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2020 SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT
SPEAKERS
Ms. Dawson Arena joined DAWSON in May of 2012. Since July of 2013, she has served as the Director of Advocacy for DAWSON and its parent company, the Hawaiian Native Corporation (HNC). As Director of Advocacy, she directs all government relations activities for HNC and its DAWSON subsidiaries. From May 2012 through December 2019, Ms. Dawson Arena also served as Acting Executive Director of the HNC, responsible for establishing and administering HNC’s programs to benefit Native Hawaiians and directing the activities of the HNC. |
Alison Amann is an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Procurement Law at the U.S. Small Business Administration. She serves as a legal advisor to senior Agency officials and their staff with respect to the HUBZone program and SBA’s internal contracting procedures. Alison has been a lawyer in SBA’s Office of General Counsel since 2011. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2009. |
Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, brings over 32 years of expertise in Federal business development and strategy to people who want to grow their federal business. She’s an award-winning author, speaker and consultant.
Judy’s clients credit her strategies and training for their millions of dollars in federal wins. She works only with business owners who believe that relationships are the key to Federal contracting…and are ready do the work to get in front of buyers and opportunities before their competition does. Summit Insight offers a relationship-based “earn-while-you-learn” approach to Federal business development training delivers proven, results-driven programs for people who want to grow their Federal business. Find out more at www.GrowFedBiz.com! |
Judy Chu was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2009. She represents the 27th Congressional District, which includes Pasadena and the west San Gabriel Valley of southern
California. Rep. Chu currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over legislation pertaining to taxes, revenues, trade, Social Security, and Medicare. In that Committee, Rep. Chu is a member of the Subcommittees on Health, Oversight, and Worker and Family Support, giving her purview over healthcare reform, the IRS, and crucial safety net programs. She also serves on the House Small Business Committee, which has authority over the Small Business Administration. She is the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and a member of the Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure. |
Edward DeLisle concentrates his practice in the areas of federal contracting, construction law, construction litigation and small business procurement and litigation. He has drafted and negotiated construction contracts, teaming agreements and joint venture agreements for subcontractors, contractors, developers and owners. Ed also actively monitors the progress of his clients’ construction projects in order to safeguard those rights and remedies to which they are entitled. He has litigated, arbitrated and mediated complex construction and procurement cases in various jurisdictions and forums
throughout the area. Ed counsels clients in all aspects of small business procurement. He has assisted clients in obtaining certification as small and small disadvantaged businesses at the municipal, state and federal level. He has participated in bid protests involving Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, HUBZone and 8(a) set-aside contracts and regularly assists with responding to bestvalue procurements at the state and federal level. Ed also assists companies, both foreign and domestic, in international disputes involving the United States Government. He is currently representing clients on matters involving Department of Defense work in Afghanistan and has done similar work for clients in Israel. |
Kate DePriest is an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Procurement Law at the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, DC. She serves as the legal advisor to agency officials and their staff for the Women-Owned Small Business Program. She joined SBA in 2015 as an attorney with the Office of Inspector General before moving to the Office of General Counsel in 2018. |
Jon M. DeVore is a life-long Alaskan having lived in Nome, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. Since 2005 he has been a Member of the Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot law firm in Washington, D.C. His legal practice involves the Federal Procurement System, SBA 8(a) program, small business development, business transactions, federal contract issues, GAO bid protest and cases before the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals, and legislative and administrative advocacy with the State of Alaska and Federal governments. Jon also provides legal advice related to development of natural resources and environmental permitting. Jon is the former Legislative Director and Chief Counsel for U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski.
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Kenneth Dodds is an Industry Expert at Live Oak Bank in the Government Contracting vertical, providing small business government contractors with access to capital for mobilization and acquisitions, as well as advisory services. He joined Live Oak Bank after 21 years at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), where he was a Senior Executive in the Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison responsible for Federal government contracting regulations and policy. He was the agency representative on the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the chair of the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council.
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Pete Dwyer is the Chief Financial Officer of Na Aliʻi. He has spent over 40 years in the federal contracting sector in a wide range of financial and operations roles, with the last 20 years as a CFO. His experience includes managing all aspects of acquisitions, securing acquisition financing, managing capital restructuring, and implementing financial controls, reporting and oversight for a wide range of companies.
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Mr. Michael Fonseca joined DAWSON in 2015 and serves as the General Manager for the DAWSON operating companies in Honolulu, with his AOR covering the Pacific Rim. Part of his operational duties include development and implementation of comprehensive Annual Strategic Planning for the Pacific Region that includes sales, operations, finance, and HR. In addition to his operational management duties, Mr. Fonseca brings an entrepreneurial spirit and vision to the organization, and perpetuates DAWSON’s core values of Aloha, ‘Ohana, and Kuleana, to our clients, partners, and community.
Michael proudly supports the activities of DAWSON’s parent company, Hawaiian Native Corporation (HNC), a Native Hawaiian non-profit, and assists the HNC Board in carrying out their mission to benefit the Native Hawaiian community. Born and raised in Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, Michael is extremely passionate about giving back to the Native Hawaiian community and enjoys volunteering his time with his family at activities benefiting community and various Native Hawaiian non-profits. |
Jason Greenawalt serves as the Executive Vice President for Na Aliʻi and Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Nakupuna Foundation – the majority owner of all Nakupuna Companies. Jason is responsible for the long-term vision of the Nakupuna Companies and is proud to have been on the ground floor to oversee the growth of the organization from a single firm with a handful of associates to a family of companies with several hundred employees working across the United States. |
Mark Hagedorn is an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Procurement Law at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in Washington, DC. He serves as a legal advisor to Agency officials and their staff with respect to the 8(a) Business Development program; the Women-Owned Small Business Concern program; the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern program; the HUBZone program; suspension and debarment matters; and SBA’s internal contracting procedures. Mr. Hagedorn also represents the Agency in matters before SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals. He has been a lawyer in SBA’s Office of General Counsel since 2016.
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Stephanie Hutch is the Founder and Director of the Kekoa Foundation, a non-profit organization in Hawaii with the primary objective of serving the Native Hawaiian community through STEM initiatives, entrepreneurship, and cultural preservation. She is also the President of Makai LLC, a small business actively supporting Department of Defense customers and specializing in Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR).
As President of Makai, Stephanie is primarily responsible for providing guidance in developing strategic business plans and setting future organizational objectives. She coordinates directly with senior government and industry leaders to create, build, and foster strategic partnerships. She serves as a pivotal liaison helping to facilitate technology and knowledge transfers between industry, government, and academia with the objective of strengthening our nation’s national security. |
Brian has been in the Information Technology industry for well over 19 years. His emphasis for the bulk of his career has been in Identity/Access Management, Data Protection, Cybersecurity and Security Intelligence. Mr. Jamison has worked in a wide range of positions, from infrastructure support, development, solution design/architecture and implementation to name a few. As Brian has worked with several of the Top 5 world-wide IT companies, he has gained experience in commercial, Healthcare, Armed Services, Local & State and Federal Government as well as International industries.
Currently, Brian serves as a Microsoft Technology Solution Professional (Technical Pre-Sales Role). His primary responsibility is to create compelling, innovative security solutions that drive customer decisions to buy and use Microsoft platforms and cloud services. The solutions Brian’s covers in this role are the Azure security components (Enterprise Mobility & Security suite, Intune, Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Azure Active Directory, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, etc). |
Stan Jutkowitz is a Senior Counsel in the Washington D.C. office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where enables entrepreneurs and businesspeople to achieve their goals, and excels at solving complex, unconventional business challenges. Entrepreneurs seek to buy and sell companies, and engage in liquidity transactions in the most practical and tax efficient manner. Stan helps clients find a way to achieve their goals with the least possible tax cost. He is both a business attorney and a tax attorney who "stands in the shoes of his clients" to provide direct and cost-effective advice. |
Philip Kahue performs a myriad of duties in the Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies as part of the Executive Management Team. He previously served as President of Ke`aki Technologies, LLC and Kūpono Government Services, LLC. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Alaka`ina Foundation. Headquartered in Honolulu, Hawai`i, it is a non-profit Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) chartered to develop and support leadership and educational programs for the children of Hawai`i.
The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies comprises seven for-profit small businesses: Ke`aki Technologies, Laulima Government Solutions, Kūpono Government Services, Kāpili Services, Po`okela Solutions, Kīkaha Solutions, and Pololei Solutions with combined revenue that exceeds $197 million annually, and over 1300 employees in 36 states and 5 overseas locations. The Foundation has provided over $8.1 Million in grants, charitable donations, scholarships and educational opportunities to children of Hawai`i over the last 11 years. |
John Klein is the Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law at the U.S. Small Business Administration. He serves as the principal legal advisor to senior Agency officials and their staffs with respect to the 8(a) Business Development program; the Agency's Government Contracting programs, including the small business set-aside, subcontracting and Certificate of Competency programs; the HUBZone program; the Small Business Innovation Research program; the Size Standards program; the Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program; the Woman-Owned Small Business program; and SBA’s internal contracting procedures.
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Christine Lanning leads an elite team of security system integrators as President of Integrated Security Technologies, Inc. (IST), a woman-owned, small disadvantaged 8a electrical contractor headquartered in Hawaii. IST was awarded 2019 Hawaii Business Magazine Top 250 Business and has been a Hawaii Business Magazine’s Best Places to Work since 2013.
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Adam Lasky is a partner in the Seattle office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where he helps clients across the nation navigate and win government contracts. Government contractors nationwide depend on Adam for counsel to minimize and mitigate risks that arise during contract performance, to ensure compliance with regulations, and for vigorous representation in procurement disputes and government contracts litigation.
A large part of Adam’s practice focuses on regulatory compliance issues in connection with SBA’s small business and socio-economic government contracting programs. Adam has drafted and negotiated dozens of joint venture agreements under the SBA’s 8(a) and All-Small Mentor Protégé programs. His unique depth of experience with SBA’s mentor-protégé programs and joint ventures provide his clients (large and small) peace of mind that they will end up with a joint venture agreement that not only complies with SBA regulations, but is also tailored to the client’s specific needs and is practical, operationally sound and will reduce potential for disputes between the joint venture partners. |
Don is a 1987 Graduate of Washington State University (WSU) with a Major in Business Administration and Minor in Marketing. He has served on the WSU Carson College of Business National Board of Advisors for 10 years, chairing the Marketing Advisory Board and served as the Chair of the entire National Board of Advisors.
Don worked for the Xerox Corporation for 8 years and joined the Microsoft Corporation 18 years ago. He is currently a Director or Sales, leading a team that provides solutions for Native American Tribal Government, Gaming and Alaska Native organizations encompassing the entire US market. |
Mr. Major is a partner and co-leader of the firm’s Government Contracts & Export Controls Practice Group whose practice focuses on federal procurement, cybersecurity liability and risk management, and litigation. A prolific author and thought leader in the area of cybersecurity, his professional experience involves a wide variety of litigation and counseling matters dealing with procurement laws, federal regulations, complex litigation in federal court under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, and bid protest actions. He counsels all sizes of companies on issues relating to compliance with government regulations including, among other things, cybersecurity (NIST, FAR, FedRAMP, and DFARS) requirements, multiple award schedule compliance, domestic preference provisions (Buy American and Trade Agreements Acts), cost accounting, and small business requirements.
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Ms. Cassandra Martin is the Director, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) serving as chief advisor to the Director on all small business matters. In this role, she is responsible for the overall implementation of the agency’s small business procurement program, small business acquisition policy, strategic initiatives, and guiding small businesses through the process of contracting with the DHA.
Ms. Martin has over 40 years of federal service and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the small business program. She has served for over 36 years in various contract and procurement positions within the Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Transportation, and Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
Chris Porter is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for FCE. In this leadership role, he has successfully expanded the company’s footprint in both the CRP/AbilityOne segment of the federal contractor community and in the for-profit community; to this end, he has strategically cultivated numerous relationships among brokers serving the Fringe-Benefit market. As the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Chris has a strong work ethic and believes it is very important to maintain a hands on approach for the care and guidance of his clients even after finalization of a service agreement. This means that Chris himself coordinates the significant administrative aspects of plan implementation, thereby ensuring that each client enjoys a seamless transition to FCE Benefits as well as monitoring the clients’ on-going day-to-day Administration.
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Ron Ross is a Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His focus areas include computer security, systems security engineering, and risk management. Dr. Ross leads the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Implementation Project and Systems Security Engineering Project, which includes the development of security and privacy standards and guidelines for the federal government, contractors, and United States critical infrastructure. He also leads the Joint Task Force, an interagency group that includes the Department of Defense, Office of the Director National Intelligence, U.S. Intelligence Community, and the Committee on National Security Systems, with responsibility for developing a Unified Information Security Framework for the federal government and its contractors. Dr. Ross previously served as the Director of the National Information Assurance Partnership, a joint activity of NIST and the National Security Agency. He also supports the U.S. State Department in the international outreach program for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. During his twenty-year military career, Dr. Ross served as a White House aide and senior technical advisor to the Department of the Army. Dr. Ross has lectured at many universities and colleges including Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Pepperdine University, Naval Postgraduate School, Ohio State University, Auburn University, and Hood College. He also gave the Commencement address at George Washington University (School of Engineering).
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Mike Scanlon is a Senior VP & Relationship Manager in Truist’s Government Contracting Group. Mike has worked with clients in the government contracting industry for over 25 years and has 35 years of commercial lending experience. His experience includes developing financing solutions including working capital lines, ESOP financing and acquisition financing. Mike received a B.A. in Finance & Business Administration from the Catholic University of America in Washington DC and an M.B.A. in Finance & Investments from George Washington University. |
Mr. Allen Shipes is a Veteran of the United States Air force and has managed Department of Defense aircraft and facilities design projects through various phases of requirements definition, design, test and integration of hardware and software for multiple weapon systems and sub-systems. He has coordinated the capture of over $10.5 Billion dollars of new business and developed, managed and executed multi-million dollar proposals for companies and clients around the world. Mr. Shipes holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. |
John Shoraka currently serves at the Managing Director of GovContractPros (GCP). As Managing Director, he assists small business government contractors in all phases of their business lifecycle including navigation of the federal marketplace, business development, certification for and compliance with small business set-aside programs, teaming and mentor-protégé arrangements, and financing and acquisition. GCP, as a core value, works on pro bono basis, supporting various industry associations and conducting outreach to relevant Congressional committees to educate the staff on the benefits of the small business programs and strategies to strengthen them.
The professional services space to support federal contractors is saturated with companies that seek to make lots of money while driving little to no value. GCP has competitive challenges with clients whose trust has been damaged by unscrupulous actors within the space. The GCP values of “only charging for work we do” and “delivering results” are seemingly intuitive or basic, but in fact are truly differentiating against many competitors. |
Jordon is a Founding Partner of Imperium Global Advisors and has many years of legislative, political and professional advocacy experience globally. Most recently, he was the Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), the senior Republican for the
House Appropriations Committee and the most senior Republican woman in Congress overall. He has also served as a nuclear-trained submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, which included assignments as the foreign liaison for the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF). Jordon also was selected as a Defense Legislative Fellow, serving as a defense advisor for a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, handling all aspects of State and Defense department policy and associated funding. Jordon’s variety of assignments also included work as the Special Advisor to the Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion (Naval Reactors), in a dual-hatted Department of Defense and Department of Energy role, responsible for all aspects of governmental affairs for the US submarine and aircraft carrier programs. |
Mr. Turner is a partner and co-leader of the firm’s Government Contracts & Export Controls Practice Group. He is an innovative business lawyer with significant experience resolving complex government contracts issues for a broad array of companies – ranging from multinational, multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporations in the aerospace, defense, technology, health care and industrial supply sectors to small business intelligence and security services providers. |
Arveice M. Washington has over 18 years of experience in multiple career fields including Program Management and Business & Financial Management. In April 2018, Ms. Washington began serving as the Deputy Director for The Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs. In this capacity she is responsible for small business acquisition policy and strategic initiatives.
Ms. Washington’s previous experience includes serving as the Director of Acquisition and Contracts for the Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) Command Program Executive Office for Submarines. In this capacity she was responsible for directing, prioritizing and coordinating all acquisition initiatives across Team Submarine. From 2009 to 2016, Ms. Washington assumed the duties as the Team Submarine Enterprise Wide Contractor Support Services (EWCSS) Manager. She was the Subject Matter Expert for all matters pertaining to management responsibilities for five support services contracts totaling execution of over $125 million annually and oversight of 600 contractors. As the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for the EWCSS contracts, Ms. Washington was responsible for cradle to grave requirements generation, contract award and post-award execution. |
Christine V. Williams is an adjunct law professor on Government Contracting at Seattle University School of Law’s Alaska Campus. She is widely recognized for her expertise in the Government Contracting field and speaks nationally several times a year on the subject. Christine has admission to a diversity of courts, including various federal circuit courts of appeals, where she has prevailed, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. Christine was recognized as one of the top 5 percent of lawyers in the Nation for Government Contracting by the Best Lawyers in America, a peer reviewed and distinguished honor among the nation’s lawyers. Christine was appointed to the national Regulatory Fairness Board by Administrator McMahon.
Christine concentrates her practice on Government Contracting from counseling on qualifications and administration to disputes and companies in crisis. She is often involved in sensitive internal investigations and frequently interacts with Government agencies when a company faces a tough situation. |
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