I want to thank IFMA Atlanta for the support that you provided to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference in February 2026.
You answered the call to put Facility Management and IFMA in front of High School and Postsecondary College students from across the state so that they will have an awareness of this great career and can become the next generation of facility managers.
You provided Judges for various contests, Speakers to talk with the students and advisors about Facility Management, and Judges for the “FACILITHON – Leadership in Facility Management” contest plus prize money for the winners of the FACILITHON contest.
I especially want to thank:
JUDGES FOR NON FACILITHON CONTESTS
LaLarry Anderson
Kim Richards
Billy Holder
SPEAKERS FOR THE SPEAKER SERIES
Matt Dawson
Cheryl Waybright
Suzanne Haerther USGBC
Trent Patterson
JUDGES FOR THE FACILITHON CONTEST
William Broome
Cheryl Waybright
Thomas Videki
Suzanne Haerther USGBC
The SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference is coming back to Atlanta June 1-5 and this will give us another opportunity to show up and continue to get the word out about the exciting and rewarding profession of Facility Management. This massive event brings students from across the nation and multiple backgrounds and interests to compete and learn about professional opportunities in their futures.
I look forward to seeing many more of you there to support this opportunity to promote Facility Management as a career of choice.
Ken Stephenson – CFM (Ret)
