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7:30 am - 5:00 pm REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30 am - 8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 am - 8:45 am WELCOME
Ms. Diane Dempsey, NDIA TRIAD Co-Chair, Meeting Chairperson;
Director, Socio Economic Programs, BAE Systems
Pledge of Allegiance
Introductions of TRIAD members and guests
8:45 am - 9:05 am LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Ms. Linda Hilmer, Chair, Legislative Committee; President,
CorpComm, Inc.
9:05 am - 9:25 am DCMA UPDATE
Ms. Mary Seabolt, Acting Director, DCMA
Mr. Mark Olson, Director of Small Business, DCMA
9:25 am - 9:45 am NASA UPDATE
Mr. David Brock, Small Business Specialist, U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
9:45 am - 10:05 am VETERANS ADMINISTRATION UPDATE
Mr. Tim Foreman, Executive Director, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
10:05 am - 10:25 am SBA UPDATE
Ms. Pam McClam, U. S. Small Business Administration
10:25 am - 10:30 am ALLIANCE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS
10:30 am - 10:35 am MURRAY SCHOONER RECOGNITION
10:35 am - 10:50 am NETWORKING BREAK
10:50 am - 11:50 am CUSTOMER PANEL /ASK THE OSDBU
Ms. Patricia Obey, Assistant Director, Program Development
Office, Secretary of the Navy Small Business Programs
Mr. John Caporal, Acting Director, Small Business Programs Office,
U.S. Air Force
Ms. Suellen Jeffress, Assistant to the Director and Woman-Owned
Small Business Program Manager, Department of the Army, Office
of Small Business Programs
Ms. Peg Meehan, Director, Office of Small Business Programs, HQs,
Defense Logistics Agency
11:50 pm - 12:50 pm NETWORKING LUNCHEON
12:50m - 1:50m HBCUS – ROLES – SUBCONTRACTING/MENTOR PROTEGE
Dr. Daryush Ila, Executive Director for Alabama A&M University
Research Institute
Dr. Anthony Junior, Navy Small Business Programs, HBCU
Program Director
Mr. Tizoc S. Loza, Corporate Program Manager, Mentor-Protégé,
SBIR & HBCU/MIs Programs, SEBP / Government Relations,
Northrop Grumman Corporation
1:50m - 2:50m NUNN PERRY AWARD WINNER PANEL
Michael Stewart, Booze Allen Hamilton
Thosie Varga, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems
Ms. Mitzi Whittenburg, C.P.M., BAE Systems, Land & Armaments
U.S. Combat Systems (USCS)
2:50 pm - 3:00 am CLOSING REMARKS
Ms. Diane Dempsey, NDIA TRIAD Co-Chair, Meeting Chair