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District Staff

District Director   Tony Zampello

I am pleased to announce the 2009 APICS Northeast District Staff and commend them in advance for their commitment to serve the volunteer leadership and chapters of the APICS Northeast District.

Assistant District Manager/Communications Liaison:

Jennifer Kevlin

jkevlin@us.ibm.com

Responsibilities:

· Provides strategic and tactical support/inputs to the District Manager
· Communicates information as required to the appropriate distribution lists
· Provides updates to the webmaster of material that should be posted to the District website
· Follows up with all owners of items on the District “Action List” to drive timely deliverables

Student, Early Professional, and Academic Liaisons:

Bhaskar Majee
bmajee@gmail.com
Jack Wood, CSCP
jwood15@maine.rr.com
207-650-9389 (M)
Jack Cook
(585) 414-7334

Responsibilities:

· Be the District resources for chapters looking for best practices and methods to attract and retain academics, early professionals, and students to APICS

· Plan, organize, and execute a student case competition in partnership with sponsoring chapter(s)

· Facilitate District-wide teleconferences (as per the needs of the District chapters) to discuss student, early professional, and academic related issues at the chapter level ; developing and utilizing external subject matter experts where possible

Note: Due to the level of importance of this critical focus area, this has been staffed with a team from across the District to ensure the highest level of commitment and responsiveness to the chapter volunteer leadership.

Training and Body of Knowledge Liaison:

Bob Kennedy
rckennedy@snet.net

Responsibilities:

· Provides information relative to best practices utilized for APICS related training and instructors

· Communicates at the District Level any updates relative to the training materials as maintained by the Association

· Coordinates with the chapters to hold one or more District-level train-the-trainer sessions

· Facilitates District-wide teleconferences (as per the needs of the District chapters) to discuss training and instructor related issues at the chapter level, developing and utilizing external subject matter experts where possible.

Programs and Arrangements:

Donna Gioffre
donna.gioffre@honeywell.com
Joe Shedlawski, CPIM
joeshedlawski@gmail.com
(845) 623-6018

Responsibilities:

· Determine specific hotels appropriate for planned District meetings utilizing the Association process. (The geographic locations will continue to be determined by the chapter presidents. The dates of the meetings are determined by the District Staff.)

· Prepare the agenda for publication to the membership

· Contact speakers and be their “go-to” person

· Coordinate chapter participation in hosting hospitality

· Develop email communications reminding the chapters of upcoming District Meetings

· Provide information for attendees/guests at each District Meeting to acquaint them with the offerings of the hotel and near-by attractions.

District Administrator and Treasurer:

Jim Timmons
bubbat52@aol.com

Responsibilities:

· Provide oversight with regard to the financial activities relative to the District budget

· Take minutes of all District Staff meetings, Presidents' Meetings, and conference calls

· Capture "action items" during the District Meetings

· Ensure that all Action Items are documented, with an owner and due date; coordinates with Communications Liaison to ensure updated status is maintained

CMS/CBAR Program Liaison:

Lee Hendrix
lhendrix254@sbcglobal.net

Responsibilities:

· Administers the CMS and CBAR program through-out the year; encourages chapters to submit their worksheets no less than quarterly, for review

· Encourages 100% chapter participation in CMS and CBAR

· Is a resource for questions regarding the CMS/CBAR program

· Communicates reminders (via the Communication Liaison) to each chapters’ CMS/CBAR champion of the items that should be available for review during the upcoming quarter

· Provides end-of-year final review information as required to District Manager and headquarters.

Chapter Presidents’ Liaison:

Kimberly Smith Frew
kimsmithfrew@aol.com

Responsibilities:

· Be the facilitator for Presidents’ meetings scheduled during District Meetings

· Schedule and facilitate District-wide teleconference calls for the Presidents as requested or necessitated

· Be the contact person to gather requested feedback from the District presidents

· Develop the Presidents’ Meeting agenda, as per the requests of the Chapter Presidents.

Staff Director-at-Large:

Ron Calanni
ron.j.calanni@cummins.com

Responsibilities:
 

· Responsible for ad hoc project administration

· Provide assistance with special projects

Requirements for Northeast District Staff

· Recognize that the purpose of the District Staff is to serve the chapter volunteer leadership, not govern the chapters

· Must commit to the APICS code of ethics

· Members of the District Staff will have served or be currently serving as a member of a chapter-level board of directors

· District Staff should be able to attend most, if not all, of the District Meetings during the course of 2009

The term for District Staff members is one year, ending on December 31st.

Quinn Golden

qgolden@worldpath.net will continue in his role as District Webmaster.


Yours in APICS,

Virginia M. Vogel-Polizzi, CFPIM
APICS Northeast District Manager

Phone: (413) 623-0141
NortheastDM@APICS.org

CSCP

Certified Supply Chain Professional

The Southern Tier Chapter of APICS is pleased to offer a special introductory offer for anyone interested in the new Certified in Supply Chain Professional certification! The new self-study CSCP course is offered on the national web site for $895 for APICS members and $1195 for non-members. However, by purchasing the course materials through the chapter, we can offer members a $200 savings! The chapter is offering the self-study CSCP course for $695 for APICS members and $895 for non-members. To take advantage of this tremendous savings, contact any member of the
Board of Directors!!

The Southern Tier Chapter of APICS, based in Binghamton NY, serves Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga Counties. The chapter boasts a membership in excess of 120 members representing over 45 different local and international companies. These companies include Mead Corp., Raymond, IBM, Universal Instruments, Landers Co and BEA plus many smaller companies. As a professional organization our members are employed in all aspects of the resource management field including, planning, forecasting scheduling, supply chain management and logistics.