Meet Our Distinguished Speakers

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Jasmine Alexander
Division Director
Interagency Contracts Services Division, Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

Leslie Babich
Director
SOFWERX, United States Special Operations Command, Department of Defense

Sandra Barrett
Director
Management & Technical Assistance Division, Office of Business Development, Small Business Administration

Kimberly Buehler
Director, Army OSBP
Office of Small Business Programs, U.S. Army, Department of Defense

Mr. David Busigo
Senior Advisor
Rapid innovation Funds (RIF) Program, Office of Small Business Programs, Department of Defense

Ken Carkhuff
Learning Director
Defense Acquisition University, Department of Defense

Bruce Caughman Jr.
Branch Chief
Center for IT Schedule Operations, Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

Dr. Jacqueline Charles
Associate Director
Policy, Legislative Affairs and Workforce Development, Office of Small Business Programs, Department of Defense

Lanelle Chisolm
National Account Manager
Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement, General Services Administration

Andres Chong-Qui Torres
Director
Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Amanda Cline
Financial Advisor
Defense Contract Audit Agency, Department of Defense

Greg Coleman
Principal
National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC), Department of Defense

Ms. Valerie Coleman
Program Manager
Prime Contracts, Small Business Administration

Honorable Donald Cravins Jr.
Under Secretary
Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce

Dr. Ruby Crenshaw-Lawrence
Director
Office of Small Business Programs & Industry Engagements for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of Defense

Beth Cryderman Moss
Director of Contracts
LIFT

Abigail Desjardins
Venture Portfolio Director and Director of Enterprise Services
National Security Innovation Network, Department of Defense

BeLinda DeVore
Business Management Specialist
Center for GWAC Program Small Business Acquisition Division, Office of Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

Bailey DeVries
Associate Director
Office of Investment & Innovation, Small Business Administration

Kasey Diaz
Acting Deputy Director
Mentor-Protégé Program, Office of Small Business Programs, Department of Defense

Anthony DiStasio
Director
Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization Directorate (MCEIP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment

Mr Frank Dixon
Director, Virgin Islands APEX Accelerator (VI APEX)
Virgin Islands APEX

Glenna Downes
Acquisition Policy Specialist
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform, Department of Defense

Jodi Essex
Program Director
Iowa State University CIRAS

Tyease Fuller
Professional Services Advisor
Stakeholder Engagement Division, Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), General Services Administration

Alex Gambardella
Deputy Director
Case Analysis/Declarations, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of Defense.

Michelle "G-I" Gardner-Ince, Colonel, USAF, Retired
Director
Director, Women Veteran Small Business Initiatives, Department of Veterans Affairs

LORI GILLEN
Director
Office of the HUBZone Program, Small Business Administration

Brian Gladney
Branch Chief
FAStLane Division, Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

Christopher Hall
Deputy Director, DLA OSBP
Office of Small Business Programs, Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense

Polly Hall
Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer
Department of Homeland Security

Jennifer Hanks
Senior Advisor
FedPROPEL Institute

Richard Hanks
Board Chairman & Director
FedPROPEL Institute

Dr. Sonny D. Hatcher
Assistant Director
Small Business Compliance Group, Defense Contract Management Agency, Department of Defense

Ed Hendricks
Director of Business Development
NextFlex

Elizabeth Hines
Chief Operating Officer
Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, a BlackSea Technologies company

Azza Jayaprakash
Counsel & Lead for Law, Regulations, and Policy, Intellectual Property Cadre
Office of the USD(Acquisition & Sustainment) Associate General Counsel (Acquisition & Logistics), DoD Office of the General Counsel

Scott Kiser
SES Director
Office of Small Business Programs, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense

Matthew Kitzman
Chief
Entity Vetting Division of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Sam Le
Director of Policy Planning and Liaison
Policy, Planning and Liaison, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, Small Business Administration

Stephanie Lewis
Program Manager
National Subcontracting and Interim Size Program Manager, Small Business Administration

Stephen Luckowski
Program Manager, OSD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal

Khalil Mack
Director, APEX Acclerators
APEX Accelerators, Office of Small Business Programs. Department of Defense

Robert Manson
Division Chief
Vetting Risk Operations (VRO) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of Defense

Aruna K. Miller
Lieutenant Governor
State of Maryland

Farooq Mitha
SES Director
Office of Small Business Programs, Department of Defense

MRS SHARON MORROW
Small Business Director
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense

Diedra Padgett
Deputy Director
Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Operations Directorate, under the DoD Chief Information Officer

Dr. Donna Peebles
SES Associate Administrator
Office of Business Development, Small Business Administration

John Perkins
Director
Veterans Small Business Certification Program, Small Business Administration

Kanika Perkins
Deputy Director
All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, Small Business Administration

Kiya Perrin
Deputy Director
Management & Technical Assistance Division, Office of Business Development, Small Business Administration

Honorable Radha Iyengar Plumb
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of Defense

Adel Ratcliff
Director
Industrial Base Analysis & Sustainment Program, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense

Dr. Jason Rathje
Director
Office of Strategic Capital, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense

Dr. Bryson Reynolds
Associate Director
Risk and Analytics, Office of Small Business Programs, Department of Defense

Katelyn Rigle
Senior Financial Advisor
Defense Contract Audit Agency, Department of Defense

Laura A Robello
Small Business Professional
Defense Contract Management Agency, Small Business Compliance Group, Department of Defense

MaryKathryn Robinson
SES Director
Contract Policy, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of Defense

Sophie Sahaf
Director
Racial and Economic Justice at the Domestic Policy Council, The White House