CFTA Champion Award 

What defines a CFTA Champion?

A CFTA Champion shares and advocates for CFTA as the community and organization of choice for campus facility management tech professionals to come together from various campuses, including higher education institutions, medical, and K- 12 campuses. The common goal of the CFTA member community is to share ideas, solutions, and support each other and innovation in the campus FM tech field.       

CFTA Campus Champion 

• Shares CFTA with their network and invites industry peers to get involved by joining as members and attending the annual conference. 
• Shares CFTA through social media engagement. 
• Shares their expertise and solutions by leading a monthly Water Cooler chat.
• Shares their expertise by submitting an abstract to present at the CFTA Annual Conference.     
• Shares ideas and conversation starters in the CFTA Member Forum.      

CFTA Partner Champion 

• Shares CFTA with their network and invites industry peers to get involved by joining as members and sponsors. 
• Shares CFTA through social media engagement. 
• Shares their expertise by submitting a sponsor abstract to present at the CFTA Annual Conference.     
• Shares ideas and conversation starters in the CFTA Member Forum.      

2024 Champion Award Winners: 

Campus Champion: Jeffrey Ulricksen, University of Rhode Island

Business Partner Champion: Jon Hodel, Cloudpoint Geospatial 

To be eligible you must be an active campus member or business partner for the membership year 8/1/23 - 7/31/24. The award recipients will be chosen by the the CFTA Board of Directors through internal board nominations and discussion. The award winners will be announced each membership year at the CFTA Annual Conference (award winners do not have to be present to win in the event they are unable to travel to the conference).