Hosted By the

National Indian Business Association

In Collaboration with

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

OFFICE OF SMALL & DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION

Agenda

8:00am - 9:00am Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Invocation Robert “Tree” Cody,

Pima Maricopa/Lakota

9:05am – 9:15am Welcome/Introductory Remarks Frank Ramos, DOD and Pete Homer, NIBA

9:15am – 9:45am SBA HUBZone Program Gail Hanson, SBA

9:45am – 10:30am Big Business Patricia Parker, NAMS

Geri Cartwright, Lockheed Martin

Ed Reis, Raytheon

10:30am – 11:30am Small Business Panel Ken Robbins, NCAIED, Ralph Payan Mechtronics

John Meyers, NAID

11:30am – 12:00n NSA Kathleen Buck

12: noon – 1:30pm Luncheon

1:30pm – 2:30pm Doing Business with the Military Jane Ferguson, Air Force

Chuck Collins, Army

Richard DeVille, Army

Teresa Hendricks, Air Force

2:30pm – 3:30pm Doing Business with Laboratories Carlos Chacon, Los Alamos

Teresa Carson, Sandia

3:30pm – 4:15pm FEMA Joseph Hesbook

4:15pm – 4:45pm Open Dialogue

4:45pm – 5:00pm Closing Remarks