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Alabama

Alabama Quality Award

Linda Vincent — Assistant Director
Alabama Productivity Center
249 Bidgood Hall
P.O. Box 870318
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0318
Phone: 205-348-8994
Fax: 205-348-9391
E-mail: Linda@proctr.cba.ua.edu

Alaska

Alaska Performance Excellence Program

Benjamin Park — CEO
Alaska Performance Excellence
430 West 7th Street, Suite 110
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-274-7232
Fax: 907-235-8766
E-mail: benjaminspark@aol.com

Arizona

Arizona State Quality Award

Debra Wiencer — Executive Director
Arizona Quality Alliance
2 North Central Avenue, Suite 2220
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: 602-364-7026
Fax: 602-364-7083
E-mail: dwiener@arizona-excellence.com

Arkansas

Arkansas Quality Award

Sue Weatter
Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence
1200 West Capitol Street
Little Rock, AR 72201-3014
Phone: 501-373-2222
Fax: 501-373-2222
E-mail: sweatter@arkansas-quality.org

California

California Awards for Performance Excellence

Mary Kay Johnston — Office Manager
California Council for Excellence
P0 Box 1235
Poway, CA 92074-1235
Phone: 858-486-0400
Fax: 858-486-8595
E-mail: marykay@calexcellence.org

Colorado

Colorado Performance Excellence Award

Tom Mauro — Executive Director & CEO
Colorado Performance Excellence
P.O. Box 17545
4100 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80217
Phone: 303-893-2739
Fax: 702-859-1353
E-mail: tmmauro@coloradoexcellence.org

Connecticut

Connecticut Quality Improvement Award

Sheila Carmine — Founder and Executive Director
The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc.
P.O. Box 1396
Stamford, CT 06904-1396
Phone: 203-322-9534
Fax: 203-329-2465
E-mail: cqia@aol.com

Delaware

Delaware Quality Award

John Riabov — Executive Director
Delaware Alliance for Excellence
c/o UD Downtown Center
13 East 8th Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-571-5233
Fax: 302-571-5266
E-mail: jriabov@udel.edu

Florida

Governor’s Sterling Award for Performance Excellence

John Pieno
Florida Sterling Council
501 South Calhoun Street
Room 313, Carlton Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0100
Phone: 850-922-5316
Fax: 850-488-7579
E-mail: jpieno@floridasterling.com

Georgia

Georgia Oglethorpe Award

Victoria Taylor — Executive Director
Georgia Oglethorpe Award Process, Inc.
148 International Blvd. NE, Suite 225
Atlanta, GA 30303-1751
Phone: 404-232-3808
Fax: 404-232-3771
E-mail: office@georgiaoglethorpe.org

Indiana

Indiana Center for Organizational Excellence

David Ramsey — Organizer
Phone: 260-407-0374
E-mail: dramsey@aptimise.com
Note: The existing BKD Indiana Quality Improvement Awards program is not a Baldrige-based awards program.

Iowa

Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence

Mike Langridge — Director
Iowa Quality Center
3375 Armar Drive
Marion, IA 52302
Phone: 319-398-7101
Fax: 319-398-5698
E-mail: info@iowaqc.org

Illinois

The Lincoln Awards for Business Excellence

Paul G. Kuchuris, Jr. — President/CEO
The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence c/o Tellabs, Inc.
1415 West Diehl Road
Mail Stop 514
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: 630-637-1595
Fax: 630-579-1620
E-mail: pkuchuris@lincolnaward.org

Kansas

Kansas Award for Excellence

Jerry Lanese — Director
Kansas Center for Excellence Foundation
12401 Catalina
Leawood, KS 66209
Phone: 913-491-9234
E-mail: jerry@lanesegroup.com

Kentucky

The KYCPE Award Program

Bob Gardner — Vice President
Kentucky Center for Performance Excellence
508 Birch Court
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone: 859-280-4230
E-mail: bob.gardner@acs-inc.com

Louisiana

The Louisiana Performance Excellence Award

David Stoltz — President
Louisiana Quality Foundation
P.O. Box 44172
Lafayette, LA 70504-4172
Phone: 337-482-6714
Fax: 337-262-5472
E-mail: david.stoltz@spr.doe.gov

Maryland

Maryland Performance Excellence Awards

Marty Stephens — Program Manager
University of Maryland - MTECH
3114 Potomac Building, 092
Room 3114
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-7173
Fax: 301-314-9808
E-mail: martys@umd.edu

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Quality Award

Len Deneault — Executive Director
MassExcellence
P.O. Box 1766
Lowell, MA 01853-1766
Phone: 978-934-2403
Fax: 978-934-4035
E-mail: info@massexcellence.com

Michigan

Michigan Quality Leadership Award

Geri Markley — Executive Director
Michigan Quality Council
3601 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2659
Phone: 734-929-9124
Fax: 734-332-8918
E-mail: mquality@cleary.net

Minnesota

Minnesota Quality Award

Brian Lassiter — President
Minnesota Council for Quality
PMB 156
13033 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305-1807
Phone: 612-462-3577
Fax: 763-476-1614
E-mail: brian.lassiter@councilforquality.org

Missouri

Missouri Quality Award

Terry Stevens — President
Excellence in Missouri Foundation
205 Jefferson St., 14 Fl.
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: 573-526-1727
Fax: 573-526-1729
E-mail: terry.stevens@mqa.mo.gov

Nebraska

Nebraska Edgerton Quality Awards

Jenne Garvey Rodriguez — Coordinator
Nebraska Dept. of Economic Development
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94666
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666
Phone: 800-426-6505
Fax: 402-471-3778
E-mail: jenne.rodriguez@ded.ne.gov

Nevada

Nevada Governors’ Awards for Performance Excellence

Marla Everson — President
Nevada Quality Alliance
4132 South Rainbow Boulevard
Suite 394
Las Vegas, NV 89103
Phone: 702-254-0002
E-mail: president@nvqa.org

New Hampshire

Granite State Quality Award

Anne Warner — Director
Granite State Quality Council
P.O. Box 29
Manchester, NH 03105-0029
Phone: 603-223-1312
Fax: 603-223-1299
E-Mail: quality@gsqc.com

New Mexico

New Mexico Quality Awards

Julia Gabaldon — President
Quality New Mexico
P.O. Box 25005
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Phone: 505-944-2001
Fax: 505-944-2002
E-Mail: qnm@quality-newmexico.org

New York

Governor’s Award for Excellence

George K. Hansen — Director
The Empire State Advantage
E-Mail: ESANewYork@aol.com

North Carolina

Awards for Excellence Program

Wayne Tindle — Director
Campus Box 7902
Raleigh, NC 27695-7902
Phone: 919-515-4660
Fax: 919-515-6159
E-mail: wayne_tindle@ncsu.edu

Ohio

Ohio Award for Excellence

Elaine Edgar — Executive Director
Ohio Partnership for Excellence
829 Bethel Road
PMB 212
Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: 614-441-8337
Fax: 614-515-4771
E-Mail: info@partnershipohio.org

Organizations of Noteworthy Excellence (ONE) Awards

Jim Lay — Program Director
Cincinnati Business Courier
101 West Seventh Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-481-6888
E-mail: jflay@fuse.net

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Quality Award

Mike Strong — Executive Director
OK Quality Award Foundation, Inc.
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405-815-5295
Fax: 405-815-5205
E-Mail: mike.strong@oklahomaquality.com

Pennsylvania

Keystone Performance Excellence Award

Robert Bitner — Chair
Keystone Performance Excellence Award
777 East Park Drive, Suite 300
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone: 717-572-4800
Fax: 717-427-1566
E-Mail: info@keystonealliance.com

Lancaster Chamber Performance Excellence Award

Sandi Thompson — Programs Director
Lancaster Chamber Performance
Excellence Award
The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry
P.O. Box 1558
Lancaster, PA 17608-1558
Phone: 717-397-3531
Fax: 717-293-3159
E-Mail: sthompso@lcci.com

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Quality Award

Brian M. Knight — Executive Director
Center for Performance Excellence
165 Dyerville Avenue, Suite 3
Johnston, RI 02919-4410
Phone: 401-277-5149
Fax: 401-277-5060
E-Mail: ricpe@etal.uri.edu

South Carolina

South Carolina Governor’s Quality Award

Suzie Rast — Chairperson
South Carolina Quality Forum
Univ. of South Carolina Spartanburg
800 University Way, Rampey Center
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 1-888-231-0578
Fax: 864-503-5995
E-Mail: jreeves@gw.uscs.edu

Tennessee

Memphis Regional Chamber Quality Cup Award

Dr. Donald C. Fisher — Exec. Director & Award Administrator
The Mid-South Quality Productivity Center
MSQPC - The Quality Center
22 N. Front St., Suite 200
MemDhis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-543-3551
Fax: 901-543-3510
E-Mail: dfisher@memphischamber.com

Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Award

Kathryn S. Rawls — President/CEO
Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence
2525 Perimeter Place Drive, Suite 122
Nashville, TN 37214-3773
Phone: 800-453-6474
Fax: 615-889-8325
E-Mail: contact@tncpe.org

Performance Excellence Association of the Mid-South - PerfX

Harriet Browning — Executive Director
Greater Memphis Association for Quality
P.O. Box 396
Cordova, TN 38088
Phone: 901-831-0230
Fax: 901-371-0929
E-Mail: hjbrowning@comcast.net

Texas

Texas Award for Performance Excellence

Bill Denney — CEO
Quality Texas Foundation
1402 Corinth Street, Suite 2004
Dallas, TX 75215
Phone: 214-565-8550
Fax: 214-565-9082
E-Mail: quality-info@texas-quality.org

Central Texas Regional Performance Excellence Award

Tony Perez— Program Director
University of Texas Center for Performance Excellence Program
P.O. Box 7518
Austin, TX 78713-7518
Phone: 512-232-9530
Fax: 512-232-6126
E-Mail: tperez@austin.utexas.edu

Vermont

Vermont Program for Performance Excellence

Laurie Emerson — Director of Operations
Vermont Council for Quality
480 Hercules Drive
Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: 802-655-1910
Fax: 802-655-1932
E-Mail: laurie@performanceexcellence.com

Virginia

U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for VA

Robert Bowles — Executive Director
U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award
P.O. Box 6099
Suffolk, Virginia 23433
Phone: 757-679-7772
E-Mail: rbowles_spqa@yahoo.com

Washington

Washington State Quality Award

Jennifer Sprecher — Executive Director
Washington State Quality Award
P.O. Box 609
Keyport, WA 98345
Phone: 360-697-2444
Fax: 360-394-2445
E-mail: wsqa@wsqa.net

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Forward Award

Elizabeth Menzer — Executive Director
Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc.
2909 Landmark Place, Suite 110
Madison, WI 53713
Phone: 608-663-5300
Fax: 608-663-5302
E-Mail: menzer@forwardaward.org