Nichol Luoma is the Vice President of University Business Services, University Sustainability Operations Officer, and Chief Procurement Officer at Arizona State University (ASU). Luoma is a first-generation college graduate and has nearly two decades of global business operations leadership experience. She oversees multiple operations at ASU, including supply chain (procurement...

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...

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...

Danny C. Kim is the Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer at California State University, Fullerton, one of the largest campuses in the CSU system with over 40,000 students. For the last 5 years, he has been responsible for university administrative services and functions such as...

Jennifer currently serves as the Chief Procurement Officer for Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University System and has 19 years of experience in contracting and procurement. She oversees executive level management of the offices of Purchasing, Contracting, Payment Services, PCard, Travel, Property Surplus, and Vendor Services. Her responsibilities include...

Christopher Rust is the Director of Purchasing at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, where he is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic procurement initiatives. His duties also include contract management and negotiations, supply partner relationships, consortia liaison, and eProcurement administration. Prior to joining Connecticut College in...

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...

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...

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,...

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...