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Road Tour Schedule

Thu, May 16

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Check-In and Networking
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcome
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM
America's Seed Fund SBIR/STTR Overview
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
One-on-One Meetings with Agency Representatives
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Federal Agency Reverse Pitches
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Matching Your Project to an Agency
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Inside the Head of an Evaluator
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Panel Session: Finding Support and Help
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch (Provided)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Equity Investment Demystified
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fireside Chat: Overcoming the Pinocchio Gap
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SBIR Unplugged LIVE

agencies

Federal Agency Representatives

See who will be joining us at the America's Seed Fund Road Tour.

Lakita Calvin

SBIR Business Analyst

CDC/HHS

Connie Benesh

Outreach Manager
DHS

Allen Franke

AFVentures Specific Topics
DoD - AFWERX

Meghan Scott

AFVentures Program Manager, DoD - AFWERX

Ashley Hill

SBIR/STTR Program Engineer
DoD - AFWERX

Jennifer Perkins

SpaceWERX Program Manager, DoD - SpaceWERX

Nicole Fox

SBIR Program Analyst
DoD - Army

Colleen Gibney

SBIR Deputy Project Manager, DOD - DHA

Drew McDougall

SBIR Program Outreach
DoD - NAVSEA

Megan Stokes

Program Analyst
DoD - Navy

Eileen Chant

Outreach Program Manager
DOE

Sharon Soucek

Director, Office of Technology Transfer, NIEHS - FLC

Stephanie Fertig

Director
HHS

Jaime Camelio

Program Director
I-Corps

Eileen Nelson

Program Manager, NASA Langley SBIR/STTR - NASA

Howard Conyers

NASA Chief Technology Liaison (CTL) - NASA

Jose Colucci-Rios

General Business Specialist
NIST

Nicole Berry

SBIR Program Administrator
NIST

Pamela Jennings

Senior Policy Advisor
NIST-CHIPS

Ben Schrag

SBIR/STTR Program Director
NSF

Annette Finsterbusch

NSF - Acting Section Head for Startups & Small Businesses

Diomides Zamora

National Prog. Ldr. for Forest Resources Mgmt. - USDA

Tammi Neville

Program Specialist
USDA

Tomeka Oubichon

Eastern Regional Outreach Officer - USPTO

Carol Rabke

DOE

Chad Rogers

Outreach, Education & Social Media Sr. Analyst - DOD

Regina Sims

Director, DoD SBIR/STTR Program Office - DOD

Nancy Kamei

Program Development Specialist - SBA

Erick Page-Littleford

Acting Director SBIR/STTR Program Office - SBA

Michelle Andrade

Outreach Engagement Operations Specialist - SBA

Catherine Andrews

Outreach Engagement Operations Specialist - SBA

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