The Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in this week’s Spring Training Conference: The New Federal Market. We were extremely fortunate to be joined by government and industry experts to examine the first six months of the new Administration and how efforts to streamline procurement are shifting the federal market and creating new opportunities and challenges for contractors. Thank you to our following guest speakers:
Day One Speakers
Keynote Speakers:
- Larry Allen, Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA)
- Leslie Beavers, Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense (DoD)
Panelists:
- Mark Lee, Assistant Commissioner Office of Policy and Compliance, GSA
- Tom Meiron, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Centralized Acquisition Services, GSA
- Kristen Wilson, Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Jeff Koses, Senior Procurement Executive, GSA
- John Tenaglia, Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP)
- Mathew Blum, OFPP, OMB
- Moshe Schwartz, President, Etherton and Associates and Coalition Defense Fellow
- Christina Kingsland, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Travel, Transportation and Logistics, GSA
- Pete Burr, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Assisted Acquisition Services, GSA
- Greg Rollins, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Policy and Compliance, GSA
- Larry Hale, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Technology Category, GSA
- Sheri Meadema, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories, GSA
- Adam Soderholm, Director, Center for Professional Services, Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories, GSA
- Jennifer Jackson, Director of Operations, Office of Program Operations General Supplies and Services, GSA
- Jonathan Aronie, Partner, Sheppard Mullin
- Lorraine Campos, Partner, Crowell & Moring
- Jason Workmaster, Member, Miller & Chevalier
Day Two Speakers
Keynote Address:
- Moshe Schwartz, President, Etherton and Associates and Coalition Defense Fellow
Panelists:
- Joseph Maletta, Acting Senior Procurement Executive and Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Christopher Parker, Associate Executive Director, Strategic Acquisition Center and Acting Associate Executive Director, National Acquisition Center, VA
- Kristen Hicks, Partner, Arnold & Porter
- James Kim, Shareholder, Polsinelli
- Stephen Ruscus, Partner, BakerHostetler
- Jennifer Plitsch, Partner, Covington & Burling
- Greg Madden, Managing Member, Orlaithe Consulting
- Ted Karnezis, Principal Owner, Karnezis Consulting
- Ed Norton, Chief of Pharmacy Operations, Defense Health Agency (DHA)
- Craig Hilliard, Division Chief, Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) Supplies, VHA
- Tom Emmendorfer, Executive Director, Pharmacy Benefits Management Services (PBM), VA
- Eric Dill, VISN 4 Pharmacist Executive and Acting PBM Deputy for Drug Formulary Management, VA
- Mario Franchi, Deputy Chief Consultant for PBM and former National CMOP Director, VA
- Dan Keefe, Director, Medical Supply Operations, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Medical Troop Support
- Brian Mason, IST Chief/Contracting Officer, ECAT Med/Surg Program, DLA Medical Troop Support
- Abin Mathai, IST Chief, Dressing, Tools, and Instruments, DLA Medical Troop Support
Our members played a key role in the preparation and execution of the conference by serving as moderators for the various panels, lending their expertise to help make the sessions highly informative for all attendees. Industry moderators included:
- Moderator: Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi, Head of U.S. Federal Civilian Policy, Google Cloud
- Moderator: Curt Curtis, Vice President, Government National Accounts, Solventum
- Moderator: Jonathan Ross, VP of Pharmaceutical Sales, AvKARE
- Moderator: Beverly Kuykendall, Chief Strategy Officer, AvMEDICAL
We would like to express our gratitude for the amazing support of our sponsors who made the Spring Training Conference possible. Our sincere thanks to the following organizations:
