Meeting/Event Information

IFMA-NEW's program year kicks off with a presentation at Thrivent Financial.  Mark Sekula will present The Evolving Role of the Facility Manager-Trends that will impact us.  Melissa Schumacher will also discuss the State of the Chapter and reveal some of the plans the the leadership team is working on for the year.  Hope to see you there.

The Evolving Role of the Facility Manager
Globally, the FM profession continues to mature and evolve in many ways. To help prepare members and the profession for the future, IFMA periodically conducts a trend forecasting session to identify trends that will have the greatest impact on facility management.

Facility managers today are expected to understand their company's core business and contribute to the bottom line-not only by reducing facility costs, but also by improving the productivity, revenue generating capacity and image of the entire organization. Evolving trends indicate that FM professionals have greater opportunity to add value to their organizations through efficient management, improved technology and strategic planning.

In this presentation, Mark Sekula will discuss these trends and the impact they will have on facility managers today and in the future.

Mark Sekula
Mark Sekula, FMP, LEED-AP, CFM, IFMA Fellow is President of Facility Futures, Inc. a facility management consulting firm  providing strategic facility planning, real estate planning, programming, workplace design strategy, facility management organizational planning, owner's representation, occupancy management and sustainability consulting.  With 37 years of facility management experience, he has served as a facilities management practitioner in the manufacturing, healthcare and technology industries.  For the past 14 years as an FM consultant, he has provided strategic guidance, expertise and project management to clients with their real estate assets, physical workplaces and facility management organizations.

A Certified Facility Manager since 1993, Mark has served as president, vice president and secretary for the International Facility Management Association's (IFMA) Southeast Wisconsin Chapter and founded the IFMA Facility Management Consultants Council. He has also served as a director of the IFMA International Board of Directors and is currently the Certification Liaison for the three IFMA chapters in Wisconsin. 

The meeting will be held at Thrivent Financial's Ballard Operations Center 

11:30 - 12:00: Registration and Networking
12:00: Lunch & Presentation

Location:
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Ballard Operations Center
4321 N. Ballard Road, Appleton

Directions: Hwy 41, exit Ballard Road, turn north on Ballard, turn left at large Thrivent sign.  Take first left to Main Entrance.  Parking is in visitor parking lot which is just past the main entrance.