**Federal Acquisition Institute**

**Acquisition Learning Seminar**

**"Small Business Contracting"**

April 8, 2008

Speaker Biographies

**[JOANIE F. NEWHART]{.underline}**

Ms. Newhart is the Director of Business Operations and Senior
Procurement Executive at the Small Business Administration (SBA), has 25
years experience in Government Contracting. Prior to the SBA, Ms.
Newhart supported the Naval Air Systems Command, and worked at the U.S.
Army's Community and Family Support Center (CFSC) and Information
Technology, E-Commerce, and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4), and
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She has a Master's Degree
in Strategic Studies from the Air War College and an MBA from George
Mason University (1990). She is Level III certified in Contracting and
is a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM).

**[DARRYL K. HAIRSTON]{.underline}**

Mr. Hairston was appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for Management
and Administration in July 2006. In this position, Hairston is
responsible for assisting the Associate Administrator with the oversight
and management of the Office of Human Capital Management, the Office of
Business Operations and the Office of the Executive Secretariat.

Prior to this appointment, Hairston served as the Assistant
Administrator for Administration and the Senior Procurement Executive.
In this position, Hairston had overall responsibility for the award and
administration of contracts and grants, property management and building
operations, safety and emergency services, and administrative
information management.

Hairston also served as the Deputy Associate Deputy Administrator for
Government Contracting and Business Development. He held this position
from October 2000 to September 2003. In this capacity, he assisted the
Associate Deputy Administrator for Government Contracting and Business
Development with the day-to-day management and oversight of a variety of
programs designed to facilitate small business access to Federal
procurement opportunities.

Prior to this, Hairston served as District Director of SBA's Washington,
DC District Office from December, 1997 to October, 2000. In this
position he was responsible the delivery of the Agency's programs and
services in the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland and Virginia.

Hairston also served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Investment at
SBA headquarters from 1994 to 1997. Here he managed the day-to-day
activities of the agency's venture capital program. From 1991 to 1994 he
served as the Director, Division of Program Certification and
Eligibility in the Office now known as the Office of Government
Contracting and Business Development. In this position he was
responsible for all matters related to 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged
Business eligibility.

He started his career with SBA in 1978 in the Charleston, West Virginia
branch office as a Business Management Specialist. From there, he held
various positions in SBA branch, district and headquarters offices.
Prior to joining SBA, Hairston served as the Budget and Marketing
Director for the Transportation Division in the Governor's Office of
Economic and Community Development for the State of West Virginia.

He is a native of Institute, West Virginia, and holds an MBA from
Marshall University, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration
from West Virginia State College.

Hairston's wife, Bonzetta, is an Assistant Principal employed in Fairfax
County, Virginia. They are the parents of one son, Brian and the
grandparents of one grandchild, Aidan. Brian is a graduate of the
University of Virginia School of Engineering and the University of
Virginia, School of Law. He is currently a practicing patent attorney in
the Washington, DC area.

**[STAN FUJII]{.underline}**

Mr. Fujii works for the US Small Business Administration as the
Assistant District Director for the 8(a) Business Development Program at
the Washington Metropolitan Area District Office.  The district office
has the largest 8(a) Portfolio in the Nation with over 1,600 firms. 
Currently assigned to SBA Head Quarters to work on a special assignment
for the Office of Business Development where he is working on the
streamlining of the 8(a) & SDB application process, electronic Business
Development Management Information System and the development of an
Office of Business Development Customer Service Center.  Prior to
working for SBA, Stan Fujii worked for the Defense Logistics Agency as a
Contract Price/Cost Analyst and Financial Analyst.

**[MICHAEL P. MCHALE]{.underline}**

Mr. McHale is the Director of the HUBZone Program. During the
past several years Mr. McHale has been responsible for drafting
regulations for the HUBZone Program, designing the program's application
and conducting outreach and training seminars to support implementation
of the program. Prior to this appointment he served as SBA's Assistant
Administrator for Procurement Policy. In this position he was
responsible for the review and evaluation of policies, regulations and
proposed legislation affecting small business participation in Federal
sector contracting. 

A career federal employee, Mr. McHale has been with SBA since 1978, and
has held several management positions.

**[BILLY C. JENKINS]{.underline}**

Mr. Jenkins a native of Washington, DC, serves as the Veteran's
Procurement Liaison for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In
this role, he is responsible for the delivery of the *** ***U.S
Government's Veteran's Procurement program for Service-Disabled Veteran
Owned Small Businesses as required by Executive Order 13360. Jenkins has
a 31-year career with the SBA and four years with the U.S. Air Force.
 He spent 28 years of his career as a contract specialist, procurement
analysis, after which he obtained a position as the Senior Contracting
Officer for the SBA headquarters in Washington, DC.

**[KAREN HONTZ]{.underline}**

Karen, just last week, returned from a nine month detail to the Senate
Small Business Committee to her position as Counselor to the
Administrator. Karen has been with the SBA since 1991 and has held many
positions within the agency including Associate Administrator for
Government Contracting and Associate Deputy Administrator for
Congressional and Legislative Affairs. Karen also worked for the
Department of Defense in Panama and Turkey in budgeting positions.

Karen worked in the private sector as a lobbyist for a large
multi-national conglomerate that included among its subsidiaries movie
companies, sports teams, financial services companies and sugar
plantations. Karen also worked in the banking industry.

Karen holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics
from Furman University and a master's degree in political science from
George Washington University.

**[DEAN KOPPEL]{.underline}**

Mr. Koppel is a program manager with a diverse 30 year background in
federal procurement.

Prior to his current assignment at SBA Headquarters, he worked in the
SBA's New York Regional Office in the Office of Procurement Assistance
and for the Department of Defense in Quality Assurance and Industrial
Preparedness and Planning. He has also held private sector positions
with Loral Corporation, Western Electric and Burroughs Corporation in
Quality Assurance and Production Engineering.

The Office of Policy and Research under SBA's Office of Government
Contracting, is responsible for assisting in the development of SBA's
legislative initiatives used to strengthen and enhance opportunities for
small businesses in federal procurement and developing and implementing
the Agency's small business procurement program regulations, initiatives
and policies. The Office of Policy and Research also acts as liaison to
the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, members of congress,
and the private sector on small business procurement related issues.
Further, the Office also represents the Agency on senior-level federal
committees reviewing procurement practices, policies and procedures
affecting small business.

Mr. Koppel is a Vietnam veteran, is married and has two daughters.

[JAMES E. HOUSE]{.underline}

Jim was appointed as the director of the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization for the Department of Agriculture in
December, 2001. He successfully served in this same position during the
last 2 years of the George H. W. Bush Administration from 1991 through
January, 1993. He also is the Presidential appointed USDA Member of The
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled
(AbilityOne Committee). During the Reagan Administration, he served on
the National Small Business Advisory Committee.

He began his career as an engineer in the aircraft and aerospace
industry, responsible for design and testing of the F4 Phantom for the
Vietnam Conflict and worked on the development of the 747 as the
nation's first commercial jumbo aircraft. He has subsequently been
involved in small business.

House has received numerous awards, honors and citations. He is a native
of Wayne County, Goldsboro, N.C., the son of local educators; and holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Howard
University in Washington, D.C.