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Hello AZNIGP Members-

It's been another busy 3 months for the chapter. Forum was held in Colorado this year and we had a great time going back in time dressing up like it was 1980! There was a lot of networking between chapter members and colleagues from all over.

Check out all the fun the Young Professionals/Mentoring Committee Networking Event was a few weeks ago.

Don't forget to vote for your next Vice President and Secretary and confirm Michael Greene as your next 2026 President.

We have a member spotlight on Barbara Corella who has been a member of the chapter since 1989.

Dear AZ NIGP Members,
Welcome to the final quarter of the calendar and chapter year! Lots going on so let’s jump in.
If you recall, back on July 22nd, the Copper Chapter invited our members to their training meeting and the information exchanged was beneficial to all. Our chapter returned the favor on September 16th by inviting the Copper Chapter to OUR Chapter Training Meeting. The speaker was Sean Carroll, the former Chief Procurement Officer for the State of New York. He spoke so eloquently and gave us new perspectives about how to deal with crisis situations.
At that meeting, we also had a presentation from our Membership Committee to remind everyone of the benefits of being a member of our great chapter. Evan Karl and Rob Cochran were outstanding in providing information beneficial to all of us. Finally, David Stueber, our own State Procurement Administrator, connected and gave us updates on the happenings at SPO. In my 35 years as a member of the Capitol Chapter, I don’t

Lost Our Home Pet Rescue was founded in 2008 as a grassroots response to the housing crisis that left thousands of people displaced and thousands of pets abandoned. Lost Our Home Founder and Executive Director, Jodi Polanski, worked as a local mortgage banker during that time and witnessed these devastating results firsthand.
Pets were abandoned in foreclosed homes, often without food or water. Others were forced into shelters—their owners having no other choice. With the second highest foreclosure rates, and the second highest shelter-euthanasia rates, Maricopa County was experiencing a crisis and no existing service was designed to address the needs of both people and pets.
Jodi was quick to recognize this urgent need and launched Lost Our Home Pet Rescue with just a small network of volunteers who were focused on helping the pets that had been abandoned during the housing crisis. Help and hope were on the way!