Presented to NAEP Annual Meeting May 19, 2014 Louisville, Kentucky

1. Presented to NAEP Annual Meeting May 19, 2014 Louisville, Kentucky

2. AEP Trophy

3. History of AEP Program Why the AEP Program was created • Program founded in February 1995 by the National Procurement Institute • Recognize organizational excellence in public procurement • Encourage development of excellence • Provide benchmarks for continued excellence • Increase awareness of public procurement as a profession

4. Sponsors Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials

5. New Sponsor in 2014 CPPC COMMITTEE MEMBER Kathleen Muretti, CPCP, CPPB, CPPO Manager, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Fleet, Waste & Recycling City of Airdrie Alberta Canada

6. The AEP Award is Turning 20 Next Year!

7. Associate Sponsors

8. National Institute of Governmental Purchasing DEBORAH CASPER, C.P.M., CPPB, Purchasing & Materials Manager, Orange County Fire Authority, CA DIANE SEATON, CPPO, CPPB, CDT, MCA, Contracts Administrator, Facilities Services, City of Portland, OR National Association of State Procurement Officials KENNETH PAULSEN, CPPB,RetiredPurchasing Manager, State of Iowa MICHAEL VINYARD, CPPB, Purchasing Agent, Valencia County, NM National Association of Educational Procurement CHARLES W. HUGHES, JD, C.P.M.,Former Director of Procurement and Support Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA DON GREEN, C.P.M.,Director of Contracts & Procurement, California State University, Fullerton, CA Texas Public Purchasing Association CYD GRIMES, C.P.M., Purchasing Agent, Travis County, TX KAY FOSTER, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX National Procurement Institute CHRISTINE GREEN, C.P.M.,Purchasing Agent, City of University Park, TX, AEP COMMITTEE CHAIR PAM KIRKLAND, CPPO, CPPB, Purchasing Manager, City of Richardson, TX BRIAN GARRITY, C.P.M., CPPB, Procurement Administrator, Town of Oro Valley, AZ PENNY MARCHELL, C.P.M., Senior Manager of Purchasing, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority California Association of Public Procurement Officials DREAMA HOWARD, CPPB,Senior Buyer, City of Sunnyvale, CA DANIEL HOWELL, Director of Purchasing and Contracts,Eastern Municipal Water District, CA Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials JOE BENJAMIN, CPPO, CPPB, FCCM, Administrator, Purchasing & Contracts ,Orange County Government, FL BARBARA GRILLI, CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M. FCCM,Purchasing Manager , Procurement & Supply Management, City of St. Petersburg 2014 AEP Committee

9. AEP Recipients by Year

10. 2013 AEP Awards by Agency Type 58 cities 43 counties 23 school districts 17 higher education agencies 15 state agencies 23 other special districts

11. 2013 AEP Awards Higher Ed Alamo Colleges Arizona State University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Fullerton California State University – Office of the Chancellor California State University, San Marcos Collin County Community College District Iowa State University Lansing Community College New Mexico State University Old Dominion University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute San Jacinto Community College District University of California, Merced University of Nevada Las Vegas University of Washington Valencia College

12. AEP = Recognition

13. AEP = Recognition

15. Published in ISM Calendar, April 2010

16. AEP = Teamwork

17. What is excellence? • Professionalism • Productivity • Innovation • E-Procurement • Leadership

18. How to Apply 19 The Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) application may be reviewed and downloaded from the following web site: www.npiconnection.org/aep The application fee for all applicants in 2014 is $400 for NPI members, $450 for non-members.

19. AEP Committee Chair aep@npiconnection.org