Fuel Your Federal Growth Webcast

Gloria Larkin

• President and CEO of TargetGov.  TargetGov celebrates its 25^th anniversary in 2022 and focuses on government contracting and related business development and marketing services including the exclusive Federal Acceleration Strategies and Tactics FAST^® Process, the KickStart Program^®, Capability Statements, certification services, business development, recruiting, marketing communications and calendar development and execution and expert federal contracting consulting services. 
• American Express National Procurement Advisor
• In recent years, clients have won over $8 billion in federal contracts as a direct result of TargetGov consulting and related services.
• Author of the “The Basic Guide to Government Contracting: How to Sell Your Services and Products to the U.S. Federal Government” (book & Kindle)
• Author of “The Veterans Business Guide: How to Build a Successful Government Contracting Business” now in the fourth printing! (book & Kindle)
• Interviewed on MSNBC, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, the Daily Record and TheStreet.com. Expert author with hundreds of articles regarding business development published in local, regional, national and international publications.
• Created the Government Contracting Institute providing year-round in-person and virtual advanced-level class instruction for businesses in the federal marketplace.
• Created the Government Business Development Webinar Series focusing on business development processes for the US Federal Government and military targets.

Recognitions, Experience

• Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) National Educational Foundation Chair Emeritus.
• U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2010 Women in Business Champion, Maryland
• Recognized as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise in 2012, 2008 and 2006.
• Enterprising Women Magazine’s 2010 Enterprising Women of the Year honoree
• Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Education Foundation Board Emeritus
• Recognized as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 2010, 2007 and 2004
• WIPP National Procurement Committee Co-Chair 2007-2010
• Public Transportation Board Member of Howard County, Maryland 2008-2010
• WIPP Member of the Year 2007 (representing 4 million business women nationwide)
• National Awardee: Fifty Influential Entrepreneurs in Business 2007
• Recognized as BRAVO Business Achievement Award Winner, 2007
• International speaking engagements including Oxford, England; Tokyo, Japan and Dubai, UAE.
• Featured in various nationwide publications including the Wall Street Journal, USAToday, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Start-ups Magazine, and Government Executive magazine; interviewed for BusinessWeek.com podcast, the Business Monthly newspaper.
• Expert author with over 250 articles regarding business development published in local, regional, national and international publications.
• Active in the following organizations: Women Impacting Public Policy as Educational Chair Emeritus, Past Chairwoman for The Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce; Past president of the Columbia Business Exchange; Member of the Business Women's Network of Howard County.
• Past Adjunct Professor at George Washington University, DC, in the Continuing Education Division.
• An experienced trainer and speaker with hundreds of engagements nationwide including: The Annual Veterans Conference; US Army; Annual Xchange Conference; The Department of Homeland Security at UMBC Tech Center; the Department of the Interior’s Procurement Conference; Keynote speaker at the Annual BWCC Government Procurement Fair, many others available upon request.