PRT Annual Young Acquisition Professional Excellence Award
2012 Winner and Runner Ups pose for group photos with Shirl Nelson, PRT's Vice Chair, at the awards ceremony.
 



Recent PRT Guest Speakers:

Andrew Hunter, DoD Executive Secretary of DMAG, Executive Secretary of Warfighter SIG, Director of JRAC.

Hon. Katrina McFarland, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition


 

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Edward L (Larry) Allen

Edward L (Larry) Allen

President of Allen Federal Business Partners. President (2007-2010), Executive VP (2000-2007) and Executive Director (1990-2000), Coalition for Government Procurement, an association representing over 340 companies doing business with the Federal government. Host, “Off the Shelf”, Federal News Radio. Member, Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel (2008-2009), Virginia Procurement Assessment Task Force, and Federal Contracts Report Advisory Panel. Former Legislative Assistant to Rep. Alex McMillan. Primary author of numerous publications and contributing author to 4 books on federal acquisition concentrating on Federal commercial item acquisition, multiple awards, and doing business with the government. Recipient, Fed 100 Award.
Frank J. Anderson, Jr.

Frank J. Anderson, Jr.

President, Strategic Public Sector Solutions, LLC; Brigadier General, United States Air Force, Retired; Formerly President, Defense Acquisition University; Director, Human Capital Initiatives, DoD Acquisition Workforce; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Contracting); Director of Contracting, Aeronautical Systems Center; Armament Product Group Manager; Program Director, Weapons, Air Base, and Range Systems; Systems Program Director, AGM-130 and GBU-15 precision-guided munitions (PGM).
Dan Bartlett

Dan Bartlett

Senior Principal, American Management Systems; former Director of Operations and Special Programs, Defense Contract Management Command; and Advisor to U.S. Army Contingency Contracting.
David J. Berteau

David J. Berteau

Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; formerly Clark & Weinstock Director, SAIC Senior Vice President, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Production and Logistics, Defense Convention Commission Chairman, and Packard Commission Executive Secretary.
Paul C. Besozzi

Paul C. Besozzi

Partner, Patton Boggs, L.L.P.; former General and Minority Counsel, United States Senate Committee on the Armed Services; and Army Judge Advocate.
Robert A. Burton

Robert A. Burton

Partner, Venable LLP; former Deputy Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Executive Office of the President; Senior Associate General Counsel for Acquisition, Defense Contract Management Agency; General Counsel, Defense Energy Support Center; Associate General Counsel, Defense Logistics Agency.
William H. Carroll

William H. Carroll

William H. Carroll, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC; former Of Counsel, Dykema Gossett PLLC, General Counsel, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; Special Assistant for Contracting Integrity, Defense Logistics Agency; Associate General Counsel, Contracts, DLA, and Attorney Adviser, Navy Office of General Counsel.
Alan L. Chvotkin

Alan L. Chvotkin

Executive Vice President and Counsel, Professional Services Council; former Counsel, United States Senate Armed Services Committee; Staff Director, United States Senate Small Business Committee; and Staff Member, United States Senate Budget and United States Senate Governmental Affairs Committees.
Robert E. Cowley

Robert E. Cowley

Chief Executive Officer, Adviso LLC. Formerly, Vice President, Global Defense Solutions, and Senior Vice President, Global Defense and Aerospace Solutions, SAP Labs; and Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development, SAP America. Rear Admiral (Upper Half), USN, (Retired). Chief Executive Officer, Navy Exchange Service Command. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Navy (Acquisition Management). Competition Advocate General for Department of Navy. Assistant Commander (Contracts), Naval Air Systems Command.
David A. Drabkin

David A. Drabkin

Director Acquisition Policy, Northrop Grumman Corporation. Former Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement Executive, US GSA; Deputy Program Manager Pentagon Renovation Office; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform); Associate Counsel for Procurement, DLA; Chief Counsel DCMR-NY; and Army Judge Advocate.
Elaine C. Duke

Elaine C. Duke

President, Elaine Duke & Associates, LLC; former Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Chief Procurement Officer, DHS; and Assistant Administrator for Acquisition, DHS Transportation Security Administration.
Jonathan L. Etherton

Jonathan L. Etherton

President, Etherton and Associates, Inc.; Former Professional Staff Member, Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, and member of the Acquisition Advisory Panel ("SARA Panel").
Ronald C. Flom

Ronald C. Flom

Managing Director, Public Sector & Acquisition Practice, Preston|Reffett, LLC, a nationally known retained executive search firm. Former Associate Director for Management Services, Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) and Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO), U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Commandant, Defense Acquisition University; Commander, Defense Contract Management District East, Defense Contract Management Agency; Commander DCMC Baltimore, Defense Contract Management Command.
Jacques S. Gansler

Jacques S. Gansler

Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair; Director, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise – School of Public Policy, University of Maryland; former Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) and numerous executive positions in industry.
Patrick J. Gnazzo

Patrick J. Gnazzo

SVP and General Manager (Public Sector Unit), CA, Inc. (formerly was chief compliance officer for CA, Inc.). Former VP, Business Practices, United Technologies Corporation; former Chief Trial Attorney and Associate General Counsel, Department of Navy; and President, United Technologies Corporation.
Daniel I. Gordon

Daniel I. Gordon

Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law at the George Washington University Law School. Before joining GW in January 2012, Mr. Gordon was the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, a position to which he was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gordon practiced law in a private law firm and then worked for 17 years in the Office of General Counsel of what is now the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
William H. Hauenstein

William H. Hauenstein

Rear Admiral, Supply Corps, United States Navy, Retired; former and first Director of Acquisition Career Management for United States Navy.
LeRoy J. Haugh

LeRoy J. Haugh

Procurement Consultant; former Vice President, Procurement and Finance, Aerospace Industries Association; former Associate Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and Director of Contract Placement and Finance, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics.
Charles R. Henry

Charles R. Henry

Major General, United States Army, Retired; Senior Acquisition Consultant, SAIC; former President and CEO, Veterans Corp.; Commander, Defense Contract Management Command; and Army Competition Advocate General.
Eleanor J. Hill

Eleanor J. Hill

Former Inspector General, Department of Defense.
James A. (Ty) Hughes

James A. (Ty) Hughes

Vice President and General Counsel, Fluor Government Group; formerly Deputy General Counsel for Acquisition, Department of the Air Force; Member of the Acquisition Advisory Panel ("SARA Panel"); Partner at Patton Boggs LLP; and U.S. Army Judge Advocate.
Paul Ignatius

Paul Ignatius - Director Emeritus

Former Secretary of the Navy.  Former Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations & Logistics).  Trustee of George C. Marshall Foundation.  Formerly chairman of the Board, Logistics Management Institue (LMI); chairman, president and CEO of Air Transport Association; president of The Washington Post and EVP of The Washington Post Company.
Daniel Jacobs

Daniel Jacobs

Daniel M. Jacobs, CPCM, CMC, is Chairman/CEO of The Federal Market Group (FMG) that includes Government Business Solutions (GBS), Federal Market Publishing (FMP), and The Federal Market Institute (FMI), Washington, D. C. based organizations. FMG also includes The EuroMarket Group based in Brussels, Belgium and FMG Middle East in Tel Aviv. He is a Fellow, past National President (1987-88) and a member of the Executive Advisory Council of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). He is Chairman Emeritus, Board of Trustees, of the non-profit foundation, Contract Management Institute (CMI).
Steve Kelman

Steve Kelman

Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget.
Gary J. Krump

Gary J. Krump

Vice President and Director for Federal Marketing, The Rhoads Group; Former Chairman & Chief Judge of the Department of Veterans Affairs Board of Contract Appeals.
Deidre A. Lee

Deidre A. Lee

Executive Director, Compliance, Fluor Corporation, Former Professional Service Council. Formerly Executive VP (Federal Affairs & Operations, Professional Services Council. Formerly Director of Management and Chief Acquisition Officer, FEMA, DHS; Assistant Commissioner of Integrated Technology Services, Federal Acquisition Service, GSA; Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, DoD; Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, OMB; and Associate Administrator for Procurement, NASA.
Paul F. Math

Paul F. Math – Director Emeritus – Historian

Consultant on national security, procurement, and logistics support issues; over 30 years of analytic responsibilities in the General Accounting Office for procurement and logistics; Director of the General Accounting Office Procurement and Acquisitions Analysis Group for 10 years.  
Roy S. Mitchell

Roy S. Mitchell

Mediator & Arbitrator, JAMS, The Resolution Experts; Former President & CEO, Construction Claims Group, Hill International, Inc.; Fellow and former National Chairman, Public Contract Law Section, American Bar Association; Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers; retired partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
William R. Morris

William R. Morris

Consultant; retired Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers; Rear Admiral, United States Navy, retired; former head of Navy/Marine Corps Procurement; and Assistant Commander, Naval Air Systems Command.
Ralph C. Nash, Jr.

Ralph C. Nash, Jr.

Consultant on government contract matters. Emeritus Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School. Founded discipline of government contracts law with the late John Cibinic. Founded the Government Contracts Program at GWU. Serves as Fellow and Board of Advisors, NCMA and active with ABA public contracts section.
Shirl Nelson

Shirl Nelson

President of The Aurelius Group, a service disabled veteran-owned small business that provides organizational and workforce assessment services and acquisition management support to federal and private sector clients. Previous positions include Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Senior Procurement Executive for the Department of Commerce. 
Darrell J. Oyer

Darrell J. Oyer

President, Darrell J. Oyer & Co; Member of Board of Directors, QinetiQ NA; Member of Board of Directors and Vice President, Schiebel Technology, Inc.; Vice President, Ecompex; former Partner at Deloitte and Touche; former Assistant Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency.
Terry Raney

Terry Raney

Senior Vice-President and Division Group Manager Acquisition Support Group of CACI International providing program and acquisition management support to over 40 Federal Civilian and DoD customers. Colonel, USAF, Retired; Air Force Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting), Chief of Contract Policy and Policy Member Defense Acquisition Regulations (DAR) Council; Department Chairman Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) and Course Director DSMC Advanced Program Management Course; Deputy Department Head Air Force Academy Department of Economics and Director of Acquisition Research; PhD economics Georgetown University; MA economics University of Memphis; National Contract Management Association Board of Directors; Co-chair Professional Services Council Acquisition Policy Committee.
Anne Reed

Anne Reed

Chairman of the Board for ASI Government, Inc. (ASI) and previous President and CEO. Former President of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) State & Local Government Solutions and VP of their Government Global Industry Group. First CIO U.S. Department of Agriculture and previous Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. Obama-Biden CIO transition advisor. Numerous awards for achievements in government and industry include in 2010: the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce GovCon Contractor of the Year Award, AFCEA’s Heroine in Technology Award and, for the third time, Federal Computer Week's Federal 100 award. Founding director of the LaBECA Women's Scholarship Foundation.
Steven L. Schooner

Steven L. Schooner

Professor & Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, George Washington University Law School; former associate Administrator for Procurement Law & Legislation, Office of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget.
Darryl A. Scott

Darryl A. Scott

Corporate Vice President, Contracts and Pricing, The Boeing Company. Major General, United States Air Force, Retired (34 years service). Former Deputy Commander, Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Business Transformation). Commander, Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan, Baghdad, Iraq (2006-2008). Director, Defense Contract Management Agency. Vice Commander, Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Contracting).
Barry J. Shillito

Barry J. Shillito – Director Emeritus

Former Corporate Director and former Chairman of the Board, Teledyne International Corporation; and Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics.
Edward R. Simpson

Edward R. Simpson

Contract Management Consultant. Former Director of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Procurement and Assistance Management and Senior Procurement Executive. Retired from Federal service in May, 2010, after 37 years of service. Former Director, DOE's Office of Contract Management. Previous positions include special adviser to the DOE Senior Procurement Executive, senior procurement policy analyst, and operational contracting officer. NCMA Executive Advisory Council member.
Tom Sisti

Thomas R. Sisti, Esq.

Senior Director & Chief Legislative Counsel for SAP America. Former Senior Counsel, AT&T; Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; Chief Counsel, GSA Board of Contract Appeals; and Counsel, Government Accountability Office. Member, Coalition for Government Procurement Board of Advisors; Deputy Commissioner, TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission; and Commissioner, TechAmerica Foundation Commission on the Government Technology Opportunity in the 21st Century.
Eleanor R. Spector

Eleanor R. Spector

Vice President, Prime Contract Management, Fluor Government Group. Former Vice President, Contracts, Lockheed Martin Corporation; former Director, Defense Procurement, Department of Defense; and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Procurement
Robert F. Trimble

Robert F. Trimble - Director Emeritus

Major General, United States Air Force, Retired; former Vice President, Contracts, Martin Marietta Corporation; Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisitions; Assistant Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and Director, Procurement Policy, United States Air Force.
William G.T. Tuttle

William G.T. Tuttle

General, United States Army, Retired; Consultant; Trustee and former President, Logistics Management Institute; former Commander, Army Material Command. PRT Chairman 2003-2010
Lenn Vincent

Lenn Vincent

Consultant and DAU Industry Chair; Former Vice President, American Management Systems and CACI International; Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Retired; Former Commander, Defense Systems Management College; Commander, Defense Contract Management Command; Director of Contracts, NAVAIR Systems Command.
Roger D. Waldron

Roger D. Waldron

President of The Coalition for Government Procurement. Former Counsel for Mayer Brown LLP; Acting Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer for Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services Administration (GSA); Member of the Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) Acquisition Advisory Panel; Director of the Acquisition Management Center, Office of Acquisition Management, FSS, GSA; Senior Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, GSA.
Karen L. Wilson

Karen L. Wilson

Director, Government Acquisition Business Affairs, The Boeing Company; past president, Board member and Fellow, National Contract Management Association; former Vice President, Government, Business and Finance, Honeywell International; former attorney for Hughes Aircraft, TRW, and Office of the Secretary of Defense; former member of the Defense Acquisition University Board of Directors and the congressionally mandated Panel to review Cost Accounting Standards.
Robert

Christoper R. Yukins

Professor of Government Contracts Law and Co-Director, Government Procurement Law Program, The George Washington University Law School. Of counsel, Arnold & Porter LLP. Council Member, ABA Public Contract Law Section. Faculty Advisor, Public Contract Law Journal. Advisor, U.S. Delegation to Working Group, UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law. Former trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.