ACP Announces 2005 MVP Awards

[Leah Farr]

The Association of Contingency Planners (ACP), the nation’s premiere organization for professionals in the field of Business Continuity Planning, announces the recipients of its annual MVP Awards. The following chapters participated in the 2005 MVP nomination and award process:

Chapter MVP
Arkansas- Tom Griffith
Capital of Texas- Ruth Hooks
Central Arizona- Gail Dempsey
Central Illinois- Karen Tones
DC / Mid Atlantic- Charlotte Franklin
Garden State- Betty Byrnes
Liberty Valley- Ginnie Stouffer and Angelique O’Donnell
Los Angeles- David Graves
Mid Penn- Paul Vymazal
Mid South- Ron Smith
Northeast Florida- Rebecca Carter
North Texas- Miachelle Marzullo
NY Capital Region- Stacie Cachioli
Old Dominion- Gloria Sharrar
Orange County- DeBorah Lozado
San Diego- Carolyn Kunick
Sioux Empire- Alan Carlson
South Texas- Janty Tang
Utah- Ken Kraudy
Washington State- Robert Mee

The ACP would also like to announce Jim Crosson, Director of Chapter Services, as the recipient of the Corporate Board MVP award.

Founded in 1983, ACP is a non-profit trade association dedicated to fostering continued professional growth and development in effective contingency and business resumption planning. With 35 chapters and over 1,800 members, ACP is the largest networking and information exchange organization in North America for business continuity and disaster recovery professionals. ACP membership is open to anyone with an interest in or responsibility for the varied aspects of contingency planning.
MEDIA CONTACT:

ACP Public Relations/Marketing Director
Leah A. Farr, CBCP
leah.farr@apollogrp.edu | Office 602.546.6708 | Fax 602.546.6607
www.acp-international.com

[grewjac]

As Chairman of the ACP Presidents' Council for 2005, and on behalf ot the Council members, I want to add our collective praises to Jim Crosson for his incredible performance in 2005. In one year, entirely due to Jim's drive and commitment to ACP, ACP leapt from 24 to 35 Chapters!

Our membership has topped 1,800 active members, leaving no question that ACP is the premiere organization for contingency planning professionals to share the knowledge vital to helping our clients and employers survive unplanned operational interruptions.

Thanks from all of us, Jim! With this track record, we are confident that you will reach your objective of 50 Chapters by the end of 2006.

Gregg Jacobsen
Chairman, Presidents' Council
Association of Contingency Planners

[Jim Coleman]

I totally agree with Gregg.

Thank you Jim for all your efforts and being so proactive in making our association a better one over the years!