Honorees Exemplify Exceptional Leadership in Public and Private Sector Fiscal Management
San Juan Capistrano, California (May, 2024): ProcureAmerica is proud to announce the 2024 HERO award winners – honoring those individuals who exhibited outstanding leadership skills and qualities that positively impacted their organizations in a material way last year. These men and women are ‘HEROES’ in every sense of the word, and ProcureAmerica is proud to honor their efforts.
The HERO Award program acknowledges and celebrates both public and private sector senior executive service staff for their exceptional leadership and vision in effectively managing and reducing expenses on behalf of their organization. Nominees are selected on their ability to deliver impactful programs and policies that enhance fiscal efficiency and service deliverables to their organization.
“I am deeply honored and humbled to have received the ProcureAmerica HERO award in 2020,” said Lisa Bartlett, Supervisor Fifth District County of Orange County (retired). “Fiscal responsibility is a public trust that all government agencies shoulder!”
Join us in congratulating the 2023 HERO Award recipients:
Public Sector
- Alicia Rolfe, Controller – San Diego Unified School District
- Maria Agrusa, County Procurement – County of Orange
- Megan Ong, Program Manager – City of San Diego
- Cheryl Sadro, Chief Financial Officer – UC Davis Health
- Justin Sullivan, Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Procurement Officer – University of California, San Francisco
- Clare Shinnerl, Vice Chancellor, Finance, Operations & Administration – University of California, Davis
- Biju Kamaleswaran, Associate Vice Chancellor, Campus Controller – University of California, Santa Cruz
- Michelle NewRingeisen, Strategy & Business Operations – City of Oakland
- Steve Rodriguez, Information Technology Manager – City of Livermore
- Mark Sewell, Assistant Chief Financial Officer – City of Oxnard
- Andrea Rosenberg, Chief Ancillary Support Services Officer – NatividadMedicalCenter
Private Sector
- Kent Duron, Sourcing & Contracts Manager – Keck Medicine of USC
- Corinne Mintz, Vice President of Finance – SIB Fixed Cost Reduction
- Chad Wanke, Principal – OrbisPublicAffairs
“Challenging times provide opportunities for HEROES to show themselves and the class of 2023 winners are all prime examples of this belief! Each of these men and woman have exhibited leadership and excellence within their organization and it is with great honor that we celebrate each of the HERO Award winners,” said Fred Armendariz, CEO of ProcureAmerica.“
About us:
ProcureAmerica, an SIB Company, is the nation’s leader in providing Business Intelligence (BI*) services to public agencies and public organizations. Each client engagement delivers increased supplier service levels, vendor transparency, and net cost reduction. The firm provides business intelligence expertise in six expense categories: utilities, waste services, print management, telecommunications, technology, and treasury. Learn more at www.procureamerica.org.
*Business Intelligence (BI)
{def.} Industry specific experts use of historical, current, and predictive information to identify, design, and implement operational efficiency strategies.
