2018 Presentations

NSPAA 2018 Photo Gallery

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Presentations

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

• Plenary Session I
  “Do What You Do Best. . .Every Day!”
  Presenter: Bernee Long, Director Distinguished Scholars Program Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

• Plenary Session II – Project 47 National Framework for HBCU Sustainable Communities
  Presenter: Michael A. Stubblefield, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research Office of Research & Strategic Initiatives Southern University and A&M College

• Plenary Session III – Congressional Procedure Deep Dive
  Presenter: James Wallner, Ph.D., Adjunct Professorial Lecturer American University

• Plenary Session IV – Contracting
  “Path to Excellence and Innovation”
  Presenter: Darold Hamlin, Founding Partner Emerging Technology Consortium

• Plenary Session V – Grant Writing
  “Grants Lifecycle”
  Presenter: Ce Cole Dillon, Esq., Managing Director Manufacturing Renaissance

• Plenary Session VI – Government Relations and Sponsored Program Officers Roundtable

Thursday, June 7, 2018

• Plenary Session VII – Collaborating with DOD Laboratories: Research, Workforce & Business
  • Presentation 1:
    “Value of AMRDEC Overview“
    Presenter: Juanita Harris, Ph.D., Director U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center
  • Presentation 2:
    “U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command”
    Presenter: Adam Seiple, Associate Director, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
  • Presentation 3:
    “ARL Overview”
    Presenter: Jaret C. Riddick, Ph.D., Director Vehicle Technology Directorate, U. S. Army Research Laboratory
  • Presentation 4:
    “Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG)”
    Presenter: Sheila D. McClelland, Division Chief Army Contracting Command-APG, Research Triangle Park Division

• Plenary Session VIII – DoD HBCU/MI Programs: Strengthening the Capacity for University and Sponsored Programs
  • Presentation 1:
    “Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)Program”
    Presenter: Anthony C. Smith, Jr., Director Department of Navy’s HBCU/MI Program
  • Presentation 2:
    “Air Force Research Laboratory”
    Presenter: Edward J. Lee, Program Coordinator HBCU/MI Air Force Office of Scientific Research

• Plenary Session IX – Funding Landscape and Services for Sponsored Research
  “Grants Resource Center”
  Presenters: Erika Thompson, Director Grants Resource Center American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and Willette Brown-Fatoyinbo, Program Manager Grants Resource Center American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
  
  
• Plenary Session X – Presidential Forum (Lunch)

• Plenary Session XI – Uniform Guidance In-depth Review – “Why it is Critical?”
  “OMB Uniform Guidance at the Individual Institution Level”
  Presenter: Kris Rhodes, Director Higher Education Practice MAXIMUS

• Plenary Session XII -Financial Assistance at U. S. Department of Energy
  “Managing Financial Assistance Awards”
  Presenters: Obiajulum Diei-Anene, Senior Contracting Officer, U. S. Department of Energy, Melissa Pine, Senior Contracting Officer, U. S. Department of Energy and Aaron Lax, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Procurement and Financial Assistance, U.S. Department of Energy

Friday, June 8, 2018

• Plenary Session XIII – Meeting the Challenge and Organizational Review to Strengthening Sponsored Programs
  “Uniform Guidance In-depth Review – Why it is Critical”
  Presenter: Kris Rhodes, Director Higher Education Practice MAXIMUS