Committees and Leadership 

NDIA Headquarters Staff

Procurement Planning Committee

  • Chair - Karen L. Manos, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
  • Vice Chair - Janice M. Menker, Concurrent Technologies Corporation

This Committee functions as the executive body of the Procurement Division and will determine the Division's objectives, policies, and major courses of action and means of implementing such objectives and policies. This is an elected body.

Contract Finance Committee

  • Chair:  John H. Russell, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Vice Chair: John Bartholomew, Concurrent Technologies Corporation

This Committee focuses on the many constantly evolving pricing, costing, and financial aspects of government acquisition. Acquisition activities relating to financial management, financial accounting, auditing, cost allowability, cost reporting, contract pricing, financing, profits, payments, and disbursements are subject areas of concern, reaction, recommendation, and follow-up for this committee.

Contract & Acquisition Management Committee

  • Chair:  Christopher Veith, The Boeing Company
  • Vice Chair:  Deborah Thurman, ManTech International Corporation

This Committee monitors those aspects of government acquisition dealing with the solicitation process, contract negotiation, and the administration and close-out of government contracts.

Legal Committee

  • Chair:  J. Michael Littlejohn, Day & Zimmermann, Inc.
  • Vice Chair:  Jacob Pankowski, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

This committee acts on legal issues facing government contractors, including statutes, regulations, court decisions, and federal agency policies related to the affairs of the association generally and to the federal acquisition and procurement process more specifically.

Program Management Systems Committee

  • Chair: Joseph Kusick, Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems
  • Vice Chair:  Tracie Thompson, ATK Defense Electronics Systems

This Committee actively participates with appropriate Government personnel in the development, review, and necessary change action to assure that Government-required management systems and associated data reporting requirements are reasonable and cost effective.

Industrial Security Committee

  • Chair:  James R. Hallo, Jr., The MITRE Corporation
  • Vice Chair:  Kenneth L. White, Raytheon Missile Systems

This Committee represents member companies in all matters regarding industrial security. It is responsible for monitoring all security matters relating to the Defense Industrial Security Program (DISP), special access programs, and other activities which affect national security programs and corporate assets.

 

Affiliate Associations

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