President’s Message (2024 -2025)
Our members represent small and large businesses as well as government agencies. All are welcome to join and attend our meetings and events. A major thrust of our current program year will be engaging with our members old and new to build the chapter – not only in terms of sheer numbers but also in enthusiasm as measured by the participation and support for our chapter events.
Our program year 2024-2025 will be a challenging one as we leverage gains in membership made over the past two years and continue forward - improving on that which is and seeking to more fully engage our member community with relevant training, events, and offerings tailored for our community's specific needs.
In the past two years we have had great programs and training opportunities to enhance the professional development of our members. Support for our chapter has come from a variety of sources including nationally known experts such as Dr. John Wilkinson - the chief architect of the Contract Management Standard and project manager for publishing and revising the CMBOK. His presentation on the CMS and CMBOK was foundational for anyone looking to become a contracting professional.
We also hosted several of the major influencers of Contract Management such as Shane Commodore, Delores Kuchina-Musina of Rexota , Patrick Mathern of Spend Logic, and Robert Jones from Left Brain Professionals. These nationally known speakers gave freely of their time to appear at our events - and for that I am quite thankful.
Along with the professional development and 'book learning' our chapter also strives to be a neutral meeting ground for professionals from both government and industry to meet, share ideas, collaborate, and network. Our chapter will also facilitate posting job opportunities as they become known to help our members enter and advance in the contracting community..
Going forward our goal is clear: to continue the same level of excellence while preparing for the future by mentoring and assisting our current and hopefully new members towards becoming more informed, engaged, and professional members of the contracting community.
Please refer to this website frequently for the latest updates concerning the Rio Grande Chapter – especially our upcoming events calendar and special website sections dealing with topical areas of interest including cybersecurity. Our team will be doing our best to provide you, our membership, with the best opportunities for professional development, education and training possible over the coming year. Please email me at president@ncmargc.org with your questions, comments, or suggestions. We want to hear from you!