Newsletter
October 19, 2009
The Greater Philadelphia Chapter Officers, Program Chair, and guest Presenters at the October 19, 2009 Seminar on Contract Closeout and Cancelling of Funds, which was held at the Boeing Company in Ridley Park, PA. From left to right: Alisha K. White, Chapter President; Celestine B. Lennon, Executive Vice President; Ernest Agresto, CPA, Presenter, James A. King, Esq., Boeing Corporate Council, Presenter; Theresa W. Prykowski, Boeing, Program Chair; and kneeling front row Sidney Ozer, Special Assistant to the President.
November 11th, 2008
GREATER PHILADELPHIA & PINELANDS CHAPTERS At a joint meeting of the above chapter, Nelson L. Mellitz, CPCM, Fellow, (center) is presented with the Greater Philadelphia Chapter’s traditional replica of the Liberty Bell and a ceramic bowl from the Pinelands Chapter for his workshop topic “Have We Improved in Today’s Contracting Emergency Responses to War and Natural Disasters.” Making the presentations are (from l to r) Sidney Ozer, Chapter President, and Katrina Henderson, Chapter Vice President, from the Greater Philadelphia Chapter and Ann M. Jackson, CPCM, Chapter President, and Martha Conceicao, Chapter Vice President, from the Pinelands Chapter. The joint meeting was held on September 18, 2008 at Lockheed Martin’s Cherry Hill, NJ facility.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Katrina Henderson (right), Chapter Vice President-Membership, presents a 5-year longevity membership pin to John J. Carr, Senior Principal, SRA International, as Sidney Ozer (left), Chapter President, looks on. The presentation was made at a joint meeting with the Pinelands Chapter held at Lockheed Martin’s Cherry Hill, NJ facility in September 2008.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Ernie Agresto (right), CPA and member of the Pinelands Chapter, is given a gift for his presentation of “Government Accounting Cost Principles” by Brian Gocial, Esq. (left), Conference Co-Chair, Blank Rome, LLP, at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry Government contractors, and the PTAP client base, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Clyde Stoltzfus (left), Director, Procurement Technical Assistance, SBDC, and Greater Philadelphia Chapter member, is given a gift for his presentation of “Identifying Federal Government Contract Opportunities” by Brian Gocial, Esq. (right), Conference Co-Chair, Blank Rome, LLP, at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry defense contractors, and the PTAP client base, consisting of, but not limited to – small disadvantaged, women-owned, disadvantaged veteran-owned, and veteran-owned businesses, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
October 14th, 2008
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Robert T. Lhulier, (left), President, Robert T. Lhulier & Associates, is presented with a gift for his discussion of “Small Business Set-Asides” at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The presentation was made by Brian Gocial, Esq. (right), Conference Co-Chair, Blank Rome, LLP, The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry Government contractors, and the PTAP client base, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Jeff Mandell, (left), Chief Procurement Technical Officer for Dept of General Services (DGS), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is presented with a gift for his discussion of “Identifying Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Contract Opportunities” at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The presentation was made by Brian Gocial, Esq. (right), Conference Co-Chair, Blank Rome, LLP, The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry Government contractors, and the PTAP client base, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Neal J. Couture, CPCM, NCMA Executive Director, (left), presents the 2007-2008 1st Place Blanche Witte Memorial Exemplary Achievement Award to Marie Murphy, USEPA and Greater Philadelphia Chapter member. The presentation was made at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry Government contractors, and the PTAP client base, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Neal J. Couture, CPCM, NCMA Executive Director, (left), presents the Fellows Award to Michael W. Kott, Cherokee Information Services and Treasurer of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The presentation was made at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry Government contractors, and the PTAP client base, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Neal J. Couture, CPCM, NCMA Executive Director, (left), presents the 2007-2008 Albert Berger Outstanding Chapter Leadership Award to posthumously to Robert G. Fryling, Esq., Fellow, and the late President of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The presentation was made to Nancy Davis (right), Bob’s widow, at the Seventh Annual Temple University/NCMA Small Business Conference. The conference was sponsored and conducted by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), part of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. The conference was held on October 14, 2008 on the campus of Temple University. It was attended by Government contracting personnel, industry Government contractors, and the PTAP client base, new entrepreneurs, and small emerging firms.
June 17th, 2008
The Chapter’s brain trust held their “Team Building” meeting on June 17, 2008 at Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse in Philadelphia. Led by Sidney Ozer, the Chapter 2008-2009 President (at the far end of the table), the officers, chairpersons, and volunteers discussed lesson learned from the current program year and presented plans for the coming year.
At the Chapter’s Team Building meeting held on June 17, 2008, Sidney Ozer (r), Chapter President Elect, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III, presents a “Thank You” bear to Brian Gocial, Esq., Chapter Vice President Elect for Education , Blank Rome, LLP. All chapter officers and volunteers received the “Thank You” bear. Note that the bear the wearing an official NCMA shirt.
At the Chapter’s Team Building meeting held on June 17, 2008, Sidney Ozer, Chapter President Elect, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III, presents Ms. Tammy M. Edgington, Weston Solutions, Inc. with the Chapter’s 2007-2008 scholarship award.
February 8-9, 2008
The GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER WINS the NCMA Graalman GOLD Award for the Program Year 2006 – 2007. From left to right, National President Ronald L. Smith makes the presentation to Celestine B. Lennox, our Chapter’s Senior Vice President and Mike Kott, Chapter Treasurer, at the 2008 Mid-Year Leadership Conference on Feb 8-9, 2008 in Daytona Beach, FL. Celestine and Mike are the Graalman Co-Chairs.
Mike Kott, Chapter Treasurer, (standing) discusses how the Greater Philadelphia Chapter created an innovative educational program for their chapter at the 2008 Mid-Year Leadership Conference on Feb 8-9, 2008 in Daytona Beach, FL. The program concerns our continuing relationship in presenting Small Business Seminars in conjunction with Temple University’s Small Business Development Center.
