Alabama Performance Excellence Network (ALPEx)
State award program
Alabama Performance Excellence Network (ALPEx) Award ProgramServes: Alabama
- CF
Contact
Charles Franklin Blass
Board Chair
7801 Wildcreek Trail SE · Huntsville, AL · 35802
Membership
Members of the Baldrige Alliance
Members are Baldrige-based state and regional programs, along with other organizations using the Baldrige Excellence Framework to improve and recognize organizations.
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Click your state on the map to see the member program that serves it, along with contact details and a link to the program's website.
About the network
State, local, and regional Baldrige-based award programs
These programs use the Baldrige Excellence Framework to advance organizational excellence and competitiveness in their states and regions, helping local organizations start and continue their performance excellence journeys. Many Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients began with their state quality award program.
The Alliance for Performance Excellence is a nonprofit national network working to enhance the success and sustainability of member Baldrige-based programs.
What member organizations do
- Promote the use of the Baldrige Criteria
- Disseminate information on the Baldrige Award process and Baldrige concepts
- Serve as a feeder system for the national program, providing a significant number of Examiners and Award applicants
- Network with the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and each other
- Receive the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence and other program and training materials from the national program
How the Baldrige Program supports these programs
- Provides the Baldrige Excellence Framework, Your Guide to Performance Excellence, Issue Sheets, Award Recipient Profiles and other materials
- Shares Examiner and Senior Examiner training materials, case studies, manuals and facilitator notes
- Shares Award process documents, including application, consensus and site visit materials
- Refers Examiner applicants, potential Award applicants and customer inquiries to state and local programs
- Supports planning for the Baldrige Fall Conference and the State and Local Program Workshop
- Cohosts two Regional Conferences and shares the returns with programs and the Foundation
- Recognizes state programs whose recipients go on to receive the Baldrige Award
- Shares aggregated data demonstrating the impact of state and local programs
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Most organizations begin their journey through a local, state or regional Baldrige-based program before pursuing national recognition. If your organization already meets the eligibility requirements, you can apply directly for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
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28 members
Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence
State award program
Governor’s Quality AwardServes: Arkansas
- TV
Contact
Trish Villines
Executive Director
1200 West Capitol Ave · Little Rock, AR · 72201-3014
Fax: 501-372-2722
California Council for Excellence
State award program
California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE)Serves: California
- KK
Contact
Kim Kinder
Director of Operations
17595 Harvard Ave Ste C #150 · Irvine, CA · 92614
Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence
Multi-state award program
Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence AwardServes: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska
- MG
Contact
Mike Gratz
Executive Director
- RM
Contact
Robert Mitchell
COO
PO Box 4263 · Greenwood Village, CO · 80155-4263
Partners in Performance Excellence
Regional award program
Partners in Performance Excellence AwardServes: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
- LK
Contact
Laura Kinney
P.O. Box 22 · New Milford, CT · 06776-9998
The Sterling Council
Multi-state award program
Governor's Sterling Award & Georgia Oglethorpe AwardServes: Florida, Georgia
- DG
Contact
Dione Geiger
President
- AG
Contact
Ashley Garret
Executive Assistant
P.O. Box 13907 · Tallahassee, FL · 32317-3907
850-922-5316
Fax: 850-488-7579
Hawaii Award of Excellence
State award program
Hawaii Award of Excellence (HAE)Serves: Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
- GH
Contact
Glenn Hamamura
Administrator
- KK
Contact
Kaleo Kuroda
Treasurer
95-1098 Leolani Street · Mililani, HI · 96789
Fax: 808-623-6978
Iowa Quality Center
State award program
Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Program (IRPE)Serves: Iowa
- SK
Contact
Sarah Kelly
Baldrige Operations Director
5001 1st Ave SE, Suite 105-303 · Cedar Rapids, IA · 52402
Kentucky Center for Performance Excellence (KYCPE)
State award program
The KYCPE Award ProgramServes: Kentucky
- DI
Contact
David Iorio
Board President
- JS
Contact
John Simson
Board Member
710 Main Street · Lexington, KY · 40507
Louisiana Quality Foundation
State award program
Louisiana Quality Foundation AwardServes: Louisiana
- GP
Contact
Gordon Payne
President
- RS
Contact
Ron Schulingkamp
Vice President
c/o University of New Orleans Kirschman Hall, Room 361 2000 Lakeshore Drive · New Orleans, LA · 70148
ExcellenceNorth Alliance
Multi-state award program
New Hampshire / Maine / Vermont Performance Excellence Award ProgramsServes: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
- BH
Contact
Brian Hettrick
Executive Director
- CF
Contact
Cathy Frankel
Treasurer
One Delta Dental Drive, PO Box 2002 · Concord, NH · 03302-2002
Michigan Performance Excellence
State award program
Michigan Performance Excellence AwardServes: Michigan
- GM
Contact
Geri Markley
Executive Director
11477 SW Torch Lake Drive · Rapid City, MI · 49676-9610
Performance Excellence Network
Multi-state award program
Minnesota / North Dakota / South Dakota Performance Excellence AwardsServes: Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota
- AK
Contact
Amy Kay Czechovicz
President & CEO
PO Box 131085 · St. Paul, MN · 55113
The North Carolina Awards for Excellence (NCAfE)
State award program
North Carolina Awards for ExcellenceServes: North Carolina
- KG
Contact
Kevin Grayson
Assistant Technology Director
- BW
Contact
Barbara Wilson
Assistant Deputy Director
1005 Capability Drive, Suite 200 Research III · Raleigh, NC · 27606
The Partnership for Excellence
Multi-state award program
Awards for ExcellenceServes: Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Illinois, and Western Pennsylvania
- MH
Contact
Margot Hoffman
President & CEO
829 Bethel Road, #212 · Columbus, OH · 43214
Fax: 614-515-4771
Oklahoma Quality Foundation
State award program
Oklahoma Quality Awards (OQA)Serves: Oklahoma
- HW
Contact
Heath Wright
CEO
- JW
Contact
Jerron Wright
Executive Assistant
303 East A Street #453 · Jenks, OK · 74037
Fax: 918-328-3022
Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence
Multi-state award program
Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Awards ProgramServes: Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
- HS
Contact
Heather Schoch
President & CEO
PO Box 101310 · Nashville, TN · 37224
Quality Texas Regional Program
State award program
Texas Award for Performance Excellence / Missouri Quality Award / Kansas Quality AwardServes: Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Puerto Rico
- BW
Contact
Brooks Williams
Chief Executive Officer
201 Woodland Park · Georgetown, TX · 78633-2007
US Senate Productivity & Quality Award
Multi-state award program
U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia and DCServes: Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia
- JS
Contact
Jim Spengler
Board Chair
- JS
Contact
James Scheurer
Board Member
P.O. Box 2072 · Chesapeake, VA · 23327-2072
Performance Excellence Northwest (PENW)
Regional award program
Performance Excellence Northwest AwardServes: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska
- LK
Contact
Laura Kinney
Executive Director
20 Pine Street · Halifax, MA · 02338
Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence
State award program
Wisconsin Forward Award (WFA)Serves: Wisconsin
- LM
Contact
Liz Menzer
Executive Director
2909 Landmark Place Suite 110 · Madison, WI · 53713
Communities of Resilience & Excellence (C.O.R.E.)
National award program
Communities of Resilience & Excellence (C.O.R.E.) Assessment & Recognition ProgramServes: All states
- SN
Contact
Stephanie Norling
President & CEO
PO Box 16304 · San Diego, CA · 92176
AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program
National award program
AHCA/NCAL National Quality AwardServes: All states and DC
- SS
Contact
Sara Sherwood
Senior Director, Quality and Programs
- MM
Contact
Meghan Medvitz
Senior Manager, Quality Improvement & Emergency Preparedness
122 C Street, NW Suite 400 · Washington, DC · 20001
Stratex
Program Member
- RK
Contact
Raina Knox
President & CEO
6151 Lake Osprey Drive Suite 300 · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 34240
(941) 529-6133
Walden University
Program Member
Serves: All states
- RS
Contact
Ron Senterfitt
Associate Dean
- KB
Contact
Karlyn Barilovits
Dean, College of Management and Human Potential
Walden University 100 S. Washington Avenue, Suite 1210 · Minneapolis, MN · 55401
Sterling International
International award program
Sterling International AwardServes: Global (outside of US)
- AE
Contact
Alaa El-Halwagy
Chairman of the Board
- TM
Contact
Tamer M. Nabil
CEO
2-A Dataran Bandar Utama Damansara, 1st Ave · Kuala Lumpur · 47800
Jan Garfield
Individual member
Individual Member- JG
Contact
Jan Garfield
1716 Rivermont Ave · Lynchburg, VA · 24503
Michael L Belter
Individual member
Individual Member- ML
Contact
Michael L Belter
4275 Big Sky Court · Gahanna, OH · 43230-1387