ICPM Honors Seven Exceptional Managers with Recognition Awards

Awards Recognize Certified Managers, Board Members, and Partners That Exemplify
Superior Leadership and Excellence in Professional Development
HARRISONBURG, Va.--(Business Wire)--
The Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM), a leading management
development and leadership educator, announced today the recipients of the 2009
ICPM Recognition Awards. Seven managers, which included Certified Managers (CM),
CM™ instructors and facilitators, ICPM partners, and ICPM Regents, were
recognized for their outstanding leadership, support, and commitment to
management education. Award categories included: CM of the Year, CM Facilitator
of the Year, ICPM Training Partner of the Year, and The Max Wortman, Jr.
Distinguished Service Award.

The call for award nominations is made during the first quarter of each year,
with submissions made by senior managers, Certified Managers, NMA and AALAS
representatives, and board members. Finalists are selected by an Awards
Committee and officially announced in May. Live award presentations are made at
a variety of recognition events.

This year`s award recipients were recognized for their outstanding efforts in
outreach and recruitment, innovative instruction, quality facilitation,
mentoring, social responsibility, ethical modeling, and advocacy for the CM
program. Additionally, recipients of The Max Wortman, Jr. Distinguished Service
Award were recognized for exceptional board leadership and support of the CM
certification program while serving on the ICPM Board of Regents, the governing
body for the Institute.

"With so much talent among CMs and ICPM partners, the award decisions were
extremely difficult to make," said Lynn Powell, CM, ICPM Director. "This year`s
award recipients all have long histories of service, leadership, and
volunteerism that support management and leadership development. By generously
sharing their time and expertise, and leading the way, they exemplify the very
essence of what CM certification is all about."

ICPM`s 2009 Recognition Award recipients were as follows:

CM of the Year

Melinda Hester, CM, United Space Alliance at Kennedy Space Center, Florida and
Marshall Tuck, CM, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Savannah, Georgia.

CM Facilitator of the Year

Norman Peters, CM, NASA at Kennedy Space Center, Florida and Jimmy Hamilton, CM,
Lockheed Martin Hanford Corporation in Richland, Washington.

ICPM Training Partner of the Year

Laboratory Animal Management Association (LAMA).

The Max Wortman, Jr. Distinguished Service Award

Cindy Buckmaster, CMAR, Baylor College of Medicine-Center for Comparative
Medicine in Houston, Texas and Jack Cichy, CM, Davenport University in Grand
Rapids, Michigan.

ABOUT ICPM

Founded in 1974 by the National Management Association (NMA) and the
International Management Council (IMC), the Institute of Certified Professional
Managers (ICPM) has a 35-year history of educating managers, supervisors and
leaders through the CM certification program. The CM program certifies a level
of management competency which supports enhanced on-the-job performance. CM
certificants are recognized worldwide by the "CM" professional credential. ICPM
is a business center of the College of Business at James Madison University in
Harrisonburg, VA. It is governed by a Board of Regents comprised of business
executives, industry representatives, academicians, and the NMA president. For
more information visit www.icpm.biz or call (800) 568-4120.

for Institute of Certified Professional Managers
Red Dot Public Relations
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