Diamond Sponsors

Apptegy builds products that empower school leaders to run better schools. We make it easy for administrators and educators to reach parents, students, staff, and your community at large. With our tools you can communicate better and change how your public thinks and feels about your schools.

The BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative is an audit compliant, free, governmental based national cooperative formed between the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and several state school boards associations to streamline the buying process for schools, municipalities, and other public entities. Developed to comply with state laws that require governmental entities to make purchases from an approved list of vendors who have gone through a competitive procurement process, BuyBoard gives members the advantage of leveraging the Cooperative's ability to obtain discounts, reducing purchasing costs on products and services.
The BuyBoard has a long history and a high-level approach to our business, our members and our vendors that make us stand apart. The goal of the BuyBoard is to lessen the burden of government by driving down costs and making the procurement process more efficient all-the-while being audit compliant. Included below are a few highlights of the program:
• 24-year history
• Local government agency controlling the life cycle of all contracts
• Gains access to a wide range of vendors with pricing based on national volume levels
• Non-profit that helps provide funding to enhance public education
• Outreach to local, regional and MWBE vendors to participate
• Available for EDGAR (CFR) Federal Funding use

Moseley Architects provides professional architectural, engineering, and interior design solutions educational clients across the Southeast.

Pierce Group Benefits is the leading provider of North Carolina Public School System employee benefit packages, offering unmatched products and services. Pierce Group Benefits mission is to provide personal attention, attending to individual needs and small details while sustaining a professional and caring team of employees representing the industry highest rated companies.

LS3P is a multi-disciplinary firm offering architecture, interiors, and planning services to a wide variety of clients nationwide. Central to all regions of the Southeast with offices in Charleston, Columbia, Charlotte, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Savannah, Raleigh, and Wilmington. We are committed to bringing state-of-the-art design, technology, and expertise of a strong regional firm closer to our clients on a local level.

LS3P’s K-12 design philosophy is rooted in designing schools in which students want to learn. We strive to design learning environments which are engaging, flexible, inclusive, and safe. Excellent schools are a point of pride for their communities, and their impact reaches far beyond the classroom; schools that meet today’s needs while remaining adaptable for future generations are the schools that will endure.

For additional information please contact Taylor Morris at taylormorris@ls3p.com or Rick Peele at rickpeele@ls3p.com.

Mark III, Making a Difference in Employee Benefits through our guaranteed insured voluntary benefit plans, innovative enrollment solutions, and creative employee communications. Since 1973 we've been providing the public sector with expert benefit advice. Representing nearly 250,000 public sector employees and with a long relationship to the North Carolina K12 market, we strive to be your trusted benefits partner.

In this new world, Mark III has a wealth of experience in flexible enrollment options including online self-service, call center, and onsite face to face. If you would like to see more flexibility in your enrollment options and you would like to see how we could better serve your district, we would love to talk!

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Victor Insurance Managers Inc. is one of the largest and most experienced underwriting managers of specialty insurance programs in the world. Victor has been dedicated to the public entity pooling industry for over 40 years and is thrilled to be a diamond sponsor for the 2020 NCSBA virtual conference. Since 2013, Victor has acted as the reinsurance program for the NCSBA.

Victor provides insurance services to the association and members including cyber coverage (endorsed since 2018) and a new active shooter coverage.

A cyber coverage proposal has already been prepared for your school district. Please reach out to Mike McClanahan (michael.mcclanahan@victorinsurance.com) to review your proposal and obtain coverage.

Fairbanks, a national leader in the industry, partners with government agencies to provide strategic, operational, and technology solutions to support Medicaid and other claiming programs.

Simbli is the first and only comprehensive board management software solution for effective board governance. Featuring six core integrated modules that help boards maximize productivity, Simbli brings together meetings, planning, policies, evaluations, documents, and communications into one, easy-to-use board management software solution.

Although each module is strong alone, the power to drive more effective board governance and achieve organizational excellence lies in their ability to work together. And with an iPad app and web browser accessibility, boards and their stakeholders can always get the information they need — anywhere, at any time.

Get in touch with us for more information or a personalized demonstration.

The NC Education Lottery's mission and vision help guide everyday lottery decisions. Its mission is to responsibly operate the lottery with the highest degree of integrity and security to maximize net revenues raised for the education programs identified by the legislature. Its vision is to be an industry leader in funding education initiatives by enriching lives through entertainment and innovation while practicing sound governance.