NDIA Headquarters Staff
Procurement Planning Committee (PPC)
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.
- Chair: Deborah Thurman, URS Federal Services
Vice Chair: John Russell, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Contract Finance Committee (CF)
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.
- Chair: John Bartholomew, Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Vice Chair: Carolyn Summers, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Contract & Acquisition Management Committee (CAM)
This Committee monitors those aspects of government acquisition dealing with the solicitation process, contract negotiation, and the administration and close-out of government contracts.
- Chair: Lora Drewer, CACI, Inc.
Vice Chair: TBD
Legal Committee
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.
- Chair: Jacob Pankowski, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Vice Chair: William Colwell, Boeing Company
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.
- Chair: Tracie Thompson, ATK Missile Products
Vice Chair: Kim Herrington, Bell Helicopter
Industrial Security Committee (ISC)
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.
Interim Chair: Robert Harney, ManTech International Corporation
Industrial Committee on Program Management (ICPM)
The purpose of the ICPM is to provide a forum for senior program management representatives from the Defense Department and NDIA corporate member companies to periodically meet and review issues of common interest and concern.
- Co-Chair (Industry): Michael Joyce, Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Co-Chair (Government): David Ahern, OUSD (AT&L)