The Bulletin Board
Member News

FASBO Officers from left:

Mike Hewett, Director at Large
Jim Drake, Retired
Cindy Stevens, President
Dawn Meyers, Past President
Mark Fox, Vice President

 

FASBO Board of Directors from left:
Neill Robinson, Operations
Franca Courchene, Finance
Becky Gideon,Certification
SDhaen Woodell, IT
Tracy Gallentine, Vendor Representative
Susan Perry, Purchasing
Ryan Smith, Accounting




                                        


Congratulations Mike Hewett, Pinellas County Schools

FASBO's 2022 Outstanding Business Official

Conference News

 Thank you for making the FASBO/FRMA Conference a huge success!

The FASBO and FRMA Boards would like to thank everybody who came to the Conference and made it a huge success. We are "Blazing the Trail to Success!" We thank our distinguished keynote speakers for their inspiring and timely insights. We also want to thank our sponsors for their engagement and continuing support. Most of all we wish to thank all of the participants, without whom, the success of the conference would not have been possible.

Here are some highlights from the conference.

Diamond Sponsors

Deep Blue Investment Advisors

Gold Sponsors

Allovue Inc.
McKim & Creed
Hertz Furniture
Honeywell Corporation
Matthews Bus Alliance, Inc
Virco

Silver Sponsors

Skyward Inc
allsynx
ESS
National Life Group
OneBridge Benefits
United Healthcare Retiree Solutions
VANCO

Bronze Sponsors

ABM
Precision Sidewalk
Equalis Group, LLC
Facilitron
GovDeals
OperationsHERO
Purchasing Cooperative of America
School Window
Sun State Bus Center
Your Money Line
Andrews Technology
B & H Photo Video
BuyBoard
Compass Sales Group, LLC
DebtBook
Equitable
Intrado SchoolMessenger
Ion Wave Technologies, Inc.
Kelly Education
Key Benefit Concepts LLC
LINQ
OMNIA Partners
Repay
TCP Software
The Amos Group: Parent Company of SchoolBondFinder & SchoolNetwork
Total Office Technologies of Florida
Tremco Roofing & Building Maintenance
Cintas Corporation
EqualLevel Inc
Florida Buy State Cooperative Purchasing
Frontline Education
HES Facilities Management
InStream LLC
Michaels
Online School Payments by Edlio
TIPS - THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM
ValuTers
VRC VitalScan
Your Money Line

Other FASBO Supporters

Amazon
CompareCoOps
Oracle
Sierra-Cedar

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Industry News & Trends
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