Rob Sypek NEACE President rsypek@capecodonline.com

Dear NEACE Friends and Colleagues,

I am extremely honored to serve as your 93rd President of NEACE. I truly look forward to working closely with all of you, as well as the dedicated group of officers and directors that make up our Board. Our mission is to strive to continue to make our organization a healthy and successful one, and we are extremely fortunate to have this solid group of our region’s finest to help lead the way. In addition to all our Directors returning, I am very pleased to introduce Lou Brambilla as our new Secretary. Lou is a true gem of a person and will join Felicia Magwood (Chairman of the Board); Mike Theriault (Executive Vice President); David Sangiorgio (Vice President) and Ed Winters (Treasurer) as officers.

I would also like to take this time to thank those that were able to attend our recent Spring Conference in beautiful Newport, RI. The weather could not have cooperated any better, and the attendance was very strong, with over 120 registered attendees… Outstanding!
This year’s conference, themed “ New Challenges = New Opportunities” , was the first year of a program format change. Keeping budgets and time away from the office in mind, we moved the annual Banquet to Monday night and ended the Business session at 1:00pm on Tuesday. This kept the length of the normal business session unchanged, however eliminated the “free” afternoon as well as one night’s lodging expense and a half day away from the office.  The conference kicked off Sunday night with our traditional Past President’s reception. This year’s reception was a heartfelt tribute to our late Secretary, Mr. Bill Hoar – whom we all know better as “Mr. NEACE”. We were honored to have Bill’s wife, Susan, and son, Devin, join us for a very special and emotional evening..  Speaking personally, I definitely missed Bill’s physical presence at the conference but knew deep down inside he was with us all in spirit…  God Bless you, Bill.

Thanks for your continued support of NEACE!

Sincerely,

Rob Sypek
President - NEACE

PS.  For complete Spring Conference details and photos, visit www.neace.com. Also, be on the lookout for information on our One-Day Fall Conference in early November, as well as next year’s Spring Conference in May on Cape Cod!