| Location | Silver Spring Civic Building 1 Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD, 20910 |
| 9:00am | AGENDA Opening Welcome Angela Dingle, President & CEO, Women Impacting Public Policy & CEO of Ex Nihilo Management, LLC Larry G. Webb, District Director, Washington Metropolitan Area District Office,U.S. Small Business Administration |
| 10:00am | How the Government Uses A.I. in Procurement Gloria Larkin, CEO, TargetGOV |
| 11:00am | Emerging How to Create a Powerful Capability Statement Akiesha Foster, CEO, KeyToLife Professional Services LLC Experienced Women Veteran Contractors Panel Barbara Ashe, National Director, Veteran Institute for Procurement (moderator) Sharon Grimm, CEO, Snowbird Agility Jackie Lopez, President, Premier Enterprises Solutions, LLC Dr. Markeesha Reed, President & CEO, Linkitall, LLC |
| 11:45am – 12:45pm | Lunch – State of the WOSB Program Courtney Fairchild, Chair of the Board, Women Impacting Public Policy & CEO, Global Services Alisa Sheard, WOSB Federal Contract Program Director, Office of Government Contracting, US Small Business Administration Fireside Chat The Honorable Isabel Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Angela Dingle, President & CEO, Women Impacting Public Policy & CEO of Ex Nihilo Management, LLC Department of Education Special Announcement Calvin Mitchell, Director OSDBU, SES Luis Lopez, Chief Information Officer, SES |
| 1:00 – 4:00pm | Contract Connections (Matchmaking) by American Express |
| 1:00pm | Emerging 5 Tips for Improving Your Federal Contracting Market Research Go-To-Guy Timberlake, Chief Visionary, CEO & Co-Founder, The American Small Business Coalition Experienced Success in Subcontracting: Drafting and Negotiating Federal Subcontracts Maria Panichelli & Cara Wulf, Partners, McCarter & English, LLP |
| 2:00pm | Emerging Small Business Set-Asides: What You Need to Know for Success Angela Dingle, President & CEO, Women Impacting Public Policy & CEO of Ex Nihilo Management, LLC Matt Fagnani, Board Member, National 8a Association Shirley Bailey, Board Chair, HUBZone Contractors National Council Experienced Access to Capital Panel Kathie Fuce-Hobohm, CEO, Space, Inc. (moderator) David Hincapie, Lender Relation Specialist, Washington Metropolitan Area District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration Teresa Moon, Director of Business Development, Parabilis Ken Dodds, VP- Industry Expert, Government Contracting, Live Oak Bank |
| 3:00pm | Emerging WOSB Panel of Federal Contractors Lynn Petrazzuolo, President, Avanti Corporation (moderator) Sue Tellier, President, JetCo Federal Dottie Li, Founder and CEO, TransPacific Communications Experienced Your #1 Resource: OSDBU and Industry Liaison Panel LaJuanna Russell, President & CEO, Business Management Associates, Inc (moderator) Jean Lin Pao, Director, OSDBU, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Michelle Warren, Deputy Director, OSDBU, U.S. Department of USDA Jaime Gracia, Director of Strategic Enterprise Programs, Center for Acquisition Experience (CAE), U.S. Department of State |
| 3:45 – 4:00pm | Closing |
Contract Connections offers matchmaking for ChallengeHER® attendees. When registering for the event and signing up for Contract Connections, you will receive an email with instructions on creating your Contract Connections profile to be considered for a meeting opportunity.*
List of AGENCIES and PRIMES Confirmed for Contract Connections:
U.S. Department of Treasury
U.S. Army, Office of Small Business Programs
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Defense Intelligence Agency
Amtrak
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington
Department of Navy (NAVSEA HQ)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Precise Systems, Inc.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Department of Education
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Office of Procurement – Montgomery County, MD
Department of Defense (DOD), Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
AT&T
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
*Please note that signing up for Contract Connections does not automatically guarantee that we will be able to pre-match you with a Buyer. If your company is selected to meet with a Buyer, you will receive a confirmation email up to two days before the event with details. If you have any questions, please see the onsite team.
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