E&I Member Awards | E&I Cooperative Services

Each year we celebrate our remarkable members who have made valuable contributions through best practices, volunteerism, and/or distinguished service to the higher ed purchasing profession.

David H. Lord Cooperative Services Award
E&I Cooperative Contract Utilization Award
E&I Cooperative Contract Volume Award

The Nancy Tregoe
Scholarship
E&I Cloud Leadership Awards

David H. Lord Cooperative Services Award

2020 Winner
Aaron Carter, Assistant Vice President, Illinois Public Higher Education Cooperative (IPHEC)

David Lord’s 12 years of dedicated service on the E&I Board of Directors left an indelible mark upon the Cooperative’s history. Throughout his time as Board of Directors President, David consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership in meeting the diverse needs of our membership. The David H Lord Cooperative Services Award was created to acknowledge and recognize a member who has made exceptional contributions to E&I over a comprehensive period of time through volunteerism in the area of Cooperative Services as exemplified by David Lord.

E&I Cooperative Contract Utilization Award

2020 Award Winner
Pensacola State College

This award recognizes an E&I member in higher education with the largest growth in number of E&I contracts utilized year-over-year

E&I Cooperative Contract Volume Award

2020 Award Winner
The University of Illinois at Chicago

This award recognizes an E&I member in higher education with the highest year-over-year percentage increase in purchase volume.

The Nancy Tregoe Scholarship

2018 Award Winner
Ann Nawrocki, Alvernia University

Purpose To provide professional development opportunities for a current NAEP member from a small school who has made contributions to both NAEP and E&I.

Nancy Tregoe served as the Director of Purchasing and Administrative Services for Lafayette College for more than 25 years. Nancy was past president of the National Association of Educational Buyers and a long-time member of the E&I Board of Directors. She was a very special friend, a devoted colleague and a tireless advocate for small school issues. The Nancy Tregoe Scholarship was created to honor Nancy’s legacy and to encourage others to become active in E&I and NAEP.

To apply for the Nancy Tregoe Scholarship, please complete the application and submit via email or fax to NAEP.

E&I Cloud Leadership Awards

The E&I Cloud Leadership Awards recognize higher education technology leadership teams that are implementing innovative solutions at their institutions using cloud applications. Winners are recognized at a dedicated ceremony during the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Learn More