Stokes Creative Group, Inc. was a major contributing sponsor for one of the most important Transportation Conference and Expos in New Jersey: The NJ Council on Special Transportation’s (NJCOST) TransAction 2011. This conference and expo took place April 6th–8th, 2011 at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Stokes Creative Group, Inc. provided sponsorship for refreshments and special events throughout the three day conference as well as donating the company’s design expertise to create the cover of the TransAction 2011 Directory.
Joanne Stokes, President/Founder of Stokes Creative Group, Inc. and JMS Visual Communications was on site throughout the entire conference. As a Board Member of the Greater New York Chapter of the Womens’ Transportation Seminar (WTS) she played a major role organizing and executing a panel session entitled “Contracting Opportunities in New Jersey for 2011-2012.”
The esteemed panel included speakers from major NJ Transportation organizations: Mary K. Murphy, Executive Director of the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA); Samuel L. Donelson, Deputy Executive Director of the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA); and Andrea E. Ward, Director of Purchasing at the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA). The session provided a prime networking opportunity for large firms, small firms, and clients. The information the panelists shared would serve to prepare program managers, project managers, and business development personnel in contractor A/E/C firms and Small Business Enterprises to evaluate and effectively respond to anticipated contracts. By sharing this “inside information” with the firms in advance the agencies will create more robust competition among firms, as they will now be able to better prepare for their submissions.
