MEP Advisory Board Meeting 

AGENDA

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

MEP Advisory Board with Center Board Participation, a.m.

Horizon Room, Ground Floor

9:00 a.m. – 9:05 Meeting Opening/Logistics • Cheryl Gendron, NIST MEP

9:05 – 9:45 Welcome and Introductions

• Opening Remarks

• Welcome from NIST Leadership

• Board and Audience Introductions

• Director’s Update

• Jeff Wilcox, Chair, MEP Advisory Board 

• Phil Singerman, NIST Innovation and 

Industry Services

• Carroll Thomas, NIST MEP

9:45-10:15 Presentation: 

• National and State Economic 

Challenges and Opportunities, 

Data Trends

• Dan Berglund, SSTI

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:15 MEP National Network Strategic Plan 

Update 2017-2022/Future is Now (FIN)

Board Feedback & Discussion

• Carroll Thomas, NIST MEP

• FIN Leadership:

o Jim Watson, CMTC

o Mike Coast, MMTC

o Others TBD

11:15-12:00 Roundtable Discussions:

• The MEP National Network 

Strategic Plan and the Future is 

Now (FIN) Framework at the 

Center Level

• Jeff Wilcox, Chair, MEP Advisory Board

• Dave Cranmer, NIST MEP

12:00-1:30 Lunch Break

Afternoon Programming:

• MEP Advisory Board Reconvenes

o 1:30 p.m. – Current Room, Horizon

o Agenda continues, page 2

• MEP Local Center Boards, Afternoon Learning Session*

o 1:30 p.m. – International Gateway Room, Mezzanine Level

o Separate agenda, contact Wiza Lequin: adelwiza.lequin@nist.gov for more information
Wednesday, March 7, 2018, continued

MEP Advisory Board Meeting

Horizon Room, Ground Floor

Alternative Programming*: MEP Local Center Boards, Afternoon Learning Session

1:30 p.m. – International Gateway Room, Mezzanine Level

1:30 – 1:35 Welcome Back/Afternoon Overview • Cheryl L. Gendron, NIST MEP

1:35 – 1:55 Working Group Update:

• Supply Chain Development 

Working Group

Board Feedback & Discussion

• Matt Newman, MEP Advisory Board

• Dave Stieren, NIST MEP

1:55 – 2:45 Presentation: 

• The U.S. Defense Industrial Base

Board Feedback & Discussion

• Eric D. Chewning, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing and 

Industrial Base Policy

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00 – 3:20 Working Group Update:

• Performance/Research 

Development Working Group

Board Feedback & Discussion

• Leslie Taito, MEP Advisory Board

• Ken Voytek, NIST MEP

3:20-4:00 Board Governance & Board 

Assessment Discussion: 

• Executive Committee Working 

Group

• Bylaw Discussion – Board 

Succession and Composition

• Board Structures within the MEP 

Network

• BoardSource Review –

Assessment Process

• Jeff Wilcox, Chair, MEP Advisory Board

• Dave Cranmer, NIST MEP

• Lisë Stewart, Eisner Amper

4:00-4:30 Wrap-up/Public Comments • Jeff Wilcox, Chair, MEP Advisory Board 

• Carroll Thomas, NIST MEP

Rev. 3/2/2018

*Non-FACA related activities

MEP Advisory Board Agenda, March 2018

page 2

Meeting Open to the Public/Registration Complimentary but Required:

Anyone wishing to attend the MEP Advisory Board meeting must submit their name, 

company/organization, email address and phone number to Cheryl Gendron 

(Cheryl.Gendron@nist.gov or 301-975-2785) no later than Friday, March 2, 2018, 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.