Q1 2025 Presidents Message
Happy New Year WANIGP members!!! We just kicked off the year with our Annual Business Meeting and Honors and Awards Event at the Bertha Knight Landes Room in Seattle City Hall on January 15th. A portion of the event was recorded and is now ready for viewing on our You Tube channel.
It was great to see lots of familiar and new faces during our hybrid event. I am honored to serve YOU for a second term, and I can’t wait to get my feet wet with member engagement and continuing to ramp up our professional development and emerging professionals’ program. Implementing our strategic plan throughout the year requires time and dedication by our many member chapters volunteers. If you have not joined a committee, please make sure to email us at info@wanigp.org and share with us your interests and talents. Whether it’s an ad hoc committee or one that meets once a month or less frequently, we can make room for YOU.
The Honors & Awards Committee thanks all the nominators for taking the time out of their busy schedule to submit their applications for our WANIGP Individual Awards. Big Congratulations goes to the following winners!!!
- 2024 Procurement Professional of the Year-Julie Denton, CPPB, NIGP, CPP, Sr. Procurement Specialist, City of Vancouver, Vancouver, WA
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2024 Procurement Manager of the Year- Connie Wahl, C.P.M., CPPB, Purchasing Manager, City of Spokane, Spokane, WA
- 2024 President’s Award- Samantha Miller, Contract/Procurement Specialist, Link Transit, Wenatchee Washington, Chapter Treasurer
NIGP’s Area 8 Chapter Ambassador, Alyssa Ellington installed our 2025 Board of Directors.
- Ginny Justiniano, President, King County International Airport, Seattle, WA
- Stacey Sappington- Membership Secretary, Ben Franklin Transit, Richland, WA
- Kristin Bruington- Recording Secretary, Community Transit, Everett, WA
- Maija Lampinen- Immediate Past President, Port of Everett, Everett, WA
- Samantha Miller- Treasurer, Link Transit completing her 2nd term
Board of Directors installed our new Vice-President at a special meeting held on January 29th.
- Miranda Laratta- Procurement and Contracts Manager, Whatcom Transportation Authority, Bellingham, WA
Our annual event is not complete without an educational portion. We enjoyed the two interactive workshops provided to us by Carol Bowser of Conflict Management Strategies, Inc. 2025 Presentations to access the training materials presented at the event.
For those who attended and for those who may have missed the opportunity to attend, we would still love to hear from you. Please complete Take the Survey Here! as we value YOUR opinions and comments.
Lastly, we are excited to announce that the March Procurement Virtual Event will be held on March 6th from 8:30am-12:30pm. Please register here today.
Yours Truly,
Ginny Justiniano, 2025 President
GINNY JUSTINIANO, NIGP-CPP, CPPB
Lead Contract Specialist,
BFI King County International Airport
King County International Airport - Boeing Field - King County, Washington
7277 Perimeter Road S.
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 263-9393
gjustiniano@kingcounty.gov