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MEMPHIS CONSTRUCTION CONNECTIONS AND TRAINING CONFERENCE Thursday, July 23, 2020

9 AM to 12 PM

Welcome | 9:00 AM to 9:15 AM Veronica Clark University of Tennessee Procurement Technical Assistance Center

Rory Thomas Tennessee Small Business Development Center

Joann Massey City of Memphis

Why Mentoring is a Must in Construction? | 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM Victor Tyler Tyler Engineering

Reggie Polk Polk & Associates

Marshall Tabb Tyler Engineering

Virtual Exhibit Hall Opens | 10:15 AM

Best Practices for Growing Your Business through Joint Ventures and Mentor-Protégé Strategies | 10:15 AM to 10:45 AM Jimmie Strong Baker Donelson

Todd Overman Bass Berry & Sims

Moderator: Paul Middlebrooks

What’s Your Forecast/How to Do Business With? | 10:45 AM to 12:00 PM

Christin Webb

Shelby County

JoAnn Massey

City of Memphis

Thomas Mercer

US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis

Joe Claiborne Memphis International Airport

Trevon Heath Turner Construction

Susan Nicholson US Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Moderator: Edric Hammond State of Tennessee Governor’s Office Diversity Business Enterprise

Wrap Up | 12:00 PM

MEMPHIS CONSTRUCTION CONNECTIONS AND TRAINING CONFERENCE Thursday, July 23, 2020

9 AM to 12 PM

EXHIBITORS 1) Arkansas PTAC

2) City of Memphis Office of Business Diversity & Compliance

3) Downtown Memphis Commission

4) Memphis International Airport

5) Mississippi PTAC

6) Shelby County Government

7) Small Business Administration &Tennessee Governor’s Office of Diversity Business Enterprise

8) Tennessee Procurement Technical Assistance Center

9) Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Southwest Community College

10) Tyler Engineering

11) Turner Construction

12) US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District

13) US Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

14) University of Tennessee Health Science Center/University of Tennessee Procurement Services

15) Stennis Space Center - NASA OSBP

16) Operation Hope

17) First Horizon

18) Cadence Bank

19) Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Jackson State Community College

20) Marshall Space Flight Center - NASA

21) Oak Ridge National Laboratory

MEMPHIS CONSTRUCTION CONNECTIONS AND TRAINING CONFERENCE: SPEAKER BIOS Thursday, July 23, 2020

9 AM to 12 PM

Joe Claiborne, Senior Manager of Business Diversity Development, Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority

Joe Claiborne is the Senior Manager of Business Diversity Development for the Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority. In this role he operates as the Disadvantage Business Enterprise Liaison Officer (DBELO) and the Airport Concession Disadvantage Business Enterprise Liaison Officer (ACDBELO), with direct relationship to the CEO. His responsibilities include directing, planning, organizing, and coordinating the overall administration of the DBE, ACDBE, Business Diversity Development Program (BDPP) and Small Business Participation Programs (SBPP). Serving as a liaison between the Airport and contractors, consultants, and vendors for adherence to DBE/ACDBE procedural requirements on existing, new and pending legislation affecting the Memphis Airport’s Diversity Program. Joe is a U.S. Navy veteran with 22 years of active service, managing a variety of disciplines, including supply management, inventory control, financial management, contracting, and operational analysis. Joe is a member of the Memphis and Shelby County Intergovernmental Consortium, The Mid-South Minority Business Council Corporate Resource Committee, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation Certification Advisory committee.

Edric Hammond, Diversity Liaison, Tennessee Governor’s of Diversity of Business Enterprise

Edric Hammond is a post-college graduate who is an enthusiastic and progressive-minded individual always in search of new business challenges. Edric received his M.B.A. from Middle Tennessee State University a few years back. Edric currently works for The Governor’s Office of Diversity Business Enterprise with the State of Tennessee going on three years now, while also completing his second Master’s in Healthcare Informatics. He has highly developed skills in oral and written communications, multi-tasking, attention to detail, problem resolution skills, and perseverance to completion.

Joann Massey, Director of Business Diversity & Compliance and Title VI Coordinator, City of Memphis

Joann Massey serves as the City of Memphis’ Director of Business Diversity & Compliance and Title VI Coordinator. Joann is also the Founder & Principal Consultant for Lewis Massey Associates, LLC. Joann obtained her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from LeMoyne Owen College, a Master degree in Business Administration and Finance from Benedictine University where she graduated summa cum laude, and Certified Compliance Administrator certification from Morgan State University. Joann served as the Lead Business Development Consultant for Governor Bill Haslam’s TN Dept. of Economic & Community Development – a tenure in which she secured over 300 million dollars in investment for West TN counties. She also served as the supervisory board chair of Orion Federal Credit Union. Joann is also a board member representing Mayor Strickland for the Downtown Memphis Commission. She has worked with many non-profit organizations in Memphis such as Women’s Foundation, Community Lift,

Leadership Memphis and StartCo. She is a wife and mother to three children. When Jim Strickland was inaugurated as mayor in 2016, the City of Memphis was only spending about 12 percent of its contract dollars with minority firms. He quickly reorganized the city’s approach and hired Joann Massey to lead it. Joann’s innovative efforts have focused on better equipping smaller MWBE firms to handle larger city contracts. In just the mayor’s first 18 months in office, the city improved MWBE spending by a whopping 69 percent and Memphis’ efforts are turning heads nationwide.

Susan Nicholson, Procurement Analyst, Chief Small Business US Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

Susan Nicholson joined the Nashville District in March of 2019 as the Chief of Small Business. Her primary responsibility is to ensure that small businesses receive the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in USACE acquisitions. Susan has a broad knowledge of Federal Contract Law and Acquisition Management. Her career spans more than 30 years as a Contracting Officer, both as Active Duty Air Force, and as a Federal Civilian. Prior to her arrival to the Nashville District, she served with the Defense Contract Management Agency, Lockheed Martin, (DCMA-LMO) in Orlando Florida, providing strategic leadership to teams of Government Contracting professionals administering contracts for major defense programs valued in excess of $26B. From 2012 to 2014, she served as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Contracting staff, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency in Orlando Florida, providing sound contracting advice to the Offices of Professional Responsibility, Principle Legal Advisor and Office of Education and Training. Additionally, she held numerous roles with the Department of Veterans Affairs and was promoted to the Deputy Network Contracts Manager in 2010. She led acquisition teams procuring healthcare, construction and leasing agreements for 7 of the Nation’s largest VA Medical Centers across Florida and Puerto Rico. Further, she awarded the first contract of its kind for Community Based Outpatient Clinics throughout Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. Her most prestigious assignment includes Presidential Support Duty, as Chief, Acquisition Management, White House Communications Agency, Washington DC where she negotiated contracts for voice, data and other telecommunications for the President, Vice President and White House Staff. Susan is Level III Certified in Contracting, and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. She is also a certified leadership speaker, trainer and coach.

Thomas Mercer, Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—Memphis District Thomas E. Mercer, Sr. serves as the Deputy, Small Business Programs, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District. In this capacity his primary responsibilities are executing the Mission of the Small Business Program Office and taking appropriate actions to facilitate, preserve, strengthen small business enterprises and ensure full participation of Small, Small Disadvantaged, HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB business concerns and HBCUs in federally sponsored programs.


9 AM to 12 PM

Todd Overman, Member, Bass Berry Sims, PLC

Todd Overman joined Bass, Berry & Sims’ Washington, D.C. office in February 2014, and is chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice Group. Todd has almost twenty years of experience advising companies on the unique aspects of doing business with the federal government. His practice includes a combination of litigation, counseling and transaction support. In addition, to litigating bid protests at GAO and the US Court of Federal Claims, over the last decade, he has advised on more than 50 transactions involving the purchase or sale of a government contractor. Todd has particular experience in advising companies on various small business programs, including SBA’s All Small Mentor Protégé Program and joint ventures formed thereunder.

Jimmy Strong, Associate, Baker Donelson

Mr. Strong is an associate at Baker-Donelson’s Nashville office who has experience in securities, mergers and acquisitions, and emerging companies. His mergers and acquisitions experience includes deal-structuring, due diligence and other business advisory services. His emerging companies experience includes advising early stage companies in entity formation and conversion, evaluation of venture capital interest and alternatives to raise capital, protection of intellectual property and strategic growth.

Victor Tyler, Tyler Engineering

Victor Tyler is President and Principle Engineer of Tyler Construction Engineers, P.C. located in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an author, consultant, and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Tennessee with more than thirty years of civil engineering design and construction business experience. His firm provides construction management support and enterprise training services to the engineering and construction industry.

Reggie Polk, Owner, Polk and Associates

Polk & Associates LLC is a leading provider of General Construction, Design-Build, and Civil Construction services in the Southeast and Mid-West Regions. Rooted in Nashville TN, the company's overall strategy is based upon honoring our commitments with our employees, trade-partners, and customers. Our company Builds on Trust and Integrity, and this foundation has allowed Polk to increase capacity year after year. With a heavy concentration on the Federal Markets, we have earned the trust of agencies such as: The General Services Administration, The United States Department of Agriculture, The Air Force, The Army, The Federal Aviation Agency


9 AM to 12 PM

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, and The United States Army Corps of Engineers. We listen to our customers, understand their needs, and execute the vision. We could not achieve these results without the expertise from out team members, business consultants, and mentors. Building lasting relationships is one of the greatest tools for growth and sustainability.

Marshall Tabb, Financial Management & Leadership Coaching, Tyler Engineering

Over thirty-five years of experience in accounting and financial management to small businesses. Marshall Tabb is consultant with Tyler Construction Engineers, P.C. located in Nashville, Tennessee, which provides construction support and enterprise management training services to the engineering and construction industry. He is currently working on his first book regarding different generations in today’s workplace. Mr. Tabb’s expertise is in the areas of accounting and financial management for religious organizations, non-profits and small businesses. He is an expert in performing financial statement and ratio analysis. His many years of corporate experience provides him tools to be a leadership development and training advisor/coach to the many small businesses owners he frequently works with. Mr. Tabb is a frequent speaker on leadership and embracing changes in today’s workplace. Mr. Tabb obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Delaware State University. He is a member of Tennessee State University’s College of Business, Accounting Advisory Board and a past President of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc., Nashville Chapter. Over forty years of experience in accounting and financial management to small businesses. Specializing in delivering customized in accounting software and financial analysis to small business. Additionally, Tabb leads the Leadership Developing and Coaching services.

Christin Webb, Administrator of Purchasing, Shelby County Government

Christin Webb is a Certified Professional Public Buyer with ten years combined management and Purchasing and Contracts experience in the public and private sectors. Christin is the Administrator of Purchasing for Shelby County Government where she is responsible for overseeing all activities involving the County goods and services procurement processes. She is the founder of The Greater You Leadership Series, a leadership development program. With a passion to serve her community and her industry profession, Christin is the Vice President of the Tennessee Association of Public Purchasing, Executive Board of Directors for STS Enterprise Corporation, and a City of Memphis Youth Guidance Commissioner.


9 AM to 12 PM

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