b'MSPMA HISTORYDuring the summer of 2013, whoT he Missouri School Plantwere held in Columbia until 1996. do you think called me (as I receivedManagers Association wasIt was decided to move to the Lake this call, I was enroute to New Jerseyformed at an organizationalof the Ozark because it was more to commence a construction project),meeting on October 16,1991 at thecentrally located. The organization thats right! None other than DwightColumbia Public School Specialhas continued to grow and the Board Cutbirth. Services offices.of Directors established a limit of Tony Sloan, Director of theone hundred vendors at each Annual Dwight shared he had just left aColumbia Public School SpecialConference. Due to MSPMA growth quarterly meeting and the board hadServices, attended the conventionwe now have over 100+ vendors. voted and agreed to commence aof the Southern School PlantTony Sloan served as Executive MSPMA Certified Facility CertificationManagement Association in SanDirector of MSPMA from 2001 through Training Program and my name wasAntonio, TX in the spring of 19902017. He served as vice-president, raised to possibly serve as Coordinator,and sought the assistance ofpresident-elect, and president of the setting up the program from the groundothers in the state to form a similarSouthern School Plant Management up. (Initial outline and training critiqueorganization. Gary Jones of theAssociation from 1993- 1995. At the would be shared from WASBO.) I wasMissouri Department of Elementary1995 annual conference in St. Louis, and Secondary Education supportedTony was instrumental in reorganizing excited to have the opportunity to oncethe program, assisted in recruiting andSSPMA into the National School again be an active member supportingadvertising the concept of 40 personsPlant Management Association and an organization I was honored to serveattending the 1991 meeting. Thiswas its first president. He has since through Facility Management. I saidgroup organized the first conferenceserved as NSPMA state representative yes!. of the MSPMA on October 18, 1992 atand served on various committees. As quickly as I returned home, Ithe Ramada Inn, Columbia Missouri.The Spouses program has been Elected officers and regional directorsavailable at the 1992 and 1993 annual began to put a plan together to voicebecame the governing Board ofconferences but was not continued before the MSPMA Board. Directors for the organization. The firstwith the election of new presidents. I provided an outline of topics/howofficers were Tony Sloan, President;The program was reinstated in 2004 I would track all training data andLarry Smith (Grandview) Presidentwhen Geneva Harris started providing communicate with all present andElect; Robin Kearns, Vice-President;programs for the spouses. future attending personnel to includeJim Underwood, Secretary and MarilouIn 2013 the Board of Directors Rogers, Treasurer. Regional Directorsestablished The Facility Managers but not limited to Core Instructors. were Tom McClain, Northwest; DanAssociation Certification Training Guess what? The board liked all myODonnell, Northeast; R. G. Kirby,Program, with Richard Jones serving as recommendations and asked that I trackKansas City; Patrick Houlahan, St.Program Coordinator until retirement my time and provide results of the firstLouis; Mark Bard; Southwest; Bobin September 2022. In 2017 Charley training session which began in 2014.Graham; Southeast; Gary Jones,Branham was elected to serve as It took six months of data to provide aState Representative; and Jerry Wall,Executive Director and continues to Sponsor Representative. Conferencesserve MSPMA in this role to this day.base line for financial support as this was a paying position. There was some discussion and it was decided to proceed forward.It is with great pride that I was first to present MSPMAs first Certified Facility Certification certificate to Mrs. Vida Martinez from Missouri Southern University at the 2016 annual conference. (She and her husband paid all costs related to their training and used vacation time to attend training sites/dates). I would like to add, she and her husband Frank, were the first to arrive at most training sites and always available to assist me in preparing and closing down for many training eventGym Floor Recoating Specialistlocations.WWW.MSPMA.COM|23'