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Introduction
Small Business Owners: Secure Federal Contracts to Boost Your "Economic Recovery"
The National Small Business Contracting Summit - Southeast brings federal dollars to: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. We're fortunate to have a great, great line up of federal agency leaders coming from Washington, DC to our Southeast Regional Small Business Contracting Summit to help us get a fair share of the $55B spent with small businesses. Agency and Prime Contractor representatives participating include*:
*Presenters and agenda subject to change. The National Association of Small Business Contractors (NASBC) and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce (USWCC) are proud to present our widely acclaimed National Small Business Contracting Summit - Southeast (Orlando, FL). Each summit provides opportunity-packed meetings where small business owners learn from federal, state and regional contracting leaders, agency small business and contracting representatives and prime contractor liaisons. This regional summit also includes our much requested "Industry Day" which provides attendees with real opportunities to meet one-on-one with buyers and connections from participating federal and regional agencies and prime contractors. We encourage you to peruse the programs from a few of our prior summits and meetings (just look to the right column).
Date & Time
January 26 - 27, 2010 (Tuesday, Wednesday). See the Agenda for start and end times.
Location Phone: 407-239-0444 Reserve before 12/28/09 to receive special room rate guarantee of $109.
* Agenda & One-On-One SessionsWe are very excited to announce that several federal agency national small business leaders are coming to this year's southeast region summit including: U.S. Army, Dept. of Interior and Dept. of Treasury. Additionally, NAVFAC (Navy), Air Force, Army Corp of Engineers, and GSA are taking part. This summit provides an excellent opportunity to get your business connected to federal contracting opportunities. Please view all of the agenda sections below: Tuesday 1/26, Wednesday 1/27 One-On-One Sessions, and Wednesday 1/27 Federal Agency Connections. January 26, 2010 (Tuesday)
January 27, 2010 - Industry Day (Wednesday) The following one-on-one meetings are broken into industry sectors and run concurrent to the other educational sessions shown below. Each business representive attending the summit selects the session that matches their industry to take part in one-on-one meetings with government agency, prime contractor and resources representatives in attendance. Other attendees take part in the sessions that run concurrently. These "Industry Day" one-on-one sessions are the most requested feature of our summits.
The below sessions run concurrent to the Industry Day one-on-one sessions shown above.
*Agenda subject to change.
Presenter Biographies
Trish Culbreth Trish Culbreth is the Mentor-Protégé Program Manger at the U.S. Department of State's OSDBU Office. She is an advocate for small business at the Department working internally with State's program managers, contracting officers, and large prime contractors to increase contracting and subcontracting opportunities for small firms. She works externally counseling small firms and participating in a wide variety of outreach activities. She also serves as the Subcontracting Program Manager and the WOSB Advocate. Ms. Culbreth's career in Federal Government procurement began at the Department of Defense. She joined the State Department OSDBU in 2001. Prior to her government service, Ms. Culbreth spent six years in non-profit business development. She feels her years marketing, grant writing, and fundraising give her an understanding of the promotional challenges facing small firms. She holds a Masters Degree in Business from Webster University and a Bachelors Degree in Art Studio from the University of South Carolina - - - - - - - - - - - Margot Dorfman Margot Dorfman is the CEO of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce. She is a visionary leader who has dedicated herself to promoting the economic and leadership interest of women. Her extensive background in business, business ownership, publishing and nonprofit leadership has prepared Ms. Dorfman to set the vision for the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce. Dorfman founded Arizona Women's News, Hispana News and the Greater Phoenix Chamber Business Connection. She holds a Master's Education from Lesley University and a B.S. in Education from Northeastern University. Additionally, her experience includes over ten years in executive positions with General Mills and other Fortune 500 firms. - - - - - - - - - - - Randy Edney Mr. Randy Edney is the Associated Director, Office of Small Business Programs, at the Program Executive Office for Simulation Instrumentation & Training (PEO-STRI). Mr. Edney is responsible for developing policy, establishing procedures, and publishing general direction and guidance for the Deputy for Small Business Programs at PEO STRI. He serves as the principal advisor to the Program Executive Officer (PEO), Deputy Program Executive Officer (DPEO), Program Managers, Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting, Acquisition, PEO staff and elements reporting directly to the PEO on all matters pertaining to small business, disadvantaged business, labor surplus area, veteran-owned and HUBZone business, Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs) and other socio-economic business programs. Mr. Edney has over 19 years of acquisition experience with the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Army. He is a member of the Acquisition Corps. - - - - - - - - - - -
Dinora Gonzalez Dinora is a former Army Staff Sergeant, and, a 1987 cum laude graduate of Georgia State University. She earned her Masters of Public Administration from Andrew Jackson University in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1994 – 1995 she was selected to participate in the Federal Government’s Women’s Executive Leadership program, and was part of the leadership team that briefed Vice President Gore’s panel on streamlining Federal contracting and procurement processes. In 1997, she was appointed Commission Manager for DeKalb County Government and served as liaison between the County CEO and staff, the Board of Commissioners, and the county’s constituents. She was recruited by the Governor’s office for the state of Georgia, where she led the Planning Core Team in the planning and implementation of Governor Barnes’ first Small Business and Regional Conferences. She worked with the Legislative Black Caucus, the Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program, and with the various state agencies in identifying and including underrepresented businesses for participation in the state’s procurement process. In 2003, she served served as a project officer administering and overseeing Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants to distressed business communities in Tennessee and Alabama. In 2004 she was hired by Region 4, General Services Administration (GSA), as the Small Business Technical Advisor in the Regional Office of Small Business Utilization (ROSBU). In this capacity she manages and directs the region’s efforts in its small business programs, and supports the Regional Administrator’s priorities in meeting and promoting the President’s small business objectives in the eight southeastern states. Dinora is a native of Puerto Rico and grew up in New York City. She, and her husband Karlton, a program manager for IBM, currently live in Jonesboro, GA. They have two "furry" kids – Koco, a German Shepherd mix, and KC, a Labrador Retriever. - - - - - - - - - - - Christopher Harrington - - - - - - - - - - - Gina Holman - - - - - - - - - - -
Gladys Hurtado Gladys Hurtado has over 25 years of business experience with particular focus on marketing, procurement and business development initiatives for small to medium size businesses. She also spent 25 years in purchasing, procurement and quality control in large Fortune 500 companies such as Northrop Grumman as a Quality Assurance Analyst II and Raytheon as a Procurement Buyer where she developed her skills and gained considerable experience in management and procurement. - - - - - - - - - - - Teresa L.G. Lewis Teresa Lewis assumed her duties as the Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of the Treasury, on March 30, 2008. Teresa is responsible for ensuring small businesses receive maximum practicable contracting opportunities. Prior to serving in her current position, Teresa previously served approximately 10 years at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in the following positions: Director, Office of Management and Technical Assistance/8(a) Business Development Program; Assistant Administrator, Office of Federal Contract Assistance for Veteran Business Owners; Procurement Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Research, Office of Government Contracting; Area Director (East Coast), HUBZone Empowerment Program Office and Senior Eligibility Specialist, Team Leader, Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Certification and Eligibility. She came to the SBA following six years of Government contracting experience as a contract specialist with the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Commerce. Teresa is a retired United States Air Force Major. A native of High Point, North Carolina, Teresa received a Master of Arts Degree, with honors, in Procurement and Acquisition Management from Webster University, St Louis, Missouri and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Oliver, MPA, CAPM Mark Oliver is a Federal executive with over twenty-five years of experience in the areas of small business administration, education and community relations and congressional liaison. Currently, Mark is the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization with the Department of the Interior. He is responsible for managing the small business program that promotes small business contracting opportunities. He has implemented changes to include more involvement from program managers in establishing Department-wide small business goals. On October 1, 2009, Mark was elected Vice Chair of the Federal Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Directors Interagency Council for FY 2010. Overall, Mark has held a number of leadership positions within the Department. Prior to serving as the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, he served as the Deputy Assistant for Business Management and Wildland Fire’ Chief of Staff, he was the Director of the Office of Educational Partnerships among many other positions. - - - - - - - - - - - Ron Perry Ron Perry an Alaskan Native, is a nationally recognized expert in 8(a) and minority contracting to include; Mentor Protégé, JV, teaming, equity buyouts and national trends. With 20 years of federal business experience. Ron has years of experience navigating the ever continuing changes of government contracting to include; HUB Zone, Service Disabled Vet, and Women Owned. Ron is one of only two Natives Americans who has been the president/CEO of both an individually owned 8(a) company and the president of an Alaska Native Corporation. Ron is president of the National 8(a) Association and played an active role in the inception of this organization. The mission of the National 8a association is to educate and promote the 8(a) program, Service Disabled Vets, and all minority contractors. Furthermore, Ron is the past Chairman of the CIRI foundation (54 million endowment), an education endowment established in 1982 to promote the education and career development of Alaskan Native enrollees and their descendants through post-secondary educational scholarship and grant programs. Ron plays an active role in his local community as well as a past member of the city of Anchorage budget advisory commission, supporter of the Boys and Girls Club, the March of Dimes, and the local native arts. - - - - - - - - - - - Ms. Tracey L. Pinson Ms. Tracey L. Pinson became the Director for the Office of Small Business Programs, Secretary of the Army in May 1995. Ms. Pinson advises the Secretary of the Army and the Army Staff on all small business procurement issues and is responsible for the implementation of the Federal acquisition programs designed to assist small businesses. She provides management and oversight for the Army’s Mentor-Protégé Program as well as the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) program, and develops policies and initiatives to enhance HBCU/MI participation in Army funded programs. As one of the top females in the Army’s acquisition career field, she is responsible for the integration of small businesses, HBCUs and MIs in acquisition strategies developed at the Army Headquarters. From 1986 until 1995, Ms. Pinson served as Assistant to the Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary of Defense. During this time frame she served as the program manager of the DOD Small Disadvantaged Business Program and the HBCU/MI Program. She developed the implementation strategy for the DOD Mentor-Protégé Program resulting in over 250 participants with a budget allocation as high as $120 million. This program has served as the model-mentoring program for all Federal government agencies. Ms. Pinson was born in Washington, D.C. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from Howard University. She also received a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member in good standing of the Maryland Bar Association. - - - - - - - - - - - Nelson Smith - - - - - - - - - - - Walt Wallace - - - - - - - - - - - Terry Williams Terry Williams has a broad background of community and business leadership experience. She began her professional career as an orchestra conductor. Her conducting experience includes, Music Director of The Nouveau West Chamber Orchestra and Musical Theater of Arizona; Guest Conductor of The Phoenix Symphony; and Conductor of Orquesta Mexicana de la Juventud (Mexico City, Mexico). In her early thirties, Ms. Williams found that she was very drawn to the business world and became a successful business owner gaining extensive experience in retail, B2B and government contracting. In 2001 she (along with Margot Dorfman) founded the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce. During her work of the USWCC, she traveled the U.S. talking with small business owners about their business growth challenges and found that there is a need for a strong focus on assisting small businesses in procurement market sales. With the launch of the National Small Business Federal Procurement Summit in April 2004, she announced the launch of the National Association of Small Business Contractors - the national trade association for small businesses active in procurement markets. Ms. Williams served as NASBC’s first president. Ms. Williams is a recipient of the prestigious Governor’s Award from the State of Arizona and a New Times - "Best of Phoenix" award for her community contributions. Terry holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University where she was a Board of Regents Academic Scholar. Registration & Fees
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