Conference Agenda
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Monday, June 20, 2005
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Welcome Reception / Vendor Expo
Mr. Chuck Fulkerson, Executive Director, Nevada Office of Veterans Services
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
8:00 am – 8:10 am Introduction
Presentation of the Colors by National Guard Unit
LTC James Blanco, Assistant to the Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Presentation of the Colors
Vocalist: MSgt Robert Brooks
Video: Senator John Ensign, U.S. Senate, Nevada
8:10 am – 8:30 am
Tribute to Our Military
Sergeant Major(R) Jack L. Tilley
8:30 am – 8:40 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Frank Ramos, Director, Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
8:40 am – 8:50 am
Secretary of Defense Mission
Video: Honorable Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld,
Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense
Overview of Executive Order & DoD Strategic Plan
Mr. Frank Ramos, Director, Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Ms. Linda Bithell Oliver, Deputy Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
9:10 am – 9:40 am
Update by Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Mr. David H. Safavian, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
9:40 am – 10:00 am Break / Expo
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Executive Order Session
Moderator: Mr. Frank Ramos, Director, Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Stephen A. Perry, Administrator, General Services Administration
Mr. Frank Anderson, President, Defense Acquisition University
Mr. Scott Denniston, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Gordon Burke, Director of Operations and Programs for Veterans Employment and Training Services, Department of Labor
Ms. Teresa Lewis, Assistant Administrator, Office of Federal Contract Assistance for Veteran Business Owners, Office of Government Contracting
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Department of Defense Golden Talon Awards Luncheon
Honorable Everett Alvarez Jr., President and CEO, Alvarez & Associates
Mr. George S. Dunlop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Policy and Legislation)
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Teaming and Joint Ventures
Mr. Charles Cervantes, Special Assistant to the Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Intelligent Marketing to the Department of Defense
Mr. Timothy J. Foreman, Assistant Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
2:00 pm – 3:10 pm
Department of Defense Panel
Moderator: Mr. Frank Ramos, Director, Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Glenn Delgado, Assistant Director, Mentor-Protégé Program, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Joseph Diamond, Director, U.S. Air Force Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Thomas Ray, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
Ms. Sharon Jones, Director, DISA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm Break / Expo
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Civilian Federal Agency Panel
Moderator: Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Dan Sturdivant, Assistant to the Director for Outreach, OSDBU, Department of Homeland Security
Ms. Debbie Ridgely, Director, OSDBU, Department of Health and Human Services
Mr. Shapleigh C. Drisko, Veteran’s Business Advocate, U.S. Department of State, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Ms. Pamela G. Wilson, Business Analyst, Department of the Treasury
Mr. Ferguise Mayronne, Senior Small Business Specialist and Department Head for SDSB, Department of Transportation
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Break / Expo
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
8:00 am – 8:10 am
Administrative Announcements
LTC James Blanco, Assistant to the Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
8:10 am – 9:20 am
Increasing Large Prime Contractor Subcontracting
Moderator: Ms. Barbara Little, Director, Small Business Program, Defense Contract Management Agency
Mary A. Seabolt, Assistant Director, Small Business, Defense Contract Management Agency
Ms. Carrie Hill, Supplier Diversity Director, The Boeing Company
Mr. Michael A. Bush, Corporate Director of Supply Chain Diversity, Lockheed Martin
Ms. Benita Fortner, Director Supplier Diversity Program, Raytheon
Ms. Vicky Harper-Hall, Sector Manager, Small Business Programs and Socio-Economic Business Programs, Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems
9:20 am – 10:10 am
Mentor-Protégé Panel
Moderator: Mr. Victor F. Ciardello, Director, Small Business Technology & Industrial Base, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mentor: Mr. Joe Green, Division Manager, SAIC
Protégé: Mr. Raymond F. Lopez, President and CEO, Engineering Services Network, Inc.
10:10 am – 10:30 am Break / Expo
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Veterans Resources Panel
Moderator: LTC James Blanco, Assistant to the Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. John Lopez, Chairman, Association for Service Disabled Veterans
Ms. Becky Peterson, President, Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers
Mr. Walt Blackwell, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Veterans Corporation
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Veteran-Owned Small Business Panel
Moderator: Mr. Charles Cervantes, Special Assistant to the Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
LTG(R) Joe N. Ballard, President, The Ravens Group, LLC
Mr. Mark Gross, President, Oak Grove Technologies
Mr. William Bonk, President, Industrial Safety and Supply Company, Inc.
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Department of Veterans Affairs:
Champions of Veterans Enterprise Awards Luncheon
Mr. Scott Denniston, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm
Defense Procurement and Acquisition
Mr. Domenico Cipicchio, Deputy Director for Policy, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm Break / Expo
3:00 pm – 3:40 pm
Ethics Presentation
Mr. Eric Rishel, Attorney-Advisor, DoD Standards of Conduct Office, Office of the General Council
3:40 pm – 4:20 pm
Business Development
Mr. Scott Denniston, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Mr. Charles Cervantes, Special Assistant to the Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
LTC James Blanco, Assistant to the Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Mr. Frank M. Ramos, Director, OSD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director, U.S. Army Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
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