SMART PROC will be held at the Clarion Hotel, located miles from Ft. Detrick, this intimate, low-barrier conference provides small business with vital information and networking opportunities necessary to better understand, and execute on, the federal procurement process, mission requirements and forecast opportunities. This event attracts key representatives of federal agencies, large business primes, and corporate companies, as well as small businesses including: minority, aspiring, current and graduate 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOB, VOSB, SDB, WOSB, DBE, and teaming partnerships.  Register today at www.smartprocgovcon.com

 List of Confirmed SMART Proc GovCon Speakers as of 2/1/2023:

• Jessica Fitzwater, Frederick County Executive
• Lisa Swoboda, Senior Director, Office of Military and Federal Affairs, Maryland Department of Commerce
• Arveice Washington, Deputy Director, Department of the Navy, Office of Small Business Programs
• Brigadier General Katherine Simonson, Acting Assistant Director of Support and Chief Nursing Officer for Defense Health Agency (DHA)
• Jerome Maultsby, Assistant Director, Office of Small Business Programs, U.S. Army Medical Command
• Louis Jasper, Project Manager: Warfighter Brain Health PMO, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA)
• Kathy Zolman, Chief of Consortium Operations, Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) and Medical Countermeasures Development Consortium (MCDC)
• Pamela Brunson, Small Business Specialist, Office of Small Business Programs, National Guard Bureau (NGB)
• David O. Christ, Associate Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Army DEVCOM
• Irma Alexander, Deputy Director, Naval Air Systems Command – HQ, Office of Small Business Programs (NAVAIR)
• John Niziolek, Chief, Contracting Group 1, KO/AO, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)
• John Warden, CEO, Hememics, LLC
• Dr. Paul Michaels, eJD, Director, ORTA/Medical Technology Transfer, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)
• J.R. Myers, Project Manager, SBIR, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)
• Robert Charles, Chief Medical Law, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)
• Beth Woodring, Director of Attraction and Finance, Frederick County Office of Economic Development
• Darlene Bullock, Director, Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Denise Warner, Executive Director, Apex Coordination Program – Maryland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (MDPTAC)
• Dr. Anuja Sonalker, CEO, STEER Tech, LLC
• Jo-Lynn Davis, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Leonardo San Roman, Manager, Procurement Assistance Division, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office, U.S. Department of Transportation  (USDOT)
• Denise Benjamin-Sirmons, Director, Procurement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Richard Griffin, Director, City of Frederick Office of Economic Development
• Cristen Ervin, Director of Marketing and Public Engagement. Maryland Department of General Services
• Eduardo Hayden, Small Business Outreach Manager, Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs
• Bryan Shuy, Chief of Staff for Representative Andy Harris, Maryland’s 1st District
• Kimberly Buehler, SES, Director, Army Office of Small Business Programs, Office of the Secretary of Army
• Dawn Rosarius, SES, Principal Assistant for Acquisition, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Fort Detrick
• Darryl Colvin, SES, Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense  (JPEO CBRND), Aberdeen Proving Ground
• Tammy Griffith, Deputy to the Senior Acquisition Executive and Senior Team Lead, National Security Agency, Fort Meade

• Thea Hofgesang, Senior Contracting Official and Director, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)

• Dr. Valerie DiVito, Civilian Deputy Director, Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP)

• COL James Andy Nuce, Commander, U.S Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA)

• COL Mark G. Hartell, Military Deputy Director, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

• Ian Griffith, PMP, Chief, Military Branch, Programs & Project Management Division, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (USACE)

• Isaac Karto, Division Director Construction Services Division within the Office of Acquisition, General Services Administration (GSA)

•  Joey Harmon,  Small/Diversity Business Liaison, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

• Ms. Jasmine Stewart, President, Goldbelt Frontier

• Pete Hunter, Associate Director, Office of Small Business Programs, U.S. Army Medical Command

• Cassandra Martin, Office of Small Business Programs, Defense Health Agency (DHA)

• Darin Callahan, Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command, Detachment Fort Detrick

• Joan Michel, Profile Partners, LLC

• Debra Abruzzese, ACC-APG Mission Operations Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground

• Karl Kappra, Principal Deputy of Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, DEVCOM

• Amber Blake, Assistant Director, Office of Small Business Programs-Aberdeen Proving Ground (OSBP-APG)

• Shaun Poulson, Chief Operating Officer, Edgewater Federal Solutions

• Matthew Quinn, Science Director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

• Ricky Clark, NITAAC Deputy Director and Associate Director, Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, National Institutes of Health

• Dr. Jim Fraley, Chief Scientist Information Technology, Pragmatics, Inc.

• Dr. Ruby Crenshaw-Lawrence, Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

• Scott Jackson, Director, Small Business Programs, National Security Agency (NSA)

• Kimberly Davila, Director, Small Business Programs, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

• Carlen Capenos, Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

• Robert Hanley, Vice President, Cyber Solutions/Engineering, Sabre Systems, Inc.

• Emery Csulak, CMMC CCP, CISSP, PMP, vCISO & Director of Cyber Compliance, Boston Government Services, LLCBGC, LLC, (Former Chief Data Officer, US Department of Energy)

• Jeremy S. Scholtes, Principal (Attorney), Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

• Michael Bosley, President, Goldbelt C6

• Dr. Jason Roos, SES,  HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element (H-CORE), Administration for Preparedness Response, US Department of Health and Human Services

• Dr. Paula Bryant, Director of the Office of Biodefense, Research Resources, and Translational Research at DMID/NIAID

• MAJ Maira Malhabour, USAF Homeland Defense, Med Countermeasures-CBRN, Emergency Management