Mentor/Protégé Programs

The Stempel Plan: A Model Mentor/Protégé Program for the Construction Industry

Acknowledgement

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) gratefully acknowledges the many ideas that the Port of Portland has generously contributed to this model. AGC is particularly indebted to Mr. Ron Stempel, who served as the Contracts and Procurement Manager for the Port of Portland from 1989 until his untimely death in 1996.

Mr. Stempel was a man of great and powerful vision. Driven by a commitment to his community and guided by his business experience, he demonstrated that personal integrity and common sense can make a real and lasting difference in the lives of others. His words were always plain and his goals beyond reproach. Undistracted by the political rhetoric of his time, he quietly set about the business of doing what needed to be done.

He first spoke to AGC at the association's 1995 Midyear Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Those who attended the meeting will long remember how his softly spoken words held the crowd quiet and still for nearly two hours. Already suffering from the illness that finally took his life, he provided much of the impetus for this work. With deep respect for the man and great appreciation for that particular moment, AGC wishes this work to be widely and commonly known as the Stempel Plan.

AGC also wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the many AGC members and chapter executives who actually wrote and finalized this work.

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Please Note: This model is neither designed nor intended to meet any legal standards set by federal, state, local or other public agencies. A mentor-protégé program based on this model may or may not meet government standards for such a program.