JACK BEACHAM, C.P.M., A.P.P.
Jack is the Purchasing Agent for Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, since January 1996. His public purchasing background includes working as the Assistant Purchasing Agent for the City of Irving, the first Purchasing Agent for the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and setting up purchasing department for the cities of Greenville, Texas; Carrollton, Texas; and Farmington, New Mexico. Mr. Beacham has been in public purchasing since 1971. He is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He is Past President of the National Purchasing Institute and the Texas County Purchasing Association, and in January 2008 became the first President of the newly formed Texas Public Purchasing Association.

DAVID BOHANNON
David is the Director of Procurement and eCommerce for the North East ISD. He has over seventeen (17) years in public education purchasing. A graduate of Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, of 1986 with a BBA degree.

JOE L. LOPEZ
Joe has a BBA degree from UT-Pan American University. He is currently a school board member with South Texas ISD. He is a past board member with Brownsville ISD for ten years, eight years with Valley Appraisal District, three years with the Boys/Girls Club, and Legislative Board of Region One. He is a financial consultant and is involved in his family-owned grocery store chain.

MIGUEL A. SALDANA, JD
Mr. Saldana is currently the General Counsel for the Brownsville Independent School District, serving in that capacity for the last five years. Additionally, he currently serves in the same capacity for the Point Isabel Independent School District. He recently joined the law firm Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Schulze & Aldridge, P.C. Mr. Saldana practices school litigation and litigates management and business issues, and school employment issues. Mr. Saldana graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 with a Bachelors of Business Administration with Honors. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1988.

LAURA S. FOWLER
A partner in the Fowler Law firm, her practice areas include construction litigation with an emphasis in public works and labor law, educational facilities and telecommunications, public finance and real estate. In 1976, Laura Fowler received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida at Orlando. Immediately thereafter she entered Baylor Law School with a full scholarship and was recruited by the U.S. Navy. In 1983, Ms. Fowler served as counsel to the Texas Commissioner of Education.

CHERYL K. TURNEY, C.P.M.
Cheryl has worked in public purchasing for over 19 years, the last 10 years as the Purchasing Manager for the City of College Station. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Sam Houston State University in 1986 and her Certified Purchasing Manager designation from ISM in 1994. She is currently the first Vice-President of the new Texas Public Purchasing Association, a board member of the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative, and her local Better Business Bureau.

BETH FLEMING, C.P.M., A.P.P.
Beth D. Fleming has held the position of Director of Purchasing for Denton County since 1992. Beth received her BBA from Texas Woman’s University and has received lifetime C.P.M. and A.P.P. certifications. She has served in many professional positions including HGAC Cooperative Board, Past President for the Texas County Purchasing Association (TCPA) and Past President for the National Purchasing Institute (NPI).

FRANK YBARBO
Frank has been in local government since 1970. His employment tenures include the City of Dallas, Dallas County, City of Arlington and currently Collin County in McKinney, Texas. Frank has been the Purchasing Agent with Collin County since July of 2001. Twenty-four years of his government service has been in the purchasing and contracting arenas. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University. Frank is a Board Member of the new Texas Public Purchasing Association.

CAROL COOPER, C.P.M.
Carol has been in the purchasing profession for twenty-nine (29) years. She has both public and private sector experience in a variety of industries. Carol is the Director of Material management for the City of Garland, Texas and Board Member of the Texas Pubic Purchasing Association and the Collin County Governmental Purchasers Forum.

MARTIN V. BLAIR
Martin Blair serves the State of Texas as Manager of Procurement Operations and Customer Service for the Texas Procurement and Support Services Division, Comptroller of Public Accounts. His responsibilities include oversight of the statewide procurement operations team, including term contracts, Texas Multiple Award Schedules and open market contracts, and inspection and quality assurance, Centralized Master Bidders List, Vendor Performance and the Cooperative Purchasing Program. He holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

KAY FOSTER, C.P.M.
Kay Foster, C.P.M., A.P.P. has over 20 years experience in public purchasing. She is currently the purchasing Administration Manager at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and , before that, let the purchasing Division at the Trinity River Authority of Texas. Kay has served on the National Purchasing Institute Board since 2001 and on the Boards of the Public Purchasing Association of North Central Texas from 1998-2007, and Texas Public Purchasing Association. Kay received her Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Dallas Baptist University.

CYD GRIMES, C.P.M.
Ms. Grimes has been the Travis County Purchasing Agent since 1992. Her office supervises the procurement of commodities, construction, and professional services. She is the past President and Vice-President of the Texas County Purchasing Association (TCPA). Ms. Grimes holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.

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RICKY HERNANDEZ
Currently, he is a Program Director of a Federal Grant. He has served in a variety of professional positions at a University, Community College, School District, County and as a Board of Trustee with a School District. He graduated with an MBA from Sul Ross State University/Rio Grande College.

GILBERT JALOMO, CPPB
Gilbert is the Purchasing Agent for Fort Bend County and has been with the County since 1985 where he started as the Assistant Purchasing Agent in the newly formed department. He is past President of the Texas County Purchasing Association.

CINDY BECKER
Cindy is a partner with the Austin law firm of Birch, Becker & Moorman, L.L.P. Her memberships include the State Bar of Texas (Construction Law Section, current Construction Law Journal Editorial Board member), Illinois State Bar, Austin Bar Association (Construction Law Section, former Secretary), Austin Young Construction Lawyers (former Chair), and the American Arbitration Association (Commercial Panel). Cindy is a Dean’s list of graduate of the University of Texas School of Architecture, a registered architect, and a former member of the American Institute of Architects. Ms. Becker received her J.D. degree (with honors) from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

CARLOS CASCOS, CPA
Judge Carlos is the newly elected Cameron County Judge, but he is still a partner at Patillo, Brown, & Hill, CPA’s an accounting firm with eight (8) offices located in Texas and New Mexico. A Certified Financial Manager and a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, Carlos is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

MARK ROGERS, C.P.M.
Mark is the Director of Purchasing and Central Services, Austin Independent School District. Prior positions include Director of Materials Management for the University of New Mexico at Alburquerque and Director of Purchasing and Support Services for Austin Community College. Mr. Rogers has been in public purchasing since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

PAM PERKINS
Pam Perkins is an investigator/program specialist in the Consumer Protection Division of the Texas Attorney General's Office where she has worked since 1988. Pam graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University and completed graduate work at Southwest Texas State University. Pam has investigated and worked on numerous bid rigging, price fixing, and related antitrust cases involving public procurement issues, and teaches classes throughout the state on issues and concerns with public entity purchasing.

ANNE WHEELER, C.P.P.B.
Anne is the Director of Supply Management and Assistant Manager of Corporate Services for Texas Guaranteed Student Loan in Round Rock, Texas. Anne has spect 30 years in various forms of government purchasing, starting at Houston Light & Power, then moving to the City of Natchitoches La. as manager, then Manager of Purchasing for Texas Commission for the Blind and Director of Purchasing for Austin Community College.

NARITA HOLMES, C.P.A.
A C.P.A. in the state of Texas since 1971, Narita Holmes served as Ector County Purchasing Agent from 1987 until she retired in 2004. Previous employment includes three years with a bit-eight accounting firm, and fifteen years as chief financial officer for financial institutions. She has been an accounting instructor for Odessa College and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and also taught a variety of management courses including Purchasing Management. Narita speaks frequently on a variety of topics for workshops, conferences and in-service training. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Accounting, she earned an MBA in Management at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Narita is a Board Member of the new Texas Public Purchasing Association.

MELITON MOYA, Ph.D
PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder, December 1981. Major in Clinical Psychology, Minor; Social Psychology, BA from Pan American University. Dr. Moya has extensive experience in working with psychological arrangements, teaching psychology at the University level both undergraduate and graduate courses. He is the founder of “The Process Manager” specializing in educational management solutions.

WILLIAM (BILL) RUSTEBERG
Bill is an independent insurance agent; he is currently the Employee Benefits Consultant for numerous governmental entities. He has over 28 years of experience in the insurance industry. Bill also holds a license in Risk Management (among others) issued by the Texas Department of Insurance with reciprocal licenses in Illinois, Alabama, and Colorado.

STEVE FISHER
Steve is currently the Program Manager for TASB’s Texas Local Government Statewide Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard). Mr. Fisher has spent the last 17 years working with various governmental entities throughout Texas. He also spent 6 years working with the TASB as Assistant Director of District Services responsible for the statewide marketing of the Associations programs and services.

PAUL J. CALAPA
Purchasing & Contracts Administrator for the City of San Antonio. Also has 34 years of experience in Purchasing and Business Administration in the public and private sector. Appointed by then Governor George Bush to the Texas Council on Purchasing From Persons with Disabilities. Graduated from UT-Austin in 1974. He is currently a member of the HGAC Cooperative Purchasing End User Advisory Committee, and a charter member of TxPPA.
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