2020 Summit Post-Event Information

Thank you for attending the 2020 Virtual Southeast Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure and Environmental Summit.  Below you will find the approved presentations and other post-event attendee materials.  

Attendee Roster

Presentations

• General Sessions
  • Oct 21, Keynote Remarks
    • Rear Admiral Dean VanderLey, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic
  • Oct 22, Keynote Remarks
    • Major General David C. Hill, Deputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Corps of Engineers 
  • Environmental & Energy Priorities for Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Installations
    • Lara Beasley, Chief, Environmental Division, US Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters 
      • Additional USACE Headquarters Material, Doing Business with Us
    • Lucinda Notesetine, US Air Force Office of Energy Assurance
    • Rodger Jackson, Product Line Manager, Environmental Resources and Assessment, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic
• State Program & Requirements Dialogue
  • North Carolina 
    • Sam Colella, Chief, Project Management, USACE Wilmington District
    • Kyle Donah, 4th Contracting & Civil Engineer Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB 
    • CDR Micah Kiletico, Assistant Operations Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic
    • Brian Marshburn, Regional Facilities Coordinator, Marine Corps Installations East
    • Kenneth Gray and Paige Blechinger, USACE Savannah District
    • Melinda Hakeman, Chief, Business Team, Fort Bragg Directorate of Public Works
  • Virginia
    • Timothy Richardson, Directorate of Public Works, Fort Lee
    • Michael Darrow, Deputy District Engineer for Program Management, USACE Norfolk District
    • Jeffrey May, Deputy Chief of Contracting, USACE Baltimore District
      • FY21 Forecast of Contracting Opportunities
      • Listing of Prime Contract Awards
    • CDR Liz Durika, PE, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic
  • South Carolina
    • Wayne Hiatt, Chief, Small Business Office, USACE Charleston District
    • Brian Marshburn, Regional Facilities Coordinator, Marine Corps Installations East
    • CAPT Tom Bestafka and Jeff Killian, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast
    • CDR Micah Kiletico, Assistant Operations Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic
  • Georgia/Florida
    • Kenneth Gray and Paige Blechinger, USACE Savannah District
    • CAPT Tom Bestafka and Jeff Killian, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast
• Federal Agencies Program & Requirements Dialogue
  • Kurmit Rockwell, PE, CEM, LEED AP, ESPC Program, Federal Energy Management Program, Department of Energy
  • James “Anthony”Josey, Construction, Architectural/Engineering SDB Advocate, Department of State
  • Alexander Santago, PE, Civil Engineer, Facilities Management Branch, RTP, Office of Research Facilities, National Institutes of Health
  • Scott Tharp, Chief, Facilities & Specialized Support Branch, Cincinnati Acquisition Division, US Department of Environmental Protection
• US Coast Guard Program & Requirements Dialogue 
  • Ross Woodson, SILC Chief of Contracting Office for Construction
• Department of Veterans Affairs Program & Requirements Dialogue 
  • Evonne Huggins, Contracting Officer, Network Contracting Office 7
  • Karen Coccio, Interim Small Business Liaison, Network Contracting Office 6
  • Chanel Bankston-Carter, Strategic Outreach and Communications for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• General Services Administration, Region 4
  • Brian Stern, Regional Administrator, Southeast Sunbelt Region and Chasity Ash, Lead Small Business Technical Analyst, Office of Small Business Utilization/GSA, Southeast Sunbelt Region
• Contracting Technical and Legal Requirements for Federal Contractors
  • David Hayden and Jackson Moore, Smith Anderson Law Firm
  • Aregnaz Mooradian, Lead Business Opportunity Specialist, North Carolina District Office, US Small Business Administration
• Environmental Compliance and Cleanup Challenges at Military Bases 
  • David Heins, Fort Bragg DPW (no slides)
  • Sean Heaney, Environmental Director, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic
  • Brian “Pete” Woodall, Marine Corps Installations East
• Energy Resilience and Conservation Practices and Projects at Military Bases
  • Jennifer Shaltanis, Duke Energy Federal Team & Michelle Wheeler, Ameresco
  • John Schlesinger & David Hohns, Honeywell
• Installation Horizontal Infrastructure
  • Greg Burns, PE, Division Engineer, North Carolina Department of Transportation 
  • Allen Forrester, Capital Project Supervisor, American States Utility Services
• Innovative Energy Technologies in Practice at Military Bases 
  • Audrey Oxendine, Chief, Energy and Utilities Branch, Fort Bragg Directorate of Public Works
  • Ruthie Fetscher, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Douglas MacKenzie, Black & Veatch
  • Amanda Renjifo, Installation Energy Manager, Marine Corps Installations East
• Department of Defense Cybersecurity Requirements for Government Contractors (CMMC)
  • Laura Rodgers, North Carolina Military Business Center
• Natural Disaster Opportunities and Processes for Federal Contractors
  • John Ebbighausen, North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency, Department of Public Safety
  • Gregory Weavil, Logistics Support Branch Manager, North Carolina Emergency Management 
  • James Chestnutt, Government Procurement and VA Verification Advisor, Procurement Technical Assistance Center
• Emerging Technologies in Federal Infrastructure Contracting 
  • A. Wade Doss, PE, PMP, Director of Engineering, US Army Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville
• Training, Hiring and Retaining a Skilled Workforce
  • Charlene Sumlin-Cross, M.Ed., ApprenticeshipNC Military Consultant, North Carolina Community College System
  • Allison Carr, Extension Specialist, North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center
  • Erica Talbert, Associate Vice President, Continuing Education, Cape Fear Community College
  • Mike Bedell, General Manager, Walbridge
• Hurricane Florence Recovery: 
  • Package 1 & Large MACC (no slides)
  • Package 2
  • Package 3
  • Package 4 & Large MACC
  • Package 5 & Large MACC (no slides)
  • Package 6 (Large MACC) 
  • Package 7 & Large MACC
  • Ameresco, Large MACC
  • Sauer, Large MACC
• Sponsor Sessions: 
  • Characteristics of a Successful Small Business Design-Build Team for Military Construction by ZAPATA
  • Meet RQ Construction (no slides)
  • Meet Terracon
  • Creating Lasting Communities by S.T. Wooten Corporation 
  • Teaming Strategies by Apogee Consulting Group