| Location | Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel 100 N 1st St Phoenix, AZ 85004 |
| 9:00am | AGENDA Opening Welcome Angela Dingle, President & CEO, Women Impacting Public Policy Shivani Dubey, Deputy District Director, Arizona District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration Elmy Bermejo, Regional Administrator, Arizona District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration |
| 10:00am | How the Government Uses A.I. in Procurement Gloria Larkin, CEO, TargetGOV |
| 11:00am | Emerging Overview of Federal Contracting Mara Wells, Lead Business Opportunity Specialist, Arizona District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration Experienced Doing Better in Federal Contracting Go-to-Guy Timberlake, Chief Visionary, CEO and Co-Founder, The American Small Business Coalition |
| 12:00pm-12:45pm | Lunch State of the WOSB Program Alisa Sheard, WOSB Director, Office of Government Contracting, US Small Business Administration Courtney Fairchild, Chair of the Board, Women Impacting Public Policy & CEO, Global Services Inc |
| 1:00pm – 4:00pm | Contract Connections (Matchmaking) by American Express |
| 1:00pm | Emerging Market Research for Government Contracts Venessa Gleich, Program Manager, American Indian Chamber Education Fund, APEX Accelerator Experienced Success in Subcontracting: Drafting and Negotiating Federal Subcontracts Maria Panichelli, Partner, McCarter & English |
| 2:00pm | Emerging How to Create a Powerful Capability Statement Lori Haozous, Program Manager, Arizona APEX Accelerator & Nichole Jackson, APEX Specialist, Arizona APEX Accelerator Experienced Access to Capital Panel Sue Tellier, President/CEO, JetCo Federal (moderator) Teresa Moon, Director of Business Development, Parabilis Jared Shintaku, VP/Director of Government Guaranteed Lending, Arizona Financial Credit Union Teresa Miranda, Vice-President, Prestamos CDFI |
| 3:00pm | WOSB Panel of Federal Contractors Tan Wilson, President of Entellect (moderator) Amy Rowland, President & CEO, Pangea Biological Patti Tellez Olds, President & CEO, Kuniklo Corporation Yvette Estrada, Business Development Specialist, US Small Business Administration |
| 3:45pm | 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.*
AGENCIES and PRIMES Confirmed for Contract Connections:
- American Express
- U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Raytheon Technologies
- American Indian Chamber Education Fund APEX Accelerator
- U.S. Air Force, 56th Contracting Squadron, Luke AFB
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
*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.
ChallengeHER 