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Army Alliance Virtual Annual Meeting

August 31, 2020

Tom Albro

President, Army Alliance

Today’s Agenda

Welcome Tom Albro, President Army AllianceMG Mitchell Kilgo, Commander CECOM and Senior Commander APG

Guest Speaker Senator Ben Cardin

Army Alliance Federal and State InitiativesJill McClune, Legislative Lead and President Emeritus, Army Alliance

Brian Glackin, The Livingston Group

Sponsorship Recognition, Board Elections and ConclusionTom Albro, President Army Alliance

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Army Alliance Mission

• Preserve APG as a national asset along with its centers of excellence

• Inform elected officials, decision-makers, and the community about issues impacting APG

• Sustain and grow the missions, programs and jobs at APG

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Organization Structure

• Established in 1999

• 501(c)4 community advocacy organization

• All volunteer board (20)

• Funding through grants & sponsorships

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MG Mitchell Kilgo

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Senator Ben Cardin

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Federal Initiatives

• Advocated for an increase to the FY21 Army Facilities Sustainment Restoration and Maintenance (FSRM) account

– House has appropriated over $241M over FY20 enacted Army level

– Senate Armed Services Cmte. authorized an increase to FSRM account for FY21 and included positive language backing up their funding increase

– House Armed Services Cmte. also authorized more money for FSRM than the Army Alliance requested

• Requested language in the NDAA FY21 to expand Direct Hire Authority for for Domestic Defense Industrial Base Facilities and the Major Range & Test Facilities Base in DOD beyond FY21.

• Proposed an increase to the Defense Production Act Purchases account for the purpose of establishing a pilot-scale biochemical production and purification facility for the Army’s Combat Capability Development Command, Chemical and Biological Center

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State Initiatives• Continued to educate General Assembly on positive impacts of

Maryland Military Installations– Hosted fifth Maryland Alliances Open House

– Participated in Harford County Annapolis Day

• Monitored controversial measure that would have applied sales tax to the provision of services– Potential impact to defense contractors

– Bill was rejected

• Advocated for further reductions in the taxability of military retirement income in Maryland – Uphill battle due to recommendations for increased public education funding

– Unsuccessful, will continue to be primary State Initiative

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Grants and Sponsorshipsfund the work

of the Army Alliance

Patriot Sponsor

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Granting Agency

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Four-Star Sponsors

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Other Sponsors

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Cecil CountyCity of AberdeenTown of Bel AirCity of Havre de Grace

St. John PropertiesWater’s Edge Events Center

APG FCUAvon Protection ServicesDAS ServicesHarford Community College

Boyle Buick GMCBryson Popham, P.A.Cecil CollegeDeloitteFreedom Federal Credit UnionGreater Harford Committee Harford BankHarford Chamber of CommerceIndustrial Representatives Assoc JRADMacKenzie Commercial Real EstateM&T BankNu-Tek Precision Optical CorpORAURoute 40 Business AssnRTR TechnologiesSAICScience and Technology CorpSciTech ServicesShaffer, McLauchlin & StoverSnee, Lutche, Helmlinger & SpielbergerSURVICE Engineering CompTRAX InternationalUM Upper Chesapeake Health

County and City Sponsors

Three-StarSponsors

Two-StarSponsors

One-StarSponsors

Welcome to our Newest Sponsors

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Two-StarBoeing Company

One-StarRoute 40 Business AssociationSnee, Lutche, Helmlinger & Spielberger, P.A.

2019-2020 Board of Directors• Tom Albro, JRAD (President)

• Anthony (Tony) Lisuzzo, Shipcom Federal Solutions (Vice President)

• Denise Carnaggio, Harford Community College (Secretary)

• Terry Grant, KatzAbosch (Treasurer)

• Jill McClune, Avon Protection Systems (President Emeritus)

• MG (Ret.) Gerard (Jerry) Brohm, Brohm Consulting, LLC

• Pete Christensen, JRAD, Inc.

• Danny DeMarinis, NEMD University Research Park

• Bruce England, Susquehanna Workforce Network

• BG (Ret.) Dean R. Ertwine, Maryland Department of Commerce

• Glenn Gillis, Business Development Consulting Services

• Karen Holt, Harford County Office of Community and Economic Development

• Greg Kamigawachi, Phoenix Operations Group

• Matt Lenihan, St. John Properties

• Sam Malhotra, Subsystem Technologies, Inc.

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• Eric McLauchlin, Shaffer, McLauchlin, & Stover• Chris Moyer, Cecil County Office of Economic

Development• Patrick Mullin, QED Systems• Mike Ray, Harford County Chamber of Commerce,

SURVICE Engineering• William (Bill) Schaff, Battelle • Brian Simmons, TRAX International• Beetle Smith, MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate

Sue Nappi, Executive Director

Re-election of Board Directors

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• MG (Ret.) Gerard (Jerry) Brohm, Brohm Consulting, LLC

• Bruce England, Susquehanna Workforce Network

• Glenn Gillis, Business Development Consulting Services

• Matt Lenihan, St. John Properties

• Eric McLauchlin, Shaffer, McLauchlin, & Stover

• William (Bill) Schaff, Battelle

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Communications

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armyalliance.org

2020Annual ReportAvailable on website

Monthly NewsletterEmailed to sponsors

Army AllianceNewsflash

Emailed 3 times a week tosubscriber list

LinkedInPage

Next Events

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Army Alliance Annual BreakfastNovember 19, 2020

Army Alliance Annual LuncheonMarch 2021

Army Alliance Annual DinnerJune 7, 2021

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