Lula Banks currently serves as the Director of Procurement Services since August 2001. Her experience expands more than twenty-seven years of service to various governmental entities (e.g., county, school board, and city). She is a generalist in management and leadership covering a broad spectrum of competencies in procurement including contract management and compliance, mediation and conflict resolution, teamwork, inventory and control management programs, handling environmental issues, airport management, MBE/WBE programs, quality customer service initiatives, and staff development. She has also served as Logistic Chief for a Comprehensive Emergency/Disaster Plan, served on the Board of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) and is presently a Master Instructor for NIGP. She holds two national certifications: a Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) and a Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) by the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (UPPCC). Lu also holds two State Certifications: a Florida Certified Purchasing Agent (FCPA) and a Florida Certified Purchasing Manager (FCPM). She has also been appointed to the Grievance Mediation and Fee Arbitration Committee, as a Mediator, by The Florida Bar.

She has held various positions of leadership in professional and charitable organizations on a local, state, and national level. She also received various awards and demonstrates community involvement via participation with the Pinellas County School-to-Work Committee, St. Petersburg College Corporate Training Committee, Student Mentorship programs, Women in Government, and Church ministries.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and holds a certification for County and Family Mediators for the Supreme Court of Florida. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Social Science from Florida State University, a Masters in Education Leadership from Florida A&M University, and has earned her Doctor of Educational leadership from the Argosy University in Sarasota. She is a graduate of Leadership Pinellas and the Executive Leadership Institute of the National Forum of Black Public Administrators.

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