David Hall

CAPPA President

Director for Facilities Management

Missouri State University

Colleagues,

It is a tremendous honor to serve as your newly elected President. I want to begin by expressing my deep appreciation to Past President, Luis Morales, for his leadership and mentorship—his steady guidance has greatly strengthened our organization.

College of the Sequoias: Building Information in the Palm of Your Hand

Cover More Ground | Be More Responsive | Be More Efficient

ARC Facilities

Upcoming Events

2026  Conferences

    CAPPA Annual Conference 2026: Branson, MO, September 27-30, 2026 – Save the date!

APPAU

APPA’s premier professional development event – offering multiple training courses together at a single location – will be held in Phoenix, AZ from February 2-5, 2026.

3-day Course Options

·         Institute for Facilities Management: February 2-5, 2026

·         Leadership Academy: February 2-5, 2026

2-day Course Options

·         Nexus – Explore Complex Cross-Functional Dynamics: February 3-4, 2026

Other Programs at APPAU

·         AI in Educational Facilities Management Workshop (T3): February 2-4, 2026

·         CEFP Live Prep Course: February 2-5, 2026

For more information, visit: https://www.appa.org/appau-phoenix

Regional Toolkits

Supervisor’s Toolkit: Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. February 16-19, 2026

          To learn more about upcoming dates and locations, click HERE.

Sam Turk

Business Partner Representative Co-Chair, CAPPA Business Partner Committee

Business Development Manager, FMX

My deep involvement with CAPPA officially began at the 2023 CAPPA Annual Conference in Allen, Texas where I joined the Business Partner (BP) Committee, co-led by Glen Haubold and Debra Jones. My experience with CAPPA proved to be transformative, especially the connection I forged with Glen.

Sylvia G. Zapata

Cooperative Purchasing Consultant, Choice Partners National Purchasing Cooperative

A Journey Rooted in Connection
When I attended my first CAPPA Conference in St. Louis last year, I vividly remember wrestling my luggage and booth equipment through the grand entrance of the historic Union Station Hotel. It was my first out-of-state conference representing Choice Partners, and I was determined to make a great impression—perhaps explaining why I overpacked as if I was moving in!

Greetings from far West Texas,

It has been a great honor to serve as President of CAPPA this past year.  Following the new APPA leadership and strategic plan that Lalit Agarwal and Dave have laid out, we have had a very successful  and exciting year of improvement and transformation.

Institution Showcase

Would you like to showcase your institution on the homepage of the CAPPA website?

Submit your institution photos to the Newsletter Editor:

Daniel Hernandez at dghernandez4@utep.edu

A look back at the 2025 CAPPA Conference in Norman, Oklahoma.

It comes with great pleasure to announce that another class has successfully completed the Supervisor’s Toolkit recently hosted at Dallas College!

Scholarship Opportunities!

CAPPA’s Professional Development Committee continues to provide accessible options for members pursuing educational goals and skill advancement.

Check out how simple it is to participate in CAPPA’s scholarship program by visiting our CAPPA Professional Development webpage and apply now!

From The Editor:

Thank you to those who submitted articles, photographs, and information to be included in this season’s CAPPA Newsletter!

We Want to Hear from You!

Share the lessons you’ve learned, your triumphs, innovations, and more!

Please feel free to write and submit articles for the CAPPA Newsletter at any time throughout the year for consideration.

Preferred size for the articles would be between 500 words (ex. ½ page with 1 medium graphic/photo/chart) - 1,000 words (ex. full page with 2-3 small graphics/photos/charts).

Please include names, descriptions, or titles for the media used. If the article submitted exists in another publication, please provide the link to the article, if available. Provide author’s name & title (photo preferred, but not required).

Email submissions via Word document or PDF attachments to the Newsletter Editor: dghernandez4@utep.edu