Top Owners Committing to CMAA Forum

For Immediate Release: February 8, 2011
Contact: John McKeon, jmckeon@cmaanet.org, 703-677-3361

     A growing number of the nation's most active and influential construction program owners are committing to participate in the 2011 CMAA Owners Forum on May 15-17 at the Westin River Walk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

     The forum's mission is to focus on owner concerns and priorities and showcase leading owners throughout the conference agenda. In addition, executives from major Construction and Program Management service providers will take part as panelists and will attend the forum as an opportunity to interact directly with key owners.

     Among the owners confirmed as participants in the forum are:

• Bob Peck, Commissioner of the U.S. Public Building Service
• Bob Wilson, Director, Global Project Services, General Electric
• Catherine Gerali, District Manager, Denver Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, honorary co-chair
• Harlan Kelly, Assistant General Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, honorary co-chair
• Jennifer Cottingham, Program Manager, City of Dallas Water Utilities
• Kathryn Mallon, Assistant Commissioner, New York Department of Environmental Protection
• Mark Cacamis, PE, CCM, State Construction Engineer, Virginia DOT
• Scott Jellison, COO, Metropolitan District Commission of Hartford, CT
• Shapour Ebadi, Project Executive, St. Elizabeth's Campus, U.S. GSA
• Tim McKay, Senior Vice President, Dallas Area Rapid Transit

     In addition, speakers are expected to represent the Port of Los Angeles, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the University of Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the cities of San Diego and Bakersfield, CA and other owner organizations.

     The forum program will consist of both plenary sessions and three concurrent "summits" addressing building strategies and two critical infrastructure markets. The three concurrent "summit" conferences will focus on building strategies and water and wastewater; and transportation. Each summit will include two high-level, hour-long panel sessions of owners, one hour-long roundtable of CM/PM executives, five high impact educational breakout sessions and a private, facilitated owners-only dialogue.

     All forum participants, from all three summits, will come together for the Sunday military briefing and welcome reception; Monday's opening breakfast with remarks by the summits' honorary chairs; a keynote luncheon; a Tuesday forum breakfast with chairs' remarks, the closing town hall session with owners and a number of networking breaks.

     The program will open Sunday, May 15 with a special Military Design, Construction and Energy Briefing featuring top leaders of the busiest and most important military commands in San Antonio and the Southwest.

     CMAA is once again offering a special low registration fee of $50 for owner participants, making it possible to participate in the forum even with today's widespread budget pressures.

     Full information about the 2011 CMAA Owners Forum is available online at www.cmaanet.org/owners-forum-2011.

CMAA is North America's only organization dedicated exclusively to the interests of the professional Construction and Program management industry. On behalf of its 27 regional chapters and more than 6,300 public and private organizations and individuals throughout the nation, CMAA promotes professionalism in the Construction Management industry and provides resources, advocacy, professional development, certification, and business opportunities to its members. CMAA's national headquarters is located in McLean, Va. The Association's Web site is www.cmaanet.org.

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