutions Inc.

Lisa A. Rowell, P.E.
Infrastructure Services

Kasey Rothenfluch, CPSM
PAE Consulting Engineers Inc.


Diversity Committee

Mission: SMPS embraces and promotes diversity in our organization, which includes our differences, mutuality, and similarities. We recognize that our diversity is reflected by our different people and firms. We believe our varying ethnicities, cultures, genders, ages, levels of experiences, physical abilities and other differences benefit us as individuals and as an organization. In SMPS, we will promote programs and activities that espouse our beliefs and increase awareness, understanding, recruitment, and participation of diverse persons and firms.

Board Liaison: Peter J. Kienle, FSMPS, CPSM
Moody/Nolan Inc.

Chair: Craig A. Holmes
Engineering Consulting Services Ltd.

Patricia E. Christman, CPSM
Don Todd Associates Inc.

Elizabeth Geary-Archer
Out of the Box Marketing Strategies Inc.

Yvonne C. Jackson
B&E Jackson & Associcates

Mary C. Lamb, CPSM
David Lamb Photography

Shevaun R. McNaughton
Oculus Inc.

Gwendolyn L. Powell Todd, EdD, FSMPS
Don Todd Associates Inc.

Lisa A. Rowell, P.E.
Infrastructure Services


Education Committee

Mission: To identify and recommend valuable, timely, feasible topics and possible delivery methods for education on a national level.

Board Liaison: Peter A. Lyon, FSMPS
Hanscomb Faithful & Gould

Chair: Melissa M. Lutz, CPSM
Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc

Lori L. Chicoyne
Edwards & Kelcey Inc.

Jack B. Evans, P.E.
JEAcoustics

Linda M. Koch, FSMPS, CPSM
KA Architecture

Liz O'Rourke
Desman Associates


Marketing Achievement Award Committee

Mission: To salute professionals whose achievements and lasting contributions to the field are exemplary.

Board Liaison: Karen O. Courtney, AIA, FSMPS
BSA LifeStructures

Chair: Julie G. Luers, FSMPS
HGA

Claudia Bullmore
Gould Evans Associates

Jack B. Evans, P.E.
JEAcoustics

Sammi Reeves
KDG Development/Construction Management

Carol E. Scheafnocker, FSMPS
TLC Engineering for Architecture

William R. Strong, FSMPS
Mahlum Architects

Jean R. Valence, FSMPS
Symmes Maini & McKee Associates


Marketing Communications Awards Committee

Mission: The Marketing Communications Awards Program (MCA) is a long-standing tradition of SMPS and provides professional service firms the opportunity to showcase their best marketing efforts each year. This program recognizes outstanding communications vehicles created by both members and nonmembers (or consultants on their behalf).

Board Liaison: Karen O. Courtney, AIA, FSMPS
BSA LifeStructures

Chair: J.C. Rossi
Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann

Donna J. Corlew, FSMPS, CPSM
Gould Turner Group

Barbara DeVoe Shuck, CPSM
Wilson & Company Inc.

Rolf A. Fuessler, APR, FSMPS
Fuessler Group Inc.

Jane F. Gertler, CPSM
The Spector Group

Marilyn J. Hennessy, FSMPS
Hennessy Consulting

David B. McNerney, CPSM
The Norwood Company

Kim Niedzielski
HGA Architects & Engineers

Liz O'Rourke
Desman Associates

Rachel E. Yoka
Timothy Haahs & Associates Inc.

Elizabeth J. Zipf
Kling Lindquist


Mentoring Task Force

Mission: To educate the SMPS membership about the value of mentoring.

Board Liaison: Andrea Fitch
RedCarpet Creations Inc.

Chair: Deborah J. Hodges
Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP

Tryst M. Anderson

Pat N. Ellis
Hanscomb Faithful & Gould

Kay C. Godwin, FSMPS
Marketing Avenues

Barry Koren, AIA, PhD
Koren Network

Maria Loitz, CPSM
BVH Integrated Services Inc

Louise McGinnis, CPSM
Flad & Associates

Dennis A. Paoletti, FSMPS
Shen Milsom & Wilke

Judith A. Sayler, CPSM
Don Todd Associates Inc.

Karen W. Winters, FSMPS
King & King Architects LLP


National Conference Committee

Mission: To plan a financially successful conference, offering superior educational programming.

Board Liaison: Karen O. Courtney, AIA, FSMPS
BSA LifeStructures

Chair: Dana L. Birkes, APR, FSMPS, CPSM
The Flintco Companies Inc.

Scott W. Braley, FAIA, FRSA
Braley Consulting and Training

Donna J. Corlew, FSMPS, CPSM
Gould Turner Group

Dana L. Duran
Flintco Inc.

Carolyn Ferguson, CPSM
The Lentz Group

Rolf A. Fuessler, APR, FSMPS
Fuessler Group Inc.

Mitchel R. Levitt, FSMPS
Karlsberger Companies

Marcie Lohr, CPSM
Abacus Engineered Systems Inc.

Scott R. Milder, CPSM
SHW Group Inc.

Michael J. Reilly, FSMPS
Reilly Communications

Karen K. Roch, CPSM
Karlsberger Companies

Lee W. Slade, P.E.
Walter P. Moore

Thomas E. Smith, Jr., AICP, FSMPS
Bonterra Consulting

M. Sharyn Yorio, FSMPS
Sustainable Marketing Inc.


Public Relations Committee

Mission: To build industry and media awareness of the Society and the profession of marketing professional services in the design and building industry.

Board Liaison: Andrea Fitch
RedCarpet Creations Inc.

Chair: Cynthia A. Jackson, FSMPS, CPSM
BHDP Architecture

Emily Cass, CPSM
Hayes Seay Mattern & Mattern Inc.

Stephanie S. Craft, CPSM
MARKETLINK

David M. Grant
LVM Group Inc.

Jenifer Johnson
J2 Inc.

Scott R. Milder, CPSM
SHW Group Inc.


Striving for Excellence Committee

Mission: For chapters to share innovative ideas with other chapters and receive recognition for excellence in their overall chapter management and service to members. To serve as a source of new ideas including blueprints for chapter education programs, industry awareness activities, and/or community involvement.

Board Liaison: Mike Savage
Geotechnologies Inc.

Chair: David A. Werking, CPSM
FA Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc.

Kristy B. Kevitt
SmithGroup

Christine King, CPSM
Gordon Gumeson & Associates Inc.

Melissa M. Lutz, CPSM
Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc.

Christa A. Peachy, CPSM
Speight Marshall & Francis PC

Paula D. Stamp, CPSM
PCL Construction Services Inc.

William C. Vicary, Jr.
TBE Group Inc.

Volunteers submitted formal applications for committee service this past October and were assigned by the National Board. In addition, all volunteers signed the SMPS Code of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy. The Call for Applications for the 2005-06 volunteer year will be distributed in early Summer 2005. Updates on committee activities will be published throughout the year in SMPS National publications and on the web site at www.smps.org. [ return to top ]

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