Christina serves as the Director of Strategic Sourcing and Contracts at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has over a decade of experience within MIT that includes strategic procurement, commercial contracting, financial risk management, and other business advisory services. Christina is deeply committed to supporting and protecting the needs of the MIT community by delivering tangible value and benefits through the Institute’s purchasing activities. She leads the development and implementation of strategies that leverage...

Jana Thompson CPSM, MBA has over 26 years in purchasing in private, public, government and higher education sectors. Her work experience includes oversight of procurement services, inventory management, purchasing card programs, accounts payable teams and managing the University Shared Service Center. Her recent accomplishments include the successful implementation of a complete procure-to-pay system, an electronic contract management system, a virtual card payment process, an electronic invoicing solution and a digital mailroom. Jana received her Bachelor’s...

Kim joined Radford University as Executive Director of Strategic Sourcing in 2019 where she is Chief Procurement Officer for the University. Her team is consistently seeking out strategic opportunities to enhance the way Radford University does business by streamlining processes and implementing cost saving strategies. Prior to joining Radford, she was at Virginia Tech as the Assistant Director and Contracts Manager, a position she held for 11 years. In this position she provided oversight of...

Archibald E. Asawa joined Soka University of America in March 1998. His responsibilities include the overall management of the University’s operations, including budget, finance, endowment, information technology, development, community relations, facilities and landscape management, mail room, purchasing, environmental health and safety, security, events, contracts management and auxiliary businesses. He currently serves as the University’s chief investment officer, managing a $1.3 billion endowment. He is active in NACUBO and currently serves on the organization’s Board of...

Greg Shabram serves as the Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Oregon (UO). He leads a team responsible for all procurement and high-level contracting activity for goods and services at the University. Greg also oversees the teams responsible for operating UO’s e-procurement system “Duck Depot” as well as administrating UO’s P-Card program, HUB outreach, and sustainable procurement plans. Prior to his current tenure at UO, Greg worked at Boeing Commercial Airplanes as a procurement...

As the Chief Procurement Officer for Texas Tech University, Jennifer oversees strategic acquisition, contract administration, payment strategies, vendor services, p-card services, travel services, and business intelligence. She is responsible for the functions of these offices for both Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University System. Jennifer was a project leader for the Banner and Jaggaer implementations for the university, and she received the Distinguished Service Award from NAEP in 2016. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of...

Ron Moraski is the Vice President of Procurement Services at Columbia University in the City of New York. Ron is responsible for the procure to pay process, which includes Procurement, Vendor Management, Accounts Payable and Travel. Prior to joining Columbia, Ron directed the Procurement Services team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. During that time, he transformed the team from transactional purchasing to strategic procurement by implementing an e-procurement suite, a digital mailroom...

Missty Kennedy currently serves as the Director of Procurement & Business Services at Auburn University. She has previously served as the Assistant Director of Procurement Services, in addition to working in private sector procurement for three years. Missty has over 18 years’ experience in Procurement. While at Auburn, Missty has been instrumental in developing and implementing new roles for her procurement staff. She has also pursued cost savings and greater efficiencies through electronic issuance of...

Barry Swanson currently serves as Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Kentucky. Prior to taking this position, Barry served as the Associate Vice Provost for Campus Operations/Chief Procurement Officer for the University of Kansas, where he was responsible for leading seven departments - Design and Construction Management, Facilities Services, Parking and Transit, Environmental Health and Safety, the KU Center for Sustainability, Procurement Services and the Campus Operations Business Center. Barry joined KU in 1998...

Kevin Maloney is the retired Director of Strategic Sourcing and PantherExpress System Solutions for the University of Pittsburgh. As the Director, Kevin was responsible for the establishment of University-wide and other high impact contracts via a strategic sourcing methodology. PantherExpress is Pitt’s brand for the JAGGAER (SciQuest) full suite of e-procurement products. Kevin has been in the higher education field for over a decade. Prior to that he worked in the manufacturing sector at: Corning...