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KEYNOTE SPEAKER AFE announces NANCY BECHTOL, CFM as the opening keynote presenter for Facilities America Education Forum Facilities America’s CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 8:00 AM -5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AFE CPMM Review & Exam SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 12:00 PM -5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Registration 8:00 AM -12:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFE Institute Leadership Development 8:00 AM -5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFE CPS Review & Exam 8:00 AM -5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AFE CPMM Review & Exam 1:00 PM -3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AFE Committee Meetings SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 7:00 AM -5:00 PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Registration 7:30 AM -3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibitor Move In 8:00 AM -4:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AFE Board Meeting 8:00 AM -5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFE CPS Review & Exam 8:00 AM -5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AFE CPMM Review & Exam 5:00 PM -6:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFE Foundation Board Meeting 6:00 PM -7:30 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welcome Reception MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 6:30 AM -6:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open 7:00 AM -8:30 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall 8:00 AM -9:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening General Session 10:00 AM -10:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 11:00 AM -11:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 12:00 PM -2:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall Open 2:00 PM -2:45 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 3:00 PM -3:45 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 4:30 PM -6:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AFE House of Delegates Meeting TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 6:30 AM -6:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open 7:00 AM -8:30 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall 8:00 AM -9:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Session 10:00 AM -10:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 11:00 AM -11:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 12:00 PM -2:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall Open 2:00 PM -2:45 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 3:00 PM -3:45 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 6:00 PM -8:00 PM . . . AFE Chapter Awards Reception (purchase your tickets!) TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smithsonian Facility Tour (purchase your tickets!) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 7:00 AM -8:30 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall 7:00 AM -2:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall Open 7:00 AM -11:00 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Registration 8:00 AM -8:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 9:00 AM -9:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concurrent Sessions 10:00 AM -10:45 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Session 11:00 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Board Bus for Hill Visits 12:00 PM -3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capitol Hill Advocacy Visits 3:00 PM -6:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Exhibitor Closeout “WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES, THE SMITHSONIAN’S LARGEST TREASURE” Bechtol is the director of the Ofﬁ ce of Facili-ties Management and Reliability (OFMR) at the Smithsonian Institution. She manages all facilities management needs within the 19 museums and research centers and the National Zoo that make up the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and New York, utilizing an in-house staff of over 850 and an operating budget of $100 million. She is also responsible for managing the exhibition-quality gardens that surround the museums. Bechtol has received recognition from the Smithsonian Institution during her 18-year tenure for superior leadership and management of her staff, managing facility emergencies, for utilizing the interior and exterior landscapes as horticultural exhibition spaces, and for professional leadership in managing all horticultural collections, most notably the Archives of American Gardens and an orchid collection. The Smithsonian Gardens were awarded the 2007 and 2010 Profes-sional Grounds Management Society Grand Award for Landscape Excel-lence. Bechtol’s ofﬁ ce provides all support services in the Smithsonian, including transportation, mail, horticultural services, engineering support, facilities assessment, energy management and audio visual. In 2006, the Smithsonian received APPA’s highest honor for facilities man-agement, the National Award for Excellence in Facilities Management. Bechtol graduated from the University of Maryland in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture. She received her master’s degree in 1984 from the University of Delaware through the Longwood Program in Public Garden Administration. She became a certiﬁ ed facility manager through International Facilities Manage-ment Association in 2007. Finally, don’t waste your good work. Engage in some meaningful post-visit feedback. Figure out what worked and what didn’t. Then coordi-nate your follow-up actions and next steps. Remember, this is not a one-time affair. Your goal is to build pro-fessional relationships with members of Con-gress and their staffs to continue advancing BY ED BARKS your issues. May | June 2012 ■ Facilities Engineering Journal ■ www.AFE.org 19

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