Kevin Juhring

Kevin Juhring serves as General Manager for U.S. Communities, a nonprofit that provides cooperative purchasing services to state and local governments, their agencies, and other agencies such as schools, special districts, and nonprofit organizations. Juhring also acts as General Manager of Public Finance Authority, which issues tax-exempt bonds for local governments in order to enhance the efficiency of local economic development financing. The two organizations work with more than 50,000 different entities, giving participants access to economies of scale they could not achieve alone. Prior to joining U.S. Communities/Public Financing Authority, Kevin Juhring held the position of Director of State and Local Government Sales for Office Depot. In this position, he was responsible for developing the company’s programs for schools and governmental agencies, an area which rapidly grew to represent $1 billion in sales. As a result of his efforts, Kevin Juhring earned acclaim as Office Depot’s National Account Manager of the Year and was named to the company’s President’s Circle. His experience with Office Depot strengthened his advocacy for cooperative purchasing by state and local governments and their agencies, and allowed him to build a foundation assisting state and local governments to maximize their purchasing power. Kevin Juhring began his professional career as a Branch Manager for the Clinton, Maryland, office of Enterprise Rent-a-Car. With daily oversight of 20 employees, he ran all major elements of the branch’s operation, including sales, marketing, accounts receivable, hiring, and training. His achievements in this role earned him a nomination to the Enterprise Chairman’s Club. Trained in economics at St. Joseph’s University, Kevin Juhring sees cooperative purchasing as the answer to many of the economic challenges faced by governmental bodies that find themselves under increasing pressure to accomplish more with fewer resources.