program: national small business federal contracting week 2009

NATIONALSMALLBUSINESSFEDERALCONTRACTINGWEEK

We supportAmerica’s

small businesscontractors.

Featuring the Defense LogisticsAgency and the U.S. Dept. ofHealth & Human Services

March 3-5, 2009Washington, DC Region

Presented by:

National Associationof Small Business

Contractors

U.S. Women’s Chamberof Commerce

NATIONALSMALLBUSINESSFEDERALCONTRACTINGWEEK

National Small Business Federal Contracting Week

Presented byThe National Association of Small Business Contractors and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce

Welcome Notes for Attendees:

Thank you for being with us today. Wetrust that you will find manyopportunities for education, connectionand advancement.

If you have any questions throughoutthe conference, please stop at thecheck-in desk. One of our leaders willbe happy to help you.

March 3 - 5, 2009 – Washington, DC Area

Our Special Thanks:

Federal & State AgenciesPrime Contractors

Associations & Non-ProfitsWe wish to thank the many federal and state government agencies,

prime contractors, and associations who have stepped up to be partof this important confererence for small business contractors.

We appreciate your commitment and support.

We ask that you please place your cellphones on vibrate during the conferenceand that follow-on questions you mighthave for a speaker, be taken out of themain hall into the reception area. Thiswill greatly enhance the conferenceexperience for all participants.

Welcome friends:

Small businesses leadour economy and arethe very fabric of ourvibrant Americancommunities. Weprovide a level offlexibility, innovation,ingenuity, andcommitment to qualitythat is simply unmatched.

The support of smallbusinesses in federalcontracting is essentialto providing our countrywith quality performance,cost savings, and pride.Small businesses havestrong roots in our communities, and bringtax dollars back home to reinvest in thevibrancy of our local economies.

The National Association of SmallBusiness Contractors and the U.S.Women’s Chamber of Commerce arenational leaders working on behalf ofsmall business. Working together wegrow our businesses and secure ourrightful share of federal contracting.Please let us know if we can provide youwith assistance at anytime.

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Agenda - Defense Logistics AgencyMarch 3, 2009

Westin Arlington Gateway

7:30 am - Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AB

8:30 Welcome: Margot Dorfman, CEO - U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce

9:00 Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Overview: Supporting Mission SuccessPeg Meehan, Director, Office of Small Business Programs

9:30 Introduction to DLA Supply Chains

DSCC: Land & MaritimeVikki Hawthorne, Supplier Outreach Program Manager, Small Business Programs Office,Defense Supply Center Columbus

DSCP: Clothing/Textiles, Construction/Equipment, Medical, SubsistencePaul Rooney, Small Business Specialist, Medical, Small Business Programs Office Defense Supply Center Philadelphia;Arlene Ruble, Small Business Specialist, Construction/Equipment, Small Business Programs Office, Defense SupplyCenter Philadelphia

DSCR: AviationJohn Henley, Associate Director of Small Business, Small Business Programs Office, Defense Supply Center Richmond

DESC: EnergyVirginia R. Broadnax, Small Business Specialist, Small Business Programs Office, Defense Energy Support Center

DCSO: IT/ServicesRosita Carosella, Associate Director of Small Business DLA ContractingSupport Office

12:00 Lunch (Box Lunch Provided)

4:30 Adjourn

Ernest Hemmingway Salon 2 & 3

1:00 Invitation Only One-on-One Sessions There will be a limited number of businesses toparticipate in one-on-one interviews/meetings duringthe afternoon session. These selections will bemade based on upcoming Agency small businessopportunities. No exceptions.

F.Scott Fitzgerald AB

1:00 Influence On The Hill! The State of SmallBusiness - Congressional Briefing and Meetings 1:00 - 2:30 House Small Business CommitteeBriefing: Meet with staffers for a briefing discussionon issues impacting your business.3:00 - ? Visit your congressional leaders




Agenda - Industry DayMarch 4, 2009

Westin Arlington Gateway

7:30 am - Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast


8:30 WelcomeMargot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

9:00 DOE Opportunities UpdateBrenda DeGraffenreid, Acquisition Manager

9:30 DOT Opportunities UpdateDevera Redmond, Small Business Advocate, OSDBU

10:00 US Treasury Opportunities UpdateTeresa Lewis, Director, OSDBU

10:30 Ethics and Compliance Regulations for Government ContractorsScott Freling, Associate Covington & Burling LLP

11:00 Are you Green?Paula Zampieri, Program Analyst, US EPA

11:30 Legislative UpdateErik Necciai, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

12:00 Box Lunch Provided1:00 How to be Successful in the Prime/Subcontractor Relationship

Mike Parkinson, Dir of Business Development, Manhattan Construction Co.

1:30 EPA Ombudsman: Environmental Regulations that ImpactSmall BusinessJoan Rogers, Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman

2:00 DHS: Eagle 2Kevin Boshears, Director OSDBU

2:45 Success Strategies for Winning Federal Contracts: TheDiscipline of SalesAlba Alemán, President, Citizant

4:00 Positioning for Contracts: Accessing Stimulus PackageOpportunities Elaine Young, Director, USWCC / NASBC Director ofthe National School of Government Ready

4:30 Reception

ERNEST HEMMINGWAY SALON 2 & 3

INDUSTRY BREAKOUT SEGMENTS

8:30 – 9:50 am Manufacturing & Distribution

Facilitator: Carroll A. Thomas, PartnershipCatalyst, National Institute of Standards andTechnology Manufacturing Extension PartnershipProgram

10 – 11:50 am Construction, Design &Environmental

Facilitator: Tesha Williams, Underwriting PolicyAnalyst, Office of Surety Guarantees

12:00 Box Lunch Provided (room closed)

12:30 – 2:20pm Services & ProfessionalServices

Facilitator: Mary Lee Kolich, Program DirectorMD Procurement Technical Assistance Program

2:30 – 4:20pm IT

Facilitator: Edsel M. Brown, Jr., SBA Logo Officeof Technology SBIR/STTR Assistant Administrator

Available All Day: (1) PTAC - Available toprovide individual companies with guidance onspecific procurement questions. (2) AlaskanNative Corporation Opportunities




AgendaU.S. Dept. Health & Human Services

March 5, 2009Westin Arlington Gateway


7:45 Continental Breakfast / Networking

8:30 Welcome Margot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

8:45 Agency Overview Debbie Ridgely, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

9:15 How to Market to HHS Alice Roache, Small Business Specialist, Supporting the Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

9:45 HHS Strategic Sourcing Initiative Kesa Russell, Strategic Sourcing Project Manager, Office of the Secretary

10:15 Break

10:30 BARDA and its Mission Cynthia Montgomery, The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority(BARDA)

11:00 Simplified Acquisition Susan Nsangou, Contracting Officer, National Institutes of Health, HHS

11:30 Building Successful Prime Relationships with HHSAndy Seymour, Director Business of Development Health & Human Services

Noon Box Lunch Provided

4:30 Adjourn

Ernest Hemmingway Salon 2 & 3

1:00 Invitation Only One-on-One Sessions There will be a limited number of businesses toparticipate in one-on-one interviews/meetings duringthe afternoon session. These selections will bemade based on upcoming Agency small businessopportunities. No exceptions.

F.Scott Fitzgerald AB

1:30 p.m. SAIC Cynthia Kendall, VP HealthSolutions Business Unit

2:00 p.m. Deloitte & Touche LLP Karen Carrion

2:30 p.m. EDS Andy Seymour, Director Businessof Development Health & Human Services

BiographiesAlba AlemánPresidentCitizant

As president and co-founder, Alba M.Alemán leads Citizant's businessdevelopment team and is responsible for thecompany's quality initiatives. With a strictfocus on Citizant's mission of providingexceptional customer service andinnovative solutions to help the governmentbetter serve the citizen, Alemán's goal is togrow the company's business within civilianand defense federal agencies in support ofits overall plan for strategic growth.

Alemán founded Citizant in 1999 withRaymond Roberts, a former TexasInstruments colleague. They saw anopportunity to develop a niche in the federalgovernment consulting market byassembling a team of outstandingprofessionals who deliver a personalizedand responsive approach to governmentservice. Alemán and Roberts apply bestpractices from their Fortune 500 corporateexperiences to their entrepreneurialbusiness model. As a result they have builta high-growth company with a strong focuson customer satisfaction, quality initiatives,employee recruitment and development,and operational success.

Kevin BoshearsDirector, OSDBUU.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Boshears, named Director of theDepartment of Homeland Security's Officeof Small and Disadvantage BusinessUtilization in May, 2003, is responsible forthe overall implementation of theDepartment's small business procurementprogram.

Prior to this, Mr. Boshears was namedDirector of the Treasury Department'sOSDBU in February, 1999 where he hadserved as the Acting Director since August,1998. He previously served in the sameoffice as a Procurement Analyst since June,1995 and was responsible for providingguidance to the Small Business Specialistslocated in Treasury's twelve bureaus.

Mr. Boshears brings a wealth of knowledge andexperience in the procurement field, havingserved as a Contracting Officer for the JusticeDepartment prior to his small business dutiesat the Treasury Department. Mr. Boshears is awell known instructor in the federal smallbusiness procurement arena.

On May 9 - 10, 2002, Mr. Boshears waspresented with the Frances Perkins VanguardAward for Exemplary Utilization of Women-Owned Small Businesses by a FederalProcurement Official and the Gold Star Awardfor Excellence by the U. S. Small BusinessAdministration.

Edsel M. Brown, Jr.Assistant Director, Office of TechnologyU.S. Small Business Administration

Mr. Brown has served with the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration since 1990. He iscurrently the Assistant Director for the Office ofTechnology. In this position he providesoversight over the Small Business InnovationResearch (SBIR) and Small BusinessTechnology Transfer (STTR) Programs.

Before coming to SBA, Mr. Brown servedas a Policy Analyst with the Department ofHuman Services in New Jersey, and asInvestment Consultant with a regional financialservices firm.

He has been very active in communityaffairs and has belonged to severalorganizations including Rotary International,several Chambers of Commerce,Neighborhood House, YMCA, NAACP, CalvertEconomic Development Commission, andAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

A native of Plainfield, NJ, Mr. Brown holdsB.A. (Government) and M.A. (PublicAdministration) degrees from Ohio University.He also holds a J.D. (Law) degree from theUniversity of Toledo College of Law. He is alicensed attorney.

Karen CarrionAssociate, Federal Marketing & BusinessDevelopmentDeloitte Services LP

Karen Carrion has been with the Deloitte U.S.Firms since May 2002. In that time, she hassupported the organization in a variety of roles,most recently as a member of the FederalMarketing and Business development team.For the past three years, Ms. Carrion has been

managing and supporting a number ofmarketing and business developmentprograms across the Deloitte Federal practice.In addition to her marketing role she hasactively assisted Deloitte's Small BusinessLiaison Officer in the development of theDeloitte Federal Small Business Program.Today, more than 150 small businesses havebeen certified into the program since itsinception in 2005.

Brenda DeGraffenreidActing Associate Director, and SupervisoryAcquisition ManagerUS Department of Energy OSDBU

Brenda DeGraffenreid has spent 20+ yearsworking on behalf of small businesses, withFederal agencies that support small businesscontracting, as well as with agencies andorganizations that assist individuals in startingand expanding their businesses.

In her current capacity as Acting AssociateDirector, and Supervisory Acquisition Managerfor the Office of Small and DisadvantagedBusiness Utilization (OSDBU), United StatesDepartment of Energy, she commands a staffthat works with all types of small businesses,including small, 8(a), small disadvantaged,women-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Her office, theOSDBU, assists small businesses inidentifying contracting and subcontractingopportunities through DOE's BusinessOpportunity Sessions, Forecasts, Conference,and outreach efforts. Further, her office assistssmall businesses internally by reviewingsizeable acquisitions to ensure that smallbusinesses are considered.

In her role, Ms. DeGraffenreid works withprogram and procurement personnel toestablish initiatives to increase opportunitiesfor small companies. She has manages andpromotes the use of of programs that providesubcontracting opportunities to smallbusinesses, i.e., DOE's 8(a) Pilot Program andthe Mentor-Protégé Program. Her work withthe Mentor-Protégé Program provides anopportunity for her to promote her specialfocus of providing opportunities for smallbusinesses to expand their technicalcapabilities, including through technologytransfer.

Margot Dorfman, CEOU.S. Women's Chamber of CommerceNational Association of Small BusinessContractors, Outreach Coordinator

Margot Dorfman is the CEO of the U.S.Women's Chamber of Commerce. Sheis a visionary leader who has dedicatedherself to promoting the economic andleadership interest of women. Herextensive background in business,business ownership, publishing andnonprofit leadership has prepared Ms.Dorfman to set the vision for the U.S.Women's Chamber of Commerce. Dorfmanfounded Arizona Women's News, HispanaNews and the Greater Phoenix ChamberBusiness Connection. She holds a Master'sEducation from Lesley University and aB.S. in Education from NortheasternUniversity. Additionally, her experienceincludes over ten years in executivepositions with General Mills and otherFortune 500 firms.

Scott FreilingAttorneyCovington & Burling

Scott Freling is an attorney at Covington &Burling LLP. Mr. Freling advisesgovernment contractors on questionsrelated to the Federal AcquisitionRegulations and other federal and stateprocurements laws. He assists clients withboth defense and civilian contracting. Mr.Freling also represents clients at all stagesof litigation, assists clients with internalinvestigations, and counsels clients withregards to legislative and public policymatters.

Mr. Freling is a graduate of theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School,and the College of Arts & Sciences atWashington University in St. Louis. He haspresented at other National Small BusinessFederal Contracting Week summits.

Vikki HawthorneSupplier Outreach Program ManagerDefense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC),DLA Office of Small Business Programs

Vikki Hawthorne is the Supplier OutreachProgram Manager for the Defense Supply

Center Columbus (DSCC), Office of SmallBusiness Programs, which includes assistingthe procurement technical assistance centers,'the foot soldiers to DLA', in their outreachefforts of promoting small businessparticipation in the defense acquisitionprocess. Ms. Hawthorne also travels aroundthe country demonstrating to suppliers 'Howto do Business With DLA' and facilitates theTraining, Knowledge, Opportunities Seminar'Doing Business With DLA' hosted by DSCC.In addition to her role as Supplier OutreachProgram Manager, Ms. Hawthorne assistsacquisition personnel in identifying small,minority, service disabled veteran, Hubzoneand women-owned businesses as potentialsources of supply. Ms. Hawthorne also assistsDefense Acquisition University as a subjectmatter expert for supplier training.

Ms. Hawthorne has almost twenty fiveyears of defense contracting experience whichincludes previous assignments asProcurement Agent, Contract Specialist, andProcurement Analyst in the CompetitionAdvocate Office. Before her tenure with thedefense department, Ms. Hawthorne workedin the manufacturing, retail, and insuranceindustries. Ms. Hawthorne holds a Bachelorof Science degree in advertising/ marketingfrom Kent State University and a Master ofScience degree in human resourceadministration from Central MichiganUniversity. Ms. Hawthorne is also Level IIIcertified in Contracting under the DefenseAcquisition Workforce Improvement Act.

Cynthia KendallVP Health Solutions Business UnitSAIC

Ms. Kendall joined SAIC in 1996 and is a VicePresident in the Health Solutions BusinessUnit. She manages multiple Federal IDIQcontracts including CIO-SP2 and GITSSrepresenting over $50M in annual revenue.Ms. Kendall's major role is Small BusinessAdvocate in the Business Unit.

Prior to joining SAIC, Ms. Kendall retiredfrom the Department of Defense (DoD) withover 25 years of Federal service. From 1988to 1996, she was Deputy Assistant Secretaryof Defense for Information Management in theOffice of the Secretary of Defense. From 1980to 1988, Ms. Kendall served in the Directoratefor Program and Financial Control of the DoD

Comptroller. From 1970 to 1980, Ms. Kendallprovided data automation support to theHeadquarters Air Force.

Ms. Kendall holds a Bachelor of Sciencedegree from Drexel University and a Mastersof Science degree from American University.

Mary Lee KolichProgram DirectorMD Procurement Technical AssistanceProgram

Ms. Mary Lee Kolich is a seasonedprofessional with 30 years experience and asolid understanding of diverse businessmanagement applications. She hasdemonstrated knowledge and experience incontract negotiations with federal agenciesand prime contractors.

After attending the University of Cincinnatiand over a 20 year period of time, Ms. Kolichserved as Division Director and GeneralManager for two 8a federal contractingbusinesses that successfully graduated fromthe SBA program. In that capacity shemanaged, planned, prepared and deliveredcomplex projects on time and within budget.She has professional sales experience withcommercial entities as well as with county andfederal government agencies such as: MarineCorps, Army, Air Force, Navy, AnteonCorporation, OSHA, Bureau of LandManagement, Food and Drug Administration,House of Representatives, ICC, District ofColumbia Agencies to name a few.

Ms. Kolich owned her own business for fiveyears as a value-added reseller and Partnerwith Hewlett Packard, Acer, 3COM and Cisco.She provided hardware and logistics supportto systems integrators requiring informationproducts requiring information technologyproducts in support of government products.

Based upon her past business experience,Ms. Kolich has designed for the PTAP a seriesof four-hour classes which provides anunderstanding of contracting with the federalgovernment and how to approach sellingservices and products to various agencies.Visit your local PTAC or PTAP for individualcounseling and classes: http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm.

Teresa L.G. LewisDirector, OSDBUU.S. Department of the Treasury

Teresa Lewis assumed her duties as theDirector, Office of Small andDisadvantaged Business Utilization,Department of the Treasury, on March 30,2008.

Prior to serving in her current position,Teresa previously served approximately 10years at the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration (SBA), in the followingpositions: Director, Office of Managementand Technical Assistance/8(a) BusinessDevelopment Program; AssistantAdministrator, Office of Federal ContractAssistance for Veteran Business Owners;Procurement Policy Analyst, Office ofPolicy Research, Office of GovernmentContracting; Area Director (East Coast),HUBZone Empowerment Program Officeand Senior Eligibility Specialist, TeamLeader, Office of Small DisadvantagedBusiness Certification and Eligibility.

She came to the SBA following sixyears of Government contracting

experience as a contract specialist with theDepartment of the Air Force and theDepartment of Commerce.

Teresa is a retired United States Air ForceMajor. A native of High Point, North Carolina,Teresa received a Master of Arts Degree, withhonors, in Procurement and AcquisitionManagement from Webster University, StLouis, Missouri and a Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Business Administration from theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Peg MeehanDirector of the Office of Small BusinessProgramsDefense Logistics Agency (DLA)

Peg Meehan is the Director of the Office ofSmall Business Programs at the DefenseLogistics Agency (DLA). She is responsiblefor the Agency's Small Business Program andthe DOD Procurement Technical AssistanceProgram.

Prior to her recent return to DLA, Ms.Meehan managed the SubcontractingProgram in the Office of the Secretary ofDefense (OSD) Small Business Office. She

also developed and implementedDepartment-wide Small Business Programtraining.

Peg joined OSD from the DefenseContract Management Agency (DCMA)Headquarters (HQs) where she wasinstrumental in implementing their HQs SmallBusiness Office at the agency's inception andlater served as their Combat SupportOperations first and sole contractingrepresentative. Prior to DCMA, Peg was theAssistant Director for SB at DLA HQs. Pegwas also DLA's first Grants Officer for theDoD Procurement Technical AssistanceProgram.

Peg has 35 years of experience inacquisition/contract management. In additionto her numerous awards, including WhiteHouse recognition and DCASR's Woman ofthe Year, and Meritorious Civilian Service,she holds degrees in Business Managementfrom St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia PA;Business Administration from the Universityof Maryland, College Park, MD and NationalResource Strategy from the NationalDefense University, Industrial College of theArmed Forces, Washington, DC.

Cynthia R. MontgomeryChief of Mission Support & AcquisitionPolicy; Biomedical Advanced Research& Development Authority (BARDA)U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices (HHS)

Ms. Montgomery is a Contracting Officerin BARDA and she also functions as theCompetition Advocate and Task OrderOmbudsmen. Prior to working in BARDA,Ms. Montgomery was a Management andProgram Analyst, in the Executive Office,of the Office of Vocational and AdultEducation, at the Department of Education,where she provided budget oversight andfunctioned as a Grants ManagementOfficer and a Contracting OfficerRepresentative. As a Contract Specialistand Contracting Officer, at the Departmentof Defense, Washington HeadquarterService, she supported the Pentagon inService, Leasing and Agricultural &Engineering contracts.

Ms. Montgomery previously worked atthe Department of Health and HumanServices at the Centers for Disease Control

(CDC) in Atlanta, Ga. At the CDC, Ms.Montgomery started her federal career as aBiologist, in Division of Parisitology, in theNational Center for Infectious Diseases. Shealso worked as a Lead Grants ManagementSpecialist and a Contract Specialist in theProcurement and Grants Office (PGO) and shewas instrumental in setting up the InternationalGrants and Contracts Branch. In the NationalCenter for Chronic Disease, Office of the Director,Ms. Montgomery, supported the Extramuralprogram office as a Public Health Analyst.

Susan NsangouBranch ChiefNational Institute on Drug Abuse

Susan Nsangou began her acquisition careerin 1997 as a Procurement Technician with theNational Institutes of Health (NIH.) She hassince served as Contract Specialist,Contracting Officer and now Branch Chief. Ms.Nsangou is currently the Branch Chief of theNational Institute on Drug Abuse, StationSupport/Simplified Acquisitions Branch. Herstaff service all the acquisitions needs forvarious Institutes at the NIH. She works to

increases the knowledge of federal contractingwithin the NIH and performs outreach tovendors on a monthly basis. The Branch wasthe current recipient of the first NIH AcquisitionInnovation Award.

Erik NecciaiProfessional Staff MemberU.S. Senate Committee on Small Business& EntrepreneurshipRanking Member, Olympia J. Snowe

As a Committee staff member, Erik Necciaiadvises the Ranking Member, Senator Snowe,of the U.S. Senate Committee on SmallBusiness & Entrepreneurship on various smallbusiness issues, with primary emphasis onfederal contracting and procurement. In thiscapacity, Mr. Necciai assists the RankingMember in developing federal-wide policy toguide procurement processes to meet smallbusiness procurement goals and objectives.

Mr. Necciai has previously served as aconsultant for the Department of Defenseworking both in federal procurement andacquisition regulations.

Mr. Necciai holds a Bachelor of Science inBiology and Chemistry from Virginia Techand a Juris Doctorate from TMC LawSchool, in Michigan.

Russell OrbanGeneral Counsel; Democratic Staff -Chairwoman VelazquezSmall Business CommitteeU.S. House of Representatives

Russell Orban has worked for over 20 yearsin the United State Congress and 12 ofthose years for the Small BusinessCommittee. He currently serves as theCommittee's General Counsel.

He also served as staff director for 3separate subcommittees and has coveredsuch issues as government contracting andprocurement, tax, high technology,international trade and regulatory issues.Russ also worked for 8 years as AssistantChief Counsel of the Office of Advocacy atthe Small Business Administration. Beforecoming to Washington, he practiced law inKansas City, Missouri specializing ingeneral business law and taxation.

In addition to his law degree, Mr. Orbanhas a Bachelor of Science degree inbusiness administration and a Mastersdegree in tax law.

Mike ParkinsonDirector of Business DevelopmentManhattan Construction Company

Manhattan Construction Co. for the last 17years. Worked as a Senior Estimator,Project Engineer, and Project Managerbefore moving into Business Developmentwith Manhattan. Originally from St. Louis,Missouri.

Education: B.S. (Structural Engineering)- Washington University (St. Louis) 1982;M.S. (Information Management) -Marymount University 1998; M.B.A.(Finance) - Marymount University 2001

Barry PinelesChief Counsel; Republican staff forRanking Member GravesHouse Small Business Committee

Barry Pineles is Chief Counsel to theRepublican staff of the Committee on Small

Business of the United States House ofRepresentatives. Mr. Pineles was initially hiredin 1999 by then Chairman Talent. ChairmanManzullo asked Mr. Pineles to stay on theCommittee when he became Chairman in the107th Congress where he took on theresponsibility for Small Business Actreauthorization and continued the work he didfor Chairman Talent on regulatory matters.When Mr. Chabot took the reigns as rankingmember, he asked Mr. Pineles to be the ChiefCounsel for the Republican staff.

Prior to joining the Committee staff, Mr.Pineles was in-house regulatory counsel to anow bankrupt competitive local exchangecarrier located in the Vancouver, WA suburbsof Portland, OR. Mr. Pineles also practicedlaw in Miami, FL and Washington, DCrepresenting cable operators,telecommunications providers, and varioussmall business trade associations before thefederal courts and sundry federal agencies.

Mr. Pineles spent nearly a decade workingfor the United States Small BusinessAdministration's Office of Advocacy where heworked on numerous federal regulatorymatters and provided substantial input toCongressional efforts to strengthen theRegulatory Flexibility Act.

DeVera RedmondSmall Business AdvocateU.S. Department of Transportation

Ms. Redmond, who is US Department ofTransportations' (DOT) Women-OwnedBusiness and Service-Disabled VeteranBusiness Advocate works with theDepartment's prime contractors, program, andprocurement officials to ensure maximumopportunities for small businesses toparticipate in DOT contracts and subcontracts.

Ms. Redmond has extensive experiencesupporting the small business community fromboth the government and corporate side,having served as the Small Business Advocateat the U.S. Department of Agriculture'sAgricultural Marketing Services, FruitVegetable Program, and serving as the SmallBusiness Liaison Office for URS Group. Ms.Redmond is a graduate of The University ofBaltimore with a master's degree in PublicAdministration (MPA). She is active in manycivic and social organizations.

Debbie RidgelyDirector, Office of Small andDisadvantaged Business UtilizationU.S. Department of Health and HumanServices (HHS)

Ms. Ridgely is the Director for the Office ofSmall and Disadvantaged Business Utilizationat the Department of Health and HumanServices. She was selected for the positionseven years ago. As the Director, she worksto foster an atmosphere that provides fair,equitable and impartial opportunities for theentire small business community. Ms. Ridgelyestablishes Departmental policy for the smallbusiness program and advocates on behalfof the small business vendor in the federalacquisition process.

Prior to working in the small businesscapacity, Ms. Ridgely served as a ContractingOfficer for the Departments of Transportation,NASA and Energy.

Ms. Ridgely served as an Executive Officerof the Federal OSDBU Directors' InteragencyCouncil from FY 03-07. She has beenrecognized with awards from small businesstrade associations and other nationalorganizations.

She is a graduate of Maryville College,Maryville TN. She supplemented her B.A. withadditional courses in Business Administrationfrom Strayer University.

Alice RoacheSmall Business Specialist, OSDBUU.S. Dept of Health and Human Services

Ms. Alice Roache is a Small BusinessSpecialist, with the U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services (HHS), Office of SmallDisadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)Office serving the Medicare/MedicaidServices. Alice has over 26 years governmentexperience with a variety of contract work.Prior to joining HHS, she worked as aContracting Officer for Centers for Medicareand Medicaid Service, and Social SecurityAgency. Alice worked in both contractingoperations and policy at the USDA,Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Whilewith ARS she worked on a multi-agency task,headed by Department of Energy, to awardthe first Energy Savings PerformanceContract. Alice's contracting experiencestarted at General Services Administration,

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In the time Alice has been with the HHS,OSDBU, she has been dedicated to makinga difference in the Small Businesscommunity.

Joan B. RogersAsbestos and Small BusinessOmbudsmanEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Joan joined the Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) in 1991. She has served asSpecial Assistant to the AssociateAdministrator for the EPA's Office of Policy,Economics and Innovation (OPEI),providing substantive advice and guidanceon policy and rule development andprogram activity. She has also served theAgency as a program analyst, conductinganalysis of Agency regulations and policiesand providing technical knowledge ofenvironmental statutes and policy duringthe review of regulatory policies, programs,goals and objectives.

Before joining the Office of Small BusinessPrograms as the Asbestos and Small BusinessOmbudsman (ASBO) in October 2008, Joanwas the Agency team lead, providing guidanceto senior policy managers at EPA, the Office ofManagement and Budget (OMB), the SmallBusiness Administration (SBA) and the GeneralAccounting Office (GAO) regarding EPA'simplementation procedures and complianceresponsibilities under the Regulatory FlexibilityAct as amended by the Small BusinessEnforcement Fairness Act (RFA)/SBREFA).In her role as the ASBO, Joan will continue towork with small entities, small business tradeassociations, SBA, OMB and EPA programoffices to ensure that small entity impacts andconcerns are considered in the developmentof Agency rulemakings.

Kesa RussellProject ManagerHHS Strategic Sourcing Program

Kesa Russell is currently the Project Managerfor the HHS Strategic Sourcing program, andis responsible for implementing Department-wide initiatives to leverage purchasing power,

increase efficiencies and decrease the costof procuring products and services.

Prior to working at HHS, Kesa was aConsultant at American ManagementSystems, focused on Business Process Re-Engineering and Change Managementprojects in the Federal, State and LocalGovernment sectors. She was also anAssistant Treasurer at Bankers TrustCompany, focused on managing AmericanDepositary Receipt (ADR) client relationships.Kesa received a Bachelor of Science (BS)degree in Business Administration fromFlorida A&M University and a Master ofBusiness Administration (MBA) degree fromthe University of Maryland, College Park.

Andy SeymourDirector Business of Development Health& Human ServicesEDS

Andy Seymour, EDS, Director of BusinessDevelopment, Health and Human Services.Responsibilities include new business sales,territory, account development, identificationand pursuit of HHS strategic initiatives.

Activities include identification andqualification of teaming partners andcompliance with HHS small businessdirectives and policy. 35 years experiencein sales, business development andentrepreneurship in InformationTechnology products, services, financingand outsourcing. Major new business winsU.S.A.F, DoD OSD, SSA, FAA, and FDA.Career revenue achievement of over $1B.BA, University of Maryland. MemberAFCEA, ACT-IAC.

Carroll A. ThomasProgram CatalystNational Institute of Standards andTechnology, Manufacturing ExtensionPartnership

Carroll Thomas has extensiveentrepreneurial and business developmentacumen acquired from experience spanningalmost 30 years working for notable public,private and non-profit organizations, and asa former owner of a home decor retailfranchise business. Currently, she is thePartnership Catalyst for the Department ofCommerce's Manufacturing ExtensionPartnership (MEP) Program. Ms. Thomasuses her expert business development skillsto establish relationships with synergisticgovernment agencies to supportcollaborations that help manufacturersincrease their competitiveness in the market,thereby more efficiently leveraging tax dollarsin support of US manufacturing supremacy.

The highlight of Ms. Thomas' privateindustry experience was her tenure atQVC, a multi-billion dollar global electronicretailer. While at QVC she negotiatedproduct deals with over 23,000 inventorsand small manufacturers in all 50 statesacross America, as well as at QVC'sinternational subsidiaries in Germany andthe United Kingdom.

A world traveler from birth, as an "ArmyBrat," Ms. Thomas earned her MBA inInternational Business from Johns HopkinsUniversity, and a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Design from Drexel University.

Tesha WilliamsUnderwriting Policy AnalystOffice of Surety GuaranteesU.S. Small Business Administration

Tesha Williams is the Underwriting PolicyAnalyst for Office of Surety Guarantees at theU.S. Small Business Administration. Williamsis responsible for the implementation andregulation of policies and procedures relatedto the Surety Bond Program.

Ms. Williams serves a liaison between SBAArea Offices and Headquarters to providetechnical guidance and offer resolution tocomplex cases.

Since joining SBA in January 2005, Ms.Williams has participated in the significantlyimproved functioning and management of theSurety Bond Program which has resulted inincreased activity. She is responsible for thedevelopment and implementation of a newportfolio risk assessment model that hascreated enhanced surety partners monitoringand serves as a great benchmarking tool.

A licensed Insurance Broker, Ms. Williamshas over seventeen (17) years of professionalexperience in the insurance industry. Prior tojoining SBA she has served as Risk Managerat Marsh Inc. Brokerage Firm, Client RelationSpecialist and Underwriter at Firemen'sInsurance Company and Client Advisor atGEICO Insurance Company.

A native of Louisiana, she currently resides inPrince Georges County with her fiancé and son.

Cris YoungNational Association of Small BusinessContractors, PresidentHudson Fasteners, Inc., Executive VicePresident

Cris A. Young is the Executive Vice Presidentof Hudson Fasteners, Inc. a 60 year oldindustrial wholesale supplier. HudsonFasteners is a third generation business,currently 100% women owned and operated.Cris Young has over 20 years experience inprocurement and management in corporateand small business environments. Ms. Younghas specialized in government procurement onlocal, state, and federal levels.

Ms. Young and Hudson Fasteners wereawarded the PTAP (Procurement TechnicalAssistance Program) Small Business of the Year2004 by the Long Island Development Center.Ms. Young has been an active and vocal memberand supporter of the USWCC since 2002. Ms.Young is also a member of the MetropolitanFastener Distributors Association.

Elaine Young (Navajo)Director of the National School ofGovernment ContractingUSWCC / NASBC

Elaine Young has over 12 years experiencein assisting small businesses in the federalgovernment procurement arena, particularlyfor Native American business owners.

In 1998, Elaine joined the National Centerfor American Indian Enterprise Development(NCAIED), a national non-profit organization,providing business development services toNative Americans. As a Program Manager, ofthe American Indian Procurement TechnicalAssistant Center, she provided a wide rangeof services to Native American (AIPTAC)businesses which includes training andseminars, individual counseling and accessto bid opportunities, contract specifications,procurement histories, and other informationnecessary to successfully compete forgovernment contracts.

Prior to her position with the AIPTAC atNCAIED, she also worked as ManagementConsultant with their Minority BusinessDevelopment Agency program. Otherprofessional experience has been with theSmall Business Development Center atNorthland Pioneer College, in Holbrook,Arizona, and a Community Planner with theNavajo Nation, Kayenta, Arizona.

Paula ZampieriProgram AnalystEPA - Small Business Ombudsman's Office

Paula is a graduate from the University ofVermont with a bachelor of science in NaturalResource Planning and a concentration inEnvironmental Policy and Law. After movingto Washington D.C. she began working as aneditorial and staff manager for an onlineenvironmental newsletter before finallyentering into the federal government with theEnvironmental Protection Agency's Office ofSmall Businesses Programs in 2006.Currently, Paula is working within the SmallBusiness Ombudsman's office, at the EPA, asa program analyst, as well as serving as aContract Officer's Technical Representative forthe EPA's Grants and DBE Tribal Trainingcontract.

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