Webinar Details

Speaker:

Althea Pemsel, Procurement Supervisor, City of Coconut Creek

Althea Pemsel is Procurement Supervisor for the City of Coconut Creek and worked in director and managerial roles in procurement and previously ran the procurement construction division for the City of Fort Lauderdale as the Assistant Chief Procurement Officer with millions of dollars in capital improvement and various projects. As the Procurement Officer in West Palm Beach, Althea was instrumental procuring major engineering services for capital projects for the city and the East Central Regional (ECR) Wastewater Treatment Facilities Operations. In 2000 Althea worked for the City of Orlando for a decade. Althea has been instrumental in advancing public procurement and the supply chain professional to be regarded as high performing, lean, and strategic alliance focused departments.

Althea has authored white papers and given many presentations on topics like, Stakeholder and Change Management, Tactical to Strategic Procurement, Leading Lean Operations, and Adding Value. As an international speaker, her most recent presentation on the topic of Intergenerational Workforce was given in Hangzhou, China. Althea’s career began in Germany in the late eighties, and she has worked in public, private, and non-profit organizations instituting cost containment measures, lean operations, and process improvements. Her intellectual pursuits consist of leadership and theology, and her doctorate studies focused on philosophy.