North Carolina PMI Chapter

President's Message - October 2019

Hello from the Finance Team,

Please join our Board of Directors (BoD) at the November 21, 2019 Chapter Meeting as we provide reports from each VP as well as review of 2019 Financial Report. Our current NCPMI finance team has done a great job in providing NCPMI with its financial program delivery system. Finance and Policy Administration plays a central role in sustaining, growing our Chapter and helping it meets its overall mission and objectives on a yearly basis for the overall benefit of our membership. This includes activities as diverse as managing contracts, procurement, suppliers, insurance, risk management, policy generation and administration, by-laws, etc.

Let me introduce the Finance team who have taken on the fiduciary responsibility to keep our chapter sustainable. It has been a privilege to work with each of them and look forward to 2020.

Lionel Dorsmond
Allison Henkell
Derrick Williams
Robert (Bob) Woo
Vicky Kumar
Nagabhushana Rao

During the Meeting, we will review our 2019 financial budgeted requirements and actual expenditures by functions, budgeted and earned revenues, profit and loss statement, and our balance sheet. Upon conclusion of this financial meeting, we would like for you to provide feedback (Chapter Meeting Survey) to let us know what you would like for your BoD to incorporate in its budget for next year. Based upon your feedback, we will incorporate as many recommendations as possible into our base budget for 2020.

We are currently seeking a volunteer to serve in the capacity of Director of Finance. The director should be proficient in QuickBooks Online, posting and reconciling financial transactions in QuickBooks to our online bank statements, and who is proficient in writing policies and standard operating procedures. We are also seeking volunteers who may be proficient in one or more of these areas to join our team. If you are interested in serving as a volunteer on the 2020 finance team, please email me, Melvin Lee, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Again, we look forward to seeing you at our November 21, 2019 Chapter Meeting.

Melvin Lee

VP Finance

Call for Next Generation Project Managers

The NCPMI Board of Directors care very deeply about the health of our organization. To this end, we spend a lot of time talking about the future health and growth of our chapter. During these discussions, we have recognized a need to encourage more of the next generation of project managers to get involved in our chapter. As VP of Membership, I am seeking a panel of our members to help lead these efforts. Ideal candidates would be early in their career, newly graduating, or currently in a project management education program. No experience is necessary; we just need your enthusiasm and willingness to jump right in! This panel will drive new programs that will serve those that are coming into the field of project management. If you are interested, please reach out to me, Jessica Johnson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Volunteer Spotlight!

Interested in nominating someone for the Volunteer Spotlight? Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with their name, volunteer position and a testimonial on their service.

Please join me in recognizing Derek Ketterer as October’s volunteer spotlight winner.

Atul Peres-da-Silva has nominated Derek for his role with NCPMI. Derek is the Chair for the Agile Community of Practice and has been the face of the franchise since its inception many years ago.

Derek was cofounder of the Agile CoP and has been applying Agile techniques for creating meeting topic backlogs, prioritization sessions and retrospective feedback. The Agile CoP meetings are so popular, registration must close, as the meeting space cannot accommodate all the attendees for the discussions.

Derek Volunteers at YMCA Y-Guides programs with his son and daughter to run activities for father/child groups at Camp Seafarer. He also enjoys woodworking and projects around the house. Just recently designed and built custom bench for front porch.

Derek has helped organized his son’s Robotic team and teach software programming and mechanical design/fabrication. He loves playing frisbee disc golf, mountain biking, and Ultimate Frisbee. He also attended Raleigh Comic-con with daughter and dressed up as Dr. Who and Clara.

Thank you Derek for your contributions to NCPMI!

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