SPEAKERS | SMART PROC GovCon 2026
The SPGC26 speaker lineup is growing.
Confirmed speakers include senior leaders from across defense health, acquisition, small business, research, technology, and the federal health enterprise. Additional speakers will be announced as confirmations are finalized.
Mariama Bah
MBA; President & Chief Executive Officer
Olorun, LLC
James Bratten
CEO
EZGOVOPPS
Dr. Barclay Butler
President
BCS, LLC
David Christ
CEO
Arkhaus Consulting, LLC
Linda Dangerfield
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Maryland Department of General Services
Dr. Rebecca Fisher
Readiness and Rehabilitation Division Chief
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
Kelly Green
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Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA)
MG Patrick Higgins
Vice President; US Army (Ret)
Goldbelt, Inc.
Sharon James
Senior Procurement Executive
Department of State
Dennis Kellen
Director, Medical Industrial Base Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs, Health Readiness Policy & Oversight (HRPO), DOW
Jerome Maultsby
Assistant Director, Office of Small Business Programs
U.S. Army Medical Command
Allison Murray
Branch Chief/Contracting Officer
Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Adelphi Division
Annette Owens-Scarboro
Director, Office of Small Business Programs
National Institutes of Health
Steve Rice
Deputy Secretary for Business Attraction and Retention
Maryland Department of Commerce
Donald Malcolm Smith
Deputy Secretary
Maryland Department of Social and Economic Mobility
Capt. Chris Steele
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Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)
Jason Vollmer
Contracting Officer, Office of Acquisition and Grant Management
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Amanda Best
Contracting/Agreements Officer; Branch Chief, Contracts Branch 4
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) R&D 1
Dr. Paula Bryant
Director, Office of Translational Innovation for Product Development (OTIPD)
DMID/NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Laura Cameron
Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Federal and Leased Projects
General Services Administration (GSA)
Samantha Connors
Branch Chief
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA)
Dr. Jim Dillman
Chief Scientific Officer
Defense Health Agency
Bruce Goodwin
JPL Enabling Technologies
Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Layered Protection and Integration, Department of War
LTC Tanishia V. Greene
Associate Director
CECOM ILSC Medical Systems Directorate
Chad Hildebrand
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Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health
Lou Jasper
Project Manager, Warfighter Readiness, Performance, and Brain Health PMO; Principal Acquisition Executive Medical Products
Defense Health Agency
Angie Lienert
President & CEO
Intelligenesis
Joan Michel
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ECT
J.R. Myers
SBIR Project Manager
DHA SBIR/STTR Programs
Kimberly Ploskonka
Acting Director
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Colonel Owen Roberts
AD-RDA
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
John Sparks
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ATC-Frederick
Zeke Topolosky
Army SBIR|STTR Program Manager
Army Research Laboratory, SBIR
Tina Wang
CSDP, CFSBLO; Small Business Liaison Officer; Certified Federal SBLO, Contracts & Acquisitions (C&A)
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health
Stacy Bostjanick
Vice President, Government Services Strategy
Cybersec Investments, LLC
Marc Bustamente
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Goldbelt Healthcare Technology Transformation Group
Carlen Campenos
Director, Office of Small Business Programs
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
COL Robert Cybulski
Deputy Commander
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
David Evans
President
Fort Detrick Alliance
Heather Gramm
Director
Frederick County Office of Economic Development
Chris Hessman
Director ITC’s Solutions Laboratory
General Services Administration
Dr. Clay Halloway
Director
Strategy and Integration Office, Joint Project Management Office for CBRN Medical, Portfolio Management Executive for CBRN Defense, Portfolio Acquisition Executive Layered Protection and Integration, Department of War
Arlene Joyner
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Center for IBMSC
ASPR, HHS
Cassandra Martin
Director, Office of Small Business Programs
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Dr. Eric Moore
Deputy to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Development Command
Colonel John Nuckols
Joint Project Manager CBRN Medical within Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Layered Protection and Integration
Department of War
Dr. Matthew Quinn
Science Director
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research/Fort Detrick
Bryan Shuy
Principal
Todd Strategies
Clint Sprabary
Health Services Capability Portfolio Manager; Chief, Requirements and Capabilities Branch
Office of the Joint Staff Surgeon
Tonya Torgeson
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Odyssey Consulting
The Honorable Richard Topping
Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
The Honorable Sean O'Keefe
Deputy Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness, Department of War
Dr. Gary Disbrow
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
Dr. Matthew Clark, SES
Assistant Director for Research, Development and Acquisition and Component Acquisition Executive, Defense Health Agency