Valerie Coleman is the National Program Manager, Prime Contracts & COC Programs out of SBA headquarters, Office of Government Contracting in Washington, DC with a Post-of-Duty in Houston, TX. She has been in this position since July 2016. Prior to that she was a PCR stationed at Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX and a Business Opportunity Specialist in SBA’s Little Rock District Office. She is a former contracting officer with over 900 hours of education in the government contracting field and holds a FAC-PC certification.

On March 6, 2023, she began her 50th year with SBA.

Val has received numerous awards for her work with small businesses including those from the White House Conference on Small Business by President Clinton; National Contract Management Association; National Council of Contractors Association; National Association of Minority Contractors; Houston Minority Advocate of the Year, the Small Business Advocate Rising Star Award; Interagency Cooperation Award from the Department of Homeland Security for her work with FEMA in Houston after Hurricane Ike; Trailblazer of the Year; Minority Business Advocate of the Year Award from the Houston Minority Enterprise Development Week committee and Humanitarian of the Year from the Greater Houston Procurement Forum.

In 2021, she received the NASA Small Business Advocate award which has only been given out five times in the past 20 years.