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AK Alaska Performance Excellence Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Benjamin Park
CEO
Phone: 907-274-7232
Fax: 907-272-1940
Organization:

Alaska Performance Excellence
430 W 7th Street
Suite 110
Anchorage, AK 99501

benjaminspark@aol.com
www.akapex.com

AL  Alabama Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Linda Vincent
Assistant Director
Phone: 205-348-8994
Fax: 205-348-9391
Organization: Alabama Productivity Center
249 Bidgood Hall
P.O.BOX 870318
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0318
Linda@proctr.cba.ua.edu
www.alabamaexcellence.com 
AR Governor’s Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Sue Weatter
(temporary contact point)
Phone: 501-372-2222
Fax: 501-372-2722
Organization: Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence 
1200 West Capitol Street
Little Rock, AR 72201-3014 

sweatter1@arkansas-quality.org
info@arkansas-quality.org
www.arkansas-quality.org

AZ Arizona State Quality Awards Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Debra Wiener
Executive Director
Phone: 480-874-5815 (main)
Phone: 480-874-4823 (director)
Fax: 480-874-8680
Organization:

Arizona Quality Alliance
8655 E Via de Ventura
E185
Scottsdale, AZ 85258

dwiener@arizona-excellence.com 
aqa@arizona-excellence.com 
www.arizona-excellence.com
CA California Awards for Performance Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact: Mary Kay Johnston
Office Manager
Phone: 858-486-0400 
Fax: 858-486-8595
Organization: California Council for Excellence
P.O Box 1235
Poway, CA 92074-1235
MaryKay@calexcellence.org 
cce@calexcellence.org 
www.calexcellence.org
CO Colorado Performance Excellence Awards
  State Award Program  
Contact: Tom Mauro
Executive Director
Phone: 303-893-2739
Fax: 720-859-1353
Organization: Colorado Performance Excellence
P.O. Box 17545
4100 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80217
tmmauro@coloradoexcellence.org
www.coloradoexcellence.org
CT Connecticut Quality Improvement Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Sheila Carmine
Founder and Executive Director
Phone: 203-322-9534
Fax: 203-329-2465
Organization:

The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc. 
P.O. Box 1396
Stamford, CT 06904-1396

cqia@aol.com
www.ctqualityaward.org
DE Delaware Quality Award in honor of W.L. Gore
  State Award Program  
Contact: Mica Corradin
Program Manager
Phone: 302-571-5239
Fax: 302-571-5266
Organization:

University of Delaware
c/o UD Downtown Center for Performance Excellence
13 East 8th Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

corradin@udel.edu
www.dae.udel.edu

FL Governor’s Sterling Award for Performance Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact: John Pieno
Chairman
Phone: 850-922-5316 
Fax: 850-488-7579
Organization:

Florida Sterling Council 
501 South Calhoun Street
Room 313, Carlton Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0100

jpieno@floridasterling.com 
www.floridasterling.com
GA Georgia Oglethorpe Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Victoria Currie Taylor
Executive Director
Phone: 404-232-3808
Fax: 404-232-3771
Organization:

Georgia Oglethorpe Award Process, Inc.
148 Andrew Young International Blvd. NE 
Suite 225
Atlanta, GA 30303-1751

office@georgiaoglethorpe.org
www.georgiaoglethorpe.org
HI Hawaii Award of Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact:

Glenn Hamamura
Rona Suzuki

Co-Administrators

Phone: 808-781-5875
Phone: 808-258-7662
Organization:

ASQ Hawaii Section

glenn.hamamura@gmail.com
rona@centuryc.com
www.asqhawaii.org

IA Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Mike Langridge
Program Director
Phone: 319-398-7101
Fax: 319-398-5698
Organization:

The Iowa Quality Center
3375 Armar Drive
Marion, IA 52302

mlangridge@iowaqc.org
info@iowaqc.org
www.iowaqc.org

ID NONE
  State Award Program  
IL The Lincoln Award Criteria for Performance Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact: Paul G. Kuchuris, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 630-637-1595 
Fax: 630-579-1620
Organization: The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
1415 West Diehl Road 
Mail Stop 514
Naperville, IL 60563
pkuchuris@lincolnaward.org
www.lincolnaward.org
IN Program will start in 2008
  State Award Program  
Contact: David Ramsey
Organizer
Phone: 260-407-0374
Fax: none
Organization:

Indiana Center for Organizational Excellence

dramsey@aptimise.com

KS Kansas Award for Excellence Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Jerry Lanese
Program Director

Phone: 913-491-9234
Fax: none

Organization: Kansas Center for Excellence Foundation
c/o The Lanese Group
12401 Catalina
Leawood, KS 66209

jerry@lanesegroup.com
kae@lanesegroup.com

KY The KYCPE Award Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Bob Gardner
Vice President
Phone: 859-280-4230 
Fax: none
Organization: Kentucky Center for Performance Excellence
508 Birch Court
Richmond, KY 40475
bob.gardner@acs-inc.com
info@kycpe.org
www.kycpe.org
LA The Louisiana Performance Excellence Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: David Stoltz
President
Phone: 337-482-6714
Fax: 337-262-5472
Organization: Louisiana Quality Foundation
P.O. Box 44172
Lafayette, LA 70504-4172
david.stoltz@spr.doe.gov
www.laquality.org
MA Massachusetts Performance Excellence Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Len Deneault
Executive Director
Phone: 978-934-2403
Fax: 978-934-4035
Organization:

MassExcellence
P.O. Box 1766
Lowell, MA 01853-1766   

len@massexcellence.com 
info@massexcellence.com
www.massexcellence.com
MA Pioneer Valley Business Excellence Award
  Local Award Program  
Contact: TBD Phone: 413-755-1309
Phone: 413-427-6884
Fax: 413-755-1322
Organization:

SPACE Business Excellence Division
Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield
1441 Main Street, Suite 136
Springfield, MA 01103

 
MD Maryland Performance Excellence Awards
  State Award Program  
Contact: Marty Stephens
Program Manager
Phone: 301-405-7173 
Fax: 301-403-4105
Organization: Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute
3114 Potomac Bldg, 092
Room 3114
College Park, MD 20742
martys@umd.edu
www.mpea.umd.edu
ME NONE
  State Award Program  

MI Michigan Quality Leadership Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Geri Markley 
Executive Director
Phone: 734-929-9124
Fax: 734-332-8918
Organization: Michigan Quality Council
 
3601 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2659

mquality@wowway.com
mquality@cleary.edu

www.michiganquality.org

MN Minnesota Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Brian Lassiter
President
Phone: 612-462-3577
Fax: 763-476-1614
Organization: Minnesota Council for Quality
13033 Ridgedale Drive
PMB Box 156
Minnetonka, MN 55305-1807

brian.lassiter@councilforquality.org
info@councilforquality.org
www.councilforquality.org

MO Missouri Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Terry Stevens
President
Phone: 573-526-1727
Fax: 573-526-1729
Organization: Excellence in Missouri Foundation
205 Jefferson Street, 14th Floor
Jefferson City, MO 65101
terry.stevens@mqa.mo.gov
www.mqa.org
MS NONE
  State Award Program  
MT NONE
  State Award Program  
Contact: Andy Roche
Organizer
Phone: 406-273-5493
Fax: none
Organization: Attempting to organize program aroche@nutritionallabs.com
NC  North Carolina Awards for Excellence Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Wayne Tindle
Program Director
Phone: 919-515-4660
Fax: 919-515-6159
Organization: NC State University Industrial Extension Service
Campus Box 7902 
Raleigh, NC 27695-7902
wayne_tindle@ncsu.edu
www.ies.ncsu.edu/ncafe
ND NONE
  State Award Program  
NE The Edgerton Quality Awards
  State Award Program  
Contact: Jenne Garvey Rodriguez
Coordinator
Phone: 402-471-3745, 800-426-6505 
Fax: 402-471-3778
Organization: Nebraska Department of Economic Development
301 Centennial Mall South 
P.O. Box 94666
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666

jenne.rodriguez@ded.ne.gov
ded.edgerton@nebraska.gov
www.edgertonaward.com

NH Granite State Quality Awards & Recognition Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Anne Warner
Executive Director
Phone: 603-223-1312
Fax: 603-223-1299
Organization: Granite State Quality Council
P.O. Box 29
Manchester, NH 03105-0029
info@gsqc.com
www.gsqc.com
NJ NONE
  State Award Program  
NM New Mexico Quality Awards Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Julia Gabaldon
President/CEO
Phone: 505-944-2001
Fax: 505-944-2002 
Organization: Quality New Mexico
P. O. Box 25005 
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Julia@Quality-NewMexico.org
www.qualitynewmexico.org
NV Nevada Governors’ Awards for Performance Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact: Marla Everson
President
Phone: 702-822-5395
Fax: none
Organization: Nevada Quality Alliance
4132 South Rainbow Boulevard
Suite 394
Las Vegas, NV 89103

marla.everson@jt3.com
president@nvqa.org
www.nvqa.org

NY Governor's Award for Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact:

George Hansen
Executive Director

Phone: 585-820-8315
Fax: none
Organization: The Empire State Advantage
c/o Rochester Institute of Technology/CQAS
98 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
esanewyork@aol.com
OH Ohio Award for Excellence Program
  State Award Program  
Contact: Elaine Edgar
Executive Director
Phone: 614-441-8337
Fax: 614-425-7157
Organization: Ohio Partnership for Excellence
829 Bethel Road, #212 
Columbus, OH 43214 
elaine@partnershipohio.org
Info@partnershipohio.org
www.partnershipohio.org
OH Organizations of Noteworthy Excellence (ONE) Awards
  Local Award Program for Non-Profits  
Contact: Jim Lay
Program Director

Phone: 513-481-6888
Fax: none

Organization: Cincinnati Business Courier
101 West Seventh Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
jflay@fuse.net
www.one-center.com
OK Oklahoma Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Mike Strong
Executive Director
Phone: 405-851-5295
Fax: 405-815-5205
Organization: Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation, Inc. 
900 North Stiles Avenue 
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
mike.strong@OklahomaQuality.com
www.OklahomaQuality.com
OR NONE
  State Award Program  
Contact:

Mary Kay Johnston
Kirk Burness

Organizers

Phone: 858-486-0400
Phone: 727-230-2723
Organization: Attempting to organize program.

marykay@calexcellence.org
kirk@oregonexcellence.org

PA Keystone Award for Performance Excellence 
  State Award Program  
Contact: Robert Bitner
Chair, KAPE Board of Directors
Phone: 717-572-4800
Fax: 717-427-1566
Organization: The Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence
777 East Park Drive
Suite 300
Harrisburg, PA 17111

bob@robertbitner.com
info@keystonealliance.com
www.keystonealliance.com

PA Lancaster Chamber Performance Excellence Award
  Local Award Program  
Contact: Sandi Thompson
Programs Director
Phone: 717-397-3531
Fax: 717-293-3159
Organization: The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry
P. O. Box 1558
Lancaster, PA 17608-1558

sthompso@lcci.com
www.lancasterchamber.com/excellence

RI Rhode Island Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Brian M. Knight 
Executive Director
Phone: 401-277-5149
Fax: 401-277-5060
Organization: Rhode Island Center for Performance Excellence
165 Dyerville Avenue, Suite 8 
Johnston, RI 02919-4410
ricpe@etal.uri.edu
SC South Carolina Governor's Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Suzie Rast 
Chairperson
Phone: 888-231-0578 
Fax: 864-503-5995  
Organization: The South Carolina Quality Forum 
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303

srast@budget.sc.gov
jreeves@uscupstate.edu
www.scquality.com

SD NONE
  State Award Program   
Contact: Kyle Richards
Organizer
Phone: 605-588-0050
Fax: none
Organization: Attempting to organize program. richardk@sanfordhealth.org
TN Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Kathryn S. Rawls
President/CEO
Phone: 800-453-6474
Phone: 615-889-8323 
Fax: 615-889-8325
Organization: Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence
2525 Perimeter Place Drive, Suite 122   
Nashville, TN 37214-3773
katie.rawls@tncpe.org
contact@tncpe.org
www.tncpe.org
TN Memphis Regional Chamber Quality Cup Award
  Regional Award Program  
Contact: Donald Fisher
Executive Director
Phone: 901-543-3551
Fax: 901-543-3510
Organization: The Mid-South Quality Productivity Center
MSQPC - The Quality Center 
22 N. Front Street, Suite 200
Memphis, TN 38103
dfisher@memphischamber.com
www.msqpc.com
 TN Performance Excellence Association of the Mid-South - PerfX
  Local Award Program  
Contact: Harriet Browning 
Executive Director
Phone: 901-831-0230
Fax: 901-371-0929
Organization: Performance Excellence Association of the Mid-South – PerfX
P.O. Box 396
Cordova, TN 38088

execdir@perfx.org
hjbrowning@comcast.net
www.perfx.org

 TX Texas Award for Performance Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact: Bill Denney
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 214-565-8550 
Fax: 214-565-9082
Organization: Quality Texas Foundation 
1402 Corinth, Suite 2004
Dallas, TX 75215
bdenney@texas-quality.org  
quality-info@texas-quality.org  
www.texas-quality.org
 TX University of Texas Center for Performance Excellence Program
  Regional Award Program  
Contact: Gail Bickling
Program Director
Phone: 512-232-9530 
Fax: 512-232-6126
Organization: University of Texas Center for Performance Excellence
P.O. Box 7518
Austin, TX 78713-7518
bickling@austin.utexas.edu
www.utexas.edu/cee/cpe
UT NONE
  State Award Program  
VA U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia
  Senate Productivity Award  
Contact: Robert Bowles
Executive Director
Phone: 757-523-6762
Fax: 757-523-6030
Organization: U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Va.
P.O. Box 6099
Suffolk, VA 23433
rbowles_spqa@yahoo.com
www.spqa-va.org
VT Vermont Program for Performance Excellence
  State Award Program  
Contact: Laurie Emerson
Director of Operations
Phone: 802-655-1910 
Fax: 802-655-1932
Organization: Vermont Council for Quality
480 Hercules Drive 
Colchester, VT 05446
laurie@performanceexcellence.com
www.vermontquality.org
WA Washington State Quality Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Jennifer Sprecher
Executive Director
Phone: 360-697-2444 
Fax: 360-394-2445
Organization: Washington State Quality Award
P.O. Box 609
Keyport, WA 98345
cpc@cpc-international.com
jennifer@wsqa.net
www.wsqa.net
WI Wisconsin Forward Award
  State Award Program  
Contact: Elizabeth Menzer
Executive Director
Phone: 608-663-5300
Fax: 608-663-5302
Organization: Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc. 
2909 Landmark Place, Suite 110
Madison, WI 53713
menzer@forwardaward.org  
www.forwardaward.org  
WV NONE
  State Award Program  
WY NONE
  State Award Program  

Baldrige Regional Conferences 
The Baldrige regional conferences will be held in Denver on Monday-Tuesday, September 15-16, 2008, and in New Orleans on October 2-3. Click here to register and for complete details.

Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union receives Massachusetts Performance Excellence Award. MVFCU has achieved an incredible 94% customer satisfaction rate!

Left to right: Quality Pioneer Dr. A.V. Feigenbaum, President & CEO Peter Matthews, and Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey

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