Cincinnati ChapterInformation Technology Thought Leaders

2015 Awards LuncheonApril 10, 201511:30 am - 1:00 pm

Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce

3 East 4th Street

Recognizing our Corporate Sponsors and Volunteers

that enable us to achieve our Mission.

Message from the President

On Behalf of the BDPA Cincinnati Chapter Board of Directors, welcome to the 10th Annu-

al Awards Luncheon.

We are honored to have each of you present to join us as in celebrating and acknowledging the volunteers, sponsors, and supporters that have contributed to the successful execution of the BDPA mission in our communities. Borrowing

from the phrase our National Vice President, Mike Williams uses when he speaks on commitment, each honoree highlighted today has given of their time, talent, and treasury to enable the organizational success and more importantly, IMPACT, in our communities.

I humbly offer my sincere thanks to all of our volunteers both present and absent from today’s ceremony. It takes a team of individuals with the passion and commitment to do what this organization has been able to accomplish. Your demonstrated commitment has not gone un-noticed. I also thank the corporate sponsors and supporters that have contribut-ed to the successes we tout as an organization. Financial, in-kind, and talent resources provided to the organization are the lifeblood that keeps this strong body going. The organizations are listed in your program. The BDPA team and our communities sincerely thank you for your support.

It takes a team of dedicated volunteers to execute the BDPA mission. From Youth Technology training computer camps, to resume writing, to monthly informational program meetings where individuals connect with recruiters, mentors, and peers - all aimed at advancing the career oppor-tunities of our members “from the classroom to the boardroom”. Such a simple statement really, moving underserved and minority individuals fur-ther up the career ladder than they would otherwise have moved on their own. Isn’t that a cause worth getting behind and supporting? Its you, the individuals in this room, those being recognized today, and those working on these objectives tomorrow, that inspire us to do more, be more, and give more than we did the day before.

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As we stop to say thank you today, I hope that all of you here today will recommit yourself to helping the BDPA team reach more individuals, highlight more STEM role models to our youth, change more lives, and advance more careers, “from the classroom to the boardroom”.

Regards,

Dalric Webb, President BDPA Cincinnati

Message from the President

Hewlett-Packard Corporation Derian Green Korn/Ferry International Patrcia Melford

Cincinnati Bell Kevin Murray Unique Expressions Management Services LLC Patrick Nelson

Taft IT High School Michael Turner CSC Consulting Tina Welch

Corporate Advisory Council (C.A.C.)

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The purpose of the Annual Awards Luncheon is to honor our corporate supporters and the accomplishments of our members for year 2014.

BDPA Community Service Award: Presented to persons or organiza-tions who have assisted BDPA with its’ public service efforts through the use of their media, affiliations, outstanding leadership contributions or dedicated service.

BDPA Executive Officer of the Year Award: presented to one of the five vice presidents. Chapter president is ineligible. BDPA Corporate Sponsor of the Year: This is the highest award that our chapter gives to a corporation. It is for a corporation that has made significant contributions to the programs and activities of BDPA. They demonstrate that partnerships between non-profits and Corporate Ameri-ca can be fruitful for all involved. The contributions include the provisions of facilities, monetary support, experienced council and manpower. Only our official Corporate Sponsors are eligible for this award.

BDPA Director of the Year: presented to one of our 16 Department Directors. None of the executive officers are eligible to win this award. Award is based on quality and quantity of the leadership provided by the director. Measurements of success will include, but aren’t limited to, the achievement of the annual goals for that director’s department.

BDPA Spirit Award: presented to the chapter member who best displays the spirit of the organization. This member contributes first for the good of others.

BDPA Member of the Year: this is the highest membership award presented by the BDPA Cincinnati Chapter. It is reserved for the chap-ter member who has stretched beyond many boundaries to support the organization, its mission and its objectives. This member has made available their time, resources and talents to assist BDPA in fulfilling our goals.

Purpose of BDPA Annual Awards

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Awards ProgramWelcome Wayne Hicks, VP-Membership

Management

BDPA National and Local Perspective

Wayne Hicks, VP-Membership Management

Nominee Recognition Wayne Hicks, VP-Membership Management

Invocation

Lunch

Awards Presentation BDPA Cincinnati Chapter President, Dalric Webb

BDPA Cincinnati Corporate Advisory Chair, Derian Green, Century Link

Closing Remarks BDPA Cincinnati Chapter President, Dalric Webb

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Brown Mackie College hosts our monthly program meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Brown Mackie College employees served on the chapter’s Board of Directors last year. In addition, we have a number of current Brown Mackie students in our membership.

Cincinnati Bell is a long-time BDPA sponsor with representation on the chapter’s Corporate Advisory Council. In addition to sponsoring our Education Banquet and Awards Luncheon the company has sponsored 35 college student memberships.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) sponsored our Education Banquet.

Cincinnati State hosted our BDPA computer camp held for high school students each Saturday. In addition, the college has been host for the Midwest Regional Conference and the intense training sessions held last year for our 2014 High School Computer Competition team. A number of Cincinnati State employees serve as hands-on volunteers for the Saturday computer camps.

Cintrifuse sponsored our 2014 Awards Banquet.

Delta Gateway Foundation sponsored our Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program.

Fifth Third Bank sponsored our Awards Banquet and provided a number of corporate memberships for both technology professionals and college students. We were proud to see the company at the 2014 National BDPA career fair held in Indianapolis.

GE Volunteers Foundation provided our chapter with its largest financial support in 2014. The funding sponsored 36 technology professionals, 50 college students, the Awards Luncheon and the kick-off of our 2015 BDPA Computer Camp. The funding will also ensure successful completion of this year’s Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program.

Per Scholas signed a strategic alliance with BDPA in 2014 as well as

Our Sponsors To all of our sponspors and supporters, we thank you for your on-going and unwavering support.

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sponsored both our Education Banquet and Awards Luncheon. Per Scholas has been a ‘Tech Talk’ presenter at one of last year’s monthly program meetings.

Procter & Gamble is a member of the chapter’s Corporate Advisory Council and a number of P&G employees serve as part of the chapter’s Board of Directors. The funding sponsored 10 college students and 25 technology professionals. The company provided a luncheon speaker for last year’s computer camp. Finally, the company sponsored both the Awards Luncheon and the Education Banquet.

The Circuit sponsored our Education Banquet. They also allow us to use their ‘Tech Cincinnati’ Meetup platform to advertise our monthly program meetings and quarterly social events.

The University of Cincinnati sponsored our Education Banquet. BDPA is actively engaged as a strategic partner with UC. We have BDPA members serving on the Board of Advisors for UC’s computer science department.

SmartIT sponsored our Education Banquet and Awards Luncheon. The company has provided speakers for our monthly program meetings and we were proud to see them at our 2014 National BDPA career fair held in Indianapolis.

The Voice Of Your Customer provided networking, professional development, and marketing resources and secured the 2015 Awards Banquet location

Our Sponsors

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Award Descriptions and Nominees

BDPA Community Service Award

Frank Hill - Frank has been the backbone for the BDPA Cincinnati HSCC/YTCC effort. Under his leadership, the Director Outreach Department and the team of volunteers supporting the HSCC/YTCC efforts had a stellar year in 2014 training over 20 students in 2014 and taking five students to the National Technology Conference in Indianapolis, where the team placed 5th overall out of 46 chapters. Additionally, the team won over 15K in scholarships for the students in attendance. Frank continues to represent the BDPA spirit in his engagement, passion, and focus on the success of the underserved and underrepresented students in our communities. Through his efforts, Frank continues to drive an increased focus on STEM into the lives of students who might otherwise, never have the exposure to key leaders, mentors, and technology provided by the BDPA Cincinnati Chapter team of volunteers. Computer Camp director.

BDPA Executive Officer of the Year Award

Wayne Hicks - Under the leadership of Wayne, the VPMM business area more than doubled BDPA’s membership from 86 to 195 in CY-2014. In addition, Wayne and his team successfully executed three social events (Cincinnati Art Museum and Mahogany’s at the Banks). Finally, Wayne was active in supporting other vice presidents when it came to fundraising. He wrote grant proposals that successfully brought in funds from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Cincinnati Bell. Over $7,000 was raised from these successful grant proposals. Wayne actively marketed the monthly program meetings on a wide variety of social media platforms. Finally, Wayne wrote and issued press releases for most of the leadership appointments approved by BDPA Cincinnati chapter in 2014.

BDPA Corporate Sponsor of the Year

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College – Rock solid in-kind support for our weekly computer camp including facilities and personnel support!

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BDPA Director of the Year

Babacar Guise - Babacar took ownership of the monthly program meetings, a core and vital component of the BDPA Cincinnati chapter’s mission and function, and revitalized it into a smooth flowing operation. Despite many challenges to success such as location changes, last minute cancellations, etc., Babacar remained focused month after month in delivering a quality program meeting to the community and those in attendance. In evaluating the previous year of program meetings where many were outright cancelled for example, Babacar remained focused on delivering a monthly program meeting that was beneficial to all in attendance.

BDPA Director of the Year

Michael Pulliam – Contact Management Department director. Michael worked closely with the VP-Membership Management and the Nation-al BDPA VP-Membership Management to ensure that our membership database was accurate. He worked closely each month to identify and correct errors in the database. His efforts helped to grow the member-ship from 86 to 195 in CY-2014. He attended the Cincinnati Arts Muse-um social event. His wife and son often join him at program meetings and other events.

BDPA Spirit Award

Deborah Prince - Serving as the Director Outreach Department, Deborah brings boundless energy to supporting the Chapters HSCC/YTCC efforts in bridging the gap in providing more STEM exposure to the minority students in our communities. In 2014 Deborah served as the primary chaperone for our students at the National technology conference ensuring the students had a consistent and reliable sponsor to guide them successfully through the competition. Deborah’s energy and passion exemplify the spirit of our volunteers engagement for the chapter.

Award Descriptions and Nominees

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BDPA Member of the Year

Wayne Hicks - Wayne stepped forward in 2014 to serve as the Vice President, Membership Management, a key role in the successful growth and development of the BDPA Cincinnati Chapter. Under his leadership, the chapter continued to grow month after month finishing the year at almost 200 members! Additionally, Wayne managed the marketing and outward communications for the Chapter, building key relationships with multiple vendors and business partners to communicate the BDPA message in a consistent and reliable manner. Finally, Wayne added key additional volunteer resources to the VPMM team including Directors of membership, benefits, and contact management. Each of these volunteers contributed in 2014 to the overall success of the BDPA Cincinnati Chapter.

Member of the Year Babacar Guisse – Professional Development Department director. Remarkable effort to schedule and deliver on twelve monthly program meetings in 2014. The program meetings played a large role in the membership growth last year. His programs impacted on more members and supporters than anyone else in the chapter.

Award Descriptions and Nominees

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Cincinnati Students Earn $15,625 in STEM Scholarships at BDPA Conference

Four high school students were selected to compete as part of the chapter’s national HSCC team in a comprehensive 3-part competition

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Dalric Webb, PresidentShawnda Peterson, President-Elect/VP-Business Management

Clarence Lacarte, Immediate Past PresidentJessica Waddell, VP-Finance

Ellery Lewis, VP-FundraisingWayne Hicks, VP-Membership Management

Karen Lipscomb, VP-Member ServicesNorman Phillips, VP-Strategy & Planning

Lesley Floyd, Director-Alliances DepartmentPatrick Nelson, Director-Benefits DepartmentCarl Matthews, Director-Chapter Organization Department Carmen Byes, Director-Communications Department

Michael Pulliam, Director-Contact Management Department,Debbie Sanders, Director-Internal/External DepartmentShelton Graves, Director-Marketing DepartmentAudra Sweeney, Director-Membership DepartmentDeborah Prince, Director-Outreach Department

William Carter, Director-Planning DepartmentBabacar Guise, Director-Professional Development Department

Cincinnati Leadership

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