Learn how Small Businesses and HBCUs can partner to pursue Government Contracts

Moderator:

Reena Bhatia, CEO of ProposalHelper & BidExecs

Speaker:

Annette Owens-Scarboro, NIH Small Business Program Manager/HBCU Coordinator

Ms. Owens-Scarboro serves as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Program Manager, and reports to the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA), Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM). She was formerly the acting Deputy Director for Operations in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) and a senior Small Business Specialist supporting the NIH team of four small business specialists. She has supported all ten-operating division at the HHS as a specialist. With 45 plus years of increasing responsibilities in the acquisition area, Ms. Owens-Scarboro has extensive administrative and managerial experience. She has served as an EEO Compliance Committee Chairperson, Contract Administrator, Contract Specialist, Close-out Specialist, Contract Compliance Specialist, NIH Small Business Specialist, Project Officer, COR, and Program Analyst.