{"id":613283,"date":"2024-02-12T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=613283"},"modified":"2024-02-12T12:30:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:30:13","slug":"nasa-administrator-names-new-head-of-small-business-programs","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-administrator-names-new-head-of-small-business-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Administrator Names New Head of Small Business Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?w=1638\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Assistant Administrator for NASA\u2019s Office of Small Business Programs, Dwight Deneal, poses for portrait, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 43% 12%; object-position: 43% 12%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg 3200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deneal-nhq202402120001.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1638px) 100vw, 1638px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Assistant Administrator for NASA\u2019s Office of Small Business Programs, Dwight Deneal, poses for portrait, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA\/Bill Ingalls)<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Dwight Deneal will serve as the new assistant administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) at the agency\u2019s headquarters in Washington, effective immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this role, Deneal provides executive leadership, policy direction, and management for programs that help ensure all small businesses are given a fair chance to work with NASA. He succeeds Glenn Delgado, who retired from the agency in December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDwight brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to NASA\u2019s Office of Small Business Programs,\u201d said Nelson. \u201cSmall businesses play a critical role in propelling our country forward with new technologies and scientific discoveries to maintain American leadership in space and benefit all humanity. I am confident his leadership will help NASA continue to promote and integrate America\u2019s small businesses into every aspect of our missions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to his NASA appointment, Deneal served as the director for the Defense Logistics Agency\u2019s Office of Small Business Programs, supervising all small business programs and contracting activities that equated to more than $45 billion of annual contract spending and $18 billion in small business spending. He also was responsible for maintaining strategic partnerships that attract small businesses into the defense supply chain, helping grow the national defense industrial base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deneal also previously served as the director for the Small Business and Industry Liaison Programs at the U.S. Coast Guard, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In this capacity, he led all small business and socio-economic related guidelines, policies, regulations and was the authority for planning and carrying out acquisition activities in support of small business programs. From 2013 to 2017, Deneal served as a team lead small business specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services. His experience also includes supporting the Department of Education and U.S Department of Navy as a contract specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his NASA role, Deneal also serves as the vice chairman of the Federal Interagency Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Directors Council. This organization of federal small business program officials that meets regularly to exchange and discuss information on small business methods, issues, and strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Deneal graduated from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where he earned a bachelor\u2019s in Business Management. He also is a graduate of Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School of Government Executive Education program. Deneal was the recipient of the 2018 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer Excellence in Industry Engagement Award. He is married and has two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s Office of Small Business Programs at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/osbp\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/osbp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith McKie \/ Abbey Donaldson<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1600<br><a href=\"mailto:faith.d.mckie@nasa.gov\">faith.d.mckie@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:abbey.a.donaldson@nasa.gov\">abbey.a.donaldson@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 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