Membership News - July 2009


PMI Membership News - July 2009

Additional Credit Cards now Accepted
PMI CVC is now accepting American Express and Discover cards, in addition to VISA and MasterCard, for registration for meetings and events.

CVC Job Opportunities E-mail Distribution List
This member service is provided for the benefit of CVC members and is offered to Central Virginia area employers at no charge.  Opportunities submitted to the CVC will be e-mailed to all members on this list. This list is used on demand.  CVC Members can join the e-mail list at www.pmicvc.org/lists.htm.

PMI’s Hardship Provision – Membership Dues

The following is the Hardship Provision information that can be located on the back of the Renewal Invoice … “A Hardship Provision is available to any PMI member whose financial condition has changed drastically and sufficiently so that a member would have difficulty renewing their membership. A member must be in good standing for at least three previous years to qualify for the Hardship Provision.

Under this provision, a member is granted waiver for one year of PMI Membership dues and one year of dues for membership in any two PMI Component of which the applicant was a member the previous year.  The Hardship Provision may be granted for a maximum of two years for each member.  To apply for consideration, send a letter explaining the nature of the hardship, along with the invoice, to the attention of the Manager, Membership Services prior to the membership expiration date.

Please remember that any incorrect or untrue statement made be a member are in violation of the PMI Member Ethical Standards-Membership Standards of Conduct and may lead to the initiation of an ethics complaint in accordance with the PMI Member Ethics Case Procedures.

VITAL STATISTICS (as of May 30, 2009):

  Central Virginia Chapter membership: 1329  

Number of PMPs: 895
67.3% of our members have achieved PMP status.

Welcome to our 41 new Chapter members (April 2009 - May 2009) and New PMP members


In April

Mr. Olalere Sodiq Adepoju - Linkso Nigeria Limited
Mrs. Lea Blake - SERCO-NA
Mr. Charles Busch - SunSys LLC
Mr. David Anthony Collins - HIMSS
Mr. Marty Lee Ferdig - Serco NA
Mr. Mark Fox - E. I. DuPont Nemours
Mr. Mahlon Judd Graham - CapTech Ventures, Inc.
Ms. Jill A Hartzell, PMP
Mrs. Sherry H. Long - VHDA
Mr. Steven P Long - Steven Long Consulting
Mr. Eric Longo - JP Morgan Chase
Ms. Patty G. Moerschell, PMP - Suntrust
Mrs. Susan Santiago Smith - Dominion
Mr. Charles C Turnage, PMP - Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Ms. Joan Twombly - WellPoint
Mrs. Robyn Dorsey Willis - Dominion Digital
Ms. Cynthia A Woods - Wachovia Securities

In May

Mrs. Tammy J Alexander - Virginia Farm Bureau
Mr. Thurmond Alford, Jr. - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mindy L Ball, PMP - Microsoft
Mr. Mitchell Billings
Mr. Matt Burstein - Coventry Health Care, Inc.
Mr. Daniel Cherkis - Wachovia
Ms. Sylvia Page Chisholm, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Mr. Richard L Day - Science Applications International Corp
Mrs. Kathryn M Draper, PMP - Altria Client Services, Inc.
Mr. Dan Han - Virginia Commonwealth University
Ms. Regina L Hill - State of Virginia
Mr. Madhav Kidambi - Spansion
Anne C Landry - Ochsner Health System
Ms. Sonya P Lucas, PMP - Virginia Workers Compensation Commission
Ms. Dorothy M. Luck, PMP - Federal Reserve Information Technology
Ms. Stephanie McGrath
Mr. Stefan C Michalski, PMP - NRAO
Erik Owren - BrownGreer PLC
Mr. Gregory OLyn Proctor - Prolific-Technology Consulting Group
Mr. James Byron Roberts, PMP - VSE Corporation
Ms. Michelle Marie Sasso - Accenture
Ms. Kathy A Seratte, PMP - US Dept of State
Patricia Robinson White - Computer Sciences Corporation
Mr. McKinley Wood - CB Richard Ellis

We look forward to seeing you at meetings and welcome your participation in the Chapter.

Congratulations to our new PMPs

37 members achieved PMP status in April 2009 and May 2009. Please join me in congratulating these folks on their outstanding achievement:

In April

Mr. Brian Banton, PMP - EMC Captiva
Ms Sara S Barnett, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Mr. Kevin David Baucom, PMP - CapTech Ventures
Mr. William P Cooksey, Jr., PMP - Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Mr. Jeffrey Scott Cox, PMP - Philip Morris USA
Mr. Daryl J Cunningham, PMP - DLG LLC
Mr. Richard Allen Donahue, Sr., PMP - U. S. Marine Corps
Ms. Leslie Shawn Dunham, PMP - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Miss Kathryn C Everson, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Dr. Richard Lee Farnsworth, PMP - Battelle Memorial Institute
Mr. Thomas Haines, Jr., PMP - Booz Allen Hamilton
Linda J Hemenway, PMP - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Ms Jane M Hornaday, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Karen G Houghton, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Mr. James Lehan, PMP - Wachovia
Ms. Sallie D. Lewis, PMP - Bon Secours Health System
Mr Jason M Martin, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Mr. Terry Moden, PMP - MC Dean Inc
Mrs Mary Beth Musco, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Mr. Jason Keith Posey, PMP - BearingPoint
Mrs Adrien Van Note, PMP - Wachovia Securities

In May

Mr. Khader M Allahbaksh, PMP
Mr. Paul Allen, PMP - Boehringer Ingelheim
Mr. Dave Birkelien, PMP - Perot Systems
Mr. Jonathan C Brandon, PMP - Project Assistants, Inc.
Ms. Sylvia Page Chisholm, PMP - Wachovia Securities
Mr. Michael Anthony Kord, PMP - PerotSystems
Mr. Robert A Lapsley, PMP - SCHEV
Mrs. Georgie F Lynch, PMP - VHDA
Mr. Murtuza Mohamed Madarwala, PMP - 3TI
Mr. Marcus J. Mickle, PMP - Virginia Commonwealth University
Randy L Morgan, PMP - The Louis Berger Group
Mr. Christopher Michael Pousson, PMP - MTCSC      
Mr. Keith Allen Richardson, PMP - General Dynamics
Mr. James Byron Roberts, PMP - VSE Corporation
Mrs. Paula C Spencer, PMP - VCU Health System
Mr. John C Willard, Sr., PMP - VA Dept of Transportation

67.3% of our membership has obtained their PMP certification.

Welcome to our new members and congratulations to our new PMPs. We look forward to seeing you at meetings and welcome your participation in the Chapter.

Jane Newell, PMP
VP, Membership