Board Message - April 2025
No April Fools here!
Every Spring, there seems to be a corporate culling that occurs, which is considered necessary to spur new growth, reduce overhead, and reorganize areas of business that have not performed with the expected results. Often, this practice hits too close to home, putting many into the dreaded role of being "between" jobs, back in the resource pool. Competition is fierce, AI is the new "IT," and relying on experience to differentiate yourself from other rock stars is not going to get you that desired job interview.
Certifications are an excellent way to increase your earning power, drive project success, and stand out from the crowd. PMI has been making strides to keep the membership in the know, providing tools to lead transformative work with real business impact. For those starting their certifications, you need to check out PMI Study Hall™, a digital learning tool that contains practice questions and exams and gamified activities to make studying effective and enjoyable. By adding the Agile Alliance to the Institute and AI literacy to the mix with access to Infinity, PMI is leading the effort to help you stay informed.
NCPMI has added several Communities of Practice (CoP) to our membership offerings to support members impacted by the Spring cleaning of corporate America. Be sure to check out the Certification Study Group, Careers Group, and Leadership CoPs that will be adding opportunities to network, tap into content, expand your transferable skills, and leverage the value of being part of one of the world’s largest chapters.
We are very excited to start our Next Gen Mentoring Program in April. So if you are one of the many who have joined the ranks of "job seekers, retiring soon and looking for your next gig," look to your local NCPMI Chapter for some great opportunities to fill in the resume, lead by volunteering, and be recognized for embracing the journey!
On an ending note, NCPMI Board elections are right around the corner. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a prestigious organization and demonstrate your leadership skills to your potential new employers or impress your existing management.
Carolyn Evans
President
North Carolina Project Management Institute (NCPMI)
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It is particularly important for Project Managers to maintain and improve their project management knowledge and skills to stay competitive in the market. PMP certification is a critical component. As, during the resent years, project management discipline took a step toward more flexible and dynamic project management methodologies, in addition to the traditional waterfall approach, several new emerging methodologies became in high demand. Thus, training and credentialing in these methodologies became highly sough after among Project Management professionals. It is especially relevant in today's economic climate.
Membership Statistics
Total Members | 4148 |
New Members This Year | 309 |
PMP® Members | 2763 |
CAPM® Members | 133 |
PgMP® Members | 11 |
PMI-SP® Members | 6 |
PMI-RMP® Members | 18 |
PMI-ACP® Members | 145 |
PfMP® Members | 5 |
PMI-PBA® Members | 9 |
Members with no Certification | 1272 |
Breakdown by type | |
Individual Members | 3961 |
Student Members | 161 |
Other Members | 26 |
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Members in Spotlight
- Nadieh Shand, PMP
- Chad Gemeinhardt
- Sierra Milosh
- Lathario Wallace
- Alina Bornais
- Emily Sweitzer, PMP
- Janelle Rosa
- Jaclyn Lombardo
- Kenneth McKeown, PMP
- Therese Paratory
- Emery Ihegaranya
- Chris Miraglia
- Hayley Hunt
- kameka Jackson
- Joanna Tillery
- Simon Huang, PMP
- Jenna Duxbury
- Stephen Strong
- Sharmila Shirolkar
- Feyisayo Okelowo
- Jacob Green, PMP
- Samuel Crawford, PMP
- Melissa Wiggins
- Benjamin Keating
- Luis Pagliara, PMP
- Barbara Velez
- Nicole Christianson
- Gail Joseph-Cabrera
- David Britt
- Stephanie Brooks
- Ciara Person
- Victoria Maxon
- Phillip Shilling
- Mark George, PMP
- Alexis Eaddy
- Robert Truoccolo
- Susana Lujan Bascha, PMP
- James Gaskill
- Melissa Martin, CAPM
- Holly Grubbs
- Christina Wiggins, PMP
- Mayank Tiwari
- Kristi Pettibone
- Alagar Raja Rengaraj, PMP
- Matthew Garcia
- Rohit Manoj Yadav
- Jonah Grifenhagen
- Vaibhav Pawade
- Meghen Kahane
- PARKER DUNAHAY
- Nolan McKeown
- Christopher Faylor, PMP
- Crystal Gordon
- Olivia Walton
- Shelley Myruski, PMP
- Jessica Bousquette, PMP
- Zachary Lenhart, PMP
- Katherine Ferraro, PMP
- Nathan Hicks, PMP
- Vandana Mukundan, PMP
- Ashwin Kumar Sukumar, PMP
- Mitchell Smith, PMP,CAPM,PMI_ACP
- Colby Perotti, PMP
- Patricia Feimster, PMP
- Mo Li, PMP
- William Myers, PMP
- Roderick Kennedy, PMP
- Katherine Schulist, PMP
- Chad Danis, PMP
- Wendy Toney, PMP
- Robert Gonsa, PMP,CAPM
- Subani Poudel, PMP
- Raymond Damm, PMP
- Julianne Lindgren, PMP
- Vivian Johnson, PMP
- Kyle Snyder, PMP
- Jason Lemons
- John Hamner
- James Constantine
- Chitra Maridi, PMP
- Rebecca Hartigan, PMP
- Zora Mravkova, PMP
- Samantha Reardon, PMP
- Timothy Howland
- Amy Meyers, PMP
- Donna Womack, PMP
- Stephanie Spaulding, PMP
- Rodney Spells
- Iesha Mack, PMP
- Jessie Morvan, PMP
- Leslie Baynes, PMP
- Kirkland Sanford, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Scott Guyett, PMP
- Peidi Gu, PMP
- Chad Livingston
- Frank Mierzwa, PMP
- Michael Celeste, PMP
- Kathryn Wisely, PMP
- Vera Twine-Love, PMP
- Margaret Stein, PMP
- Genett Alston, PMP
- Frank McCoy
- Jennifer Shue, PMP
- Roger Langdon
- Sean Stack, PMP
- James Matthews, PMP
- Catherine Davidge
- Michael Shick, PMP
- Sandra Liles, PMP
- Jason McCartan, PMP
- Denise Jones, PMP
- Dwight West, PMP
- Kimberly Vanhooke
- Brian Tatum
- Eileen Reynolds, PMP
- William West, PMP
- John Moyle, PMP
- Jennifer Munt, PMP
- Lee Smith, PMP
- Boyd McDonald, PMP
- Kasey Nichols
- Richelle Francis, PMP
- Edwin Zavala
- Carneen Cotton, PMP
- Shannon Goodman
- Shelley Buckner
- Quentine Holley
- Calvin Brown, Jr
- Angela Dresselhaus, PMP
- Jeffrey Ries, PMP
- Michael Davis
- Sarita Smith, PMP
- Christian Fell, PMP,CAPM
- Megan Kreuser
- Elizabeth Holman
- Robert Moody, PMP
- Edward Petkovich
- James Fox
- Yarinez Colon, PMP
- Phyllis Hunt
- Paula Butler, PMP
- emmanuel gonzalez
- Jayme Williams, PMP
- Dan Killian
- Megha Ben
- RYAN SARVER, PMP
- Corrie Bondar, PMP
- Thomas Francisco, PMP
- Christine Barnes, PMP
- Michael Patten, PMP
- Matthew Hunt, PMP
- Jessica Boniface
- Ayse Durmaz
- Dan Jonsen
- Derrick Brown, PMP
- Nick Trombetta
- Ashley Sauder
- Aloyse Brown, PMP
- Toska Cooper, PMP
- Sarah Shinn, PMP
- Alicia Parsons, PMP
- Mitchell Smith, PMP,CAPM,PMI_ACP
- William Lloyd
- Lori Hyde
- Naadiya Hopkins
- Ruth Urbina, PMP
- Shawna Parker
- Armando Contreras, PMP
- Dana Gary
- Michelle Bliese, PMP
- Allyson Vicars, PMP
- Shannon Stallings
- Natasha Avignone
- Kendre Flynn, PMP
- Joseph Harris
- Tom Cutsinger, PMP
- Barbara Stokes, PMP
- Heather Parnell
- Christopher Kostoff, PMP
- James Schilling
- Anand Suriyanarayanan, PMP
- Sylvester Stroud, PMP
- Dennis Williams
- Don Frazier
- Alexander Anders
- Rachel Work, PMP
- Zacoya Calloway, PMP
- William Hamilton, PMP
- Ed Taggart
- Derek Mason, PMP,CAPM
- Bethany Hamman
- Jordan Cocchiaro
- Laura Bravo
- David Comer, PMP
- Brad Belfer
- Patina Oxendine, CAPM
- Margaret Salvemini, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Burdetta Strawbridge, PMP
- Rebecca Moreci
- Charles Green, PMP
- Danielle Guerra
- Deanna Wertheimer, PMP
- Nathan Ouellette, PMP
- Kelly Keefe, PMP
- Lisa Buyaki, PMP
- Ryan Hunt, PMP
- Nikolay Gekht, PMI_ACP
- Julianne Lindgren, PMP
- Jason Lemons
- John Hamner
- James Constantine
- Chitra Maridi, PMP
- Rebecca Hartigan, PMP
- Samantha Reardon, PMP
- Donna Womack, PMP
- Stephanie Spaulding, PMP
- Michael Shanklin, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Asel Connolly, PMP
- Brian Anderson, PMP
- Donna Lynn Hall, PMP
- Raj Kumar, PMP
- Bryan Caudill, PMP
- Kaitlin Zoltowski, PMP
- Lance Workman, PMP
- Mark Sweeting
- Zendre Simmons, PMP
- Anand Natarajan, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Julie Hartmann, PMP
- Brianne Kacerguis, PMI-PBA
- Yu Fu, PMP
- Bryan Carmody, PMP
- Elizabeth Holt, PMP
- David Wormald, PMP
- mark dufur, PMP
- Donna Newton, PMP
- Jeremy Kamm, PMP
- Ginger Keeter, PMI-SP
- John Ward, PMP
- Melissa DeChant, PMI_ACP
- Rachel Olson, PMP
- Joe Garza, PMP
- Maria Skelton
- Kathy Hamrick
- Joseph Pierce, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Candice Coletrane, PMP
- Brooke Bennett, PMP
- Dorothy Murray
- Ketan Shah, PMP
- Charles Pritchard, PMP
- Patricia Freshour, PMP
- JOHN PALKA, PMP
- Leah Ketring, PMP
- Raymond Smith, PMP
- Julie Kennedy, PMP
- Shayla Kimbro, PMP
- Anthony Baumann, PMP
- James Newton, PMP
- Tobi Waltz, PMP
- James Roach, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Edward Donovan, PMP
- David Thompson, PMP
- Adam Johnston, PMP
- Michael Newton, PMP
- Gavin Ryan
- Rodney Scurlock, PMP
- Sherri Qualls, PMP
- Jay Leeds, PMP
- Cristo Vanevic, PMP
- Jeremy Davis, PMP
- Jamie Danai, PMP
- Thomas Holihan, PMP
- Simhadri Basava, PMP
- Andrew Macintyre, PMP
- Sarah Roberts, PMP
- Scott Caflisch, PMP
- Angela Weiland, PMP
- Avinash Mahajan, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Melissa Tanner, PMP
- Cheryl Vo, PMP
- Victor Luft, PMP
- David Jarrell-Bennett, PMP
- Monique Ellis, PMP
- Leticia Chapman, PMP
- John Allison, PMP
- Iesha Mack, PMP
- Scott Guyett, PMP
- Peidi Gu, PMP
- Kirkland Sanford, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Frank Mierzwa, PMP
- Jonathan Nissao, PMP,PMI-PBA
- Tom Raymond, PMP
- Lisa Hampton
- Adam Short, PMP
- Regina McAuley, PMP
- Allyson Banas, PMP
- Alexis Weaver, PMP
- Michael Hawley, PMP
- Vijaya Nandiwada, PMP
- Michelle Gilliam, PMP
- Melissa Hall, PMP
- Jennifer Beaufort, PMP
- Joyce Mudra, PMP
- Eric Robb, PMP
- Natasha Gboleeweefaa, PMP
- Jami Grossfield, PMP
- Mike Monaco, PMP
- Jerri Bland, PMP
- Janice Salchert
- Yogi Muthuswamy, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Vincenzo Giuliano, PMP
- Linda McNeil, PMP
- Jon Edgar, PMP
- Duane Legan, PMP
- Timothy Platt, PMP
- Paul Reimers, PMP
- Helen Wong, PMP,PMI_ACP
- James Floyd, PMP
- Carlisa Stallings, PMP
- April Obin
- Tama Coleman, PMP
- Stephanie Ziegler, PMP
- Roubina Coleman, PMP
- Jeff Agricola, PMP
- April Reed, PMP
- Richard Ong, PMP
- Cornelius Best, PMP
- Eric Parker, PMP
- Christopher Lathrop, PMP
- Sandra Carter, PMP
- Michael Celeste, PMP
- Kathryn Wisely, PMP
- Margaret Stein, PMP
- Genett Alston, PMP
- Paul Morrissette, PMP
- Regina Williams, PMP
- Chris Jenicek, PMP
- Michelle Adley, PMP
- Sonya Pearson, PMP
- Jock Barnes, PMP
- Jesse Jones, PMP
- Chris Fillio, PMP
- Misty Roohi, PMP
- Jennifer Coble
- Sylvia Devlin, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Greg Mueffelmann, PMP
- Shannon Lee, PMP
- Nicole Griffin-Bridges
- Harold Willis, PMP
- David Byrd, PMP
- Michael Petersen, PMP
- Gaston Matthews, PMP
- Jim Morgan, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Narendra Shrivastava, PMP,PMI_RMP,PMI_ACP
- Frank McCoy
- Roger Langdon
- Sean Stack, PMP
- Debra Masingale, PMP
- Crystal Henderson, PMP
- Christine Harney, PMP
- Leigh Baudreau, PMP
- Tim Salemy, PMP
- April Barrow, PMP
- David Walters, PMP
- Regina Evans, PMP
- Lesley Young, PMP
- Johanna ODell, PMP
- Charlie Alston, PMP
- Jacqueline Cheeks, PMP
- Brian Eugene Clark, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Debra Cameron, PMP
- Robert Michaud, PMP
- Victoria Kumar, PMP,PMI_ACP
- Lori Evarts, PMP
- Alisa Cutler
- Cheryl Begley, PMP
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The Project Management Institute, with members in 135 countries, is the world's foremost authority for the project management profession. PMI sets industry standards, conducts research, and provides education and certification opportunities designed to strengthen and further establish the profession. Our chapter proudly serves all the local and national professionals in the space of Project Management. We currently have thousands of members - over half of whom hold PMI’s esteemed PMP certification - and represent nearly 400 unique companies across the globe.
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Find a Volunteer Opportunity
Make your mark on our PMI Chapter and the profession. As a member, you can volunteer to work on and to lead activities that advance the profession and support the chapter business operations by joining our chapter volunteer community. All volunteer openings are managed by the PMI Volunteer Relationship Management System (VRMS). This system includes the ability to search for opportunities, view details about each role and apply online.
Earn PDUs by Volunteering
Volunteering Project Management Professional PDUs can be earned as part of Category E: Volunteer Service. Category E, along with Category D (Creating New Project Knowledge) and Category F (Working as a Professional in Project Management), comprise the Giving Back To The Profession Categories. You can earn PDUs in Category E (Volunteer Service) by providing volunteer, non-compensated project management, and many others.
Speakers for our Chapter's Events
Our PMI Chapter welcomes proposals from passionate speakers interested in sharing their experiences, knowledge and expertise on such topics as general business and strategy, leadership, project management, and technical or industry-specific specialties. Our Professional Development events provide professional development units (PDUs) of educational information necessary for those attendees maintaining certification designations. Speakers are also eligible to claim PDUs for their creation and delivery of the presentation material.
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