NASA Marshall to Host 35th Small Business Alliance Meeting March 23

	March 21, 2023  MEDIA ADVISORY M23-002 NASA Marshall to Host 35th Small Business Alliance Meeting March 23 On Thursday, March 23, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will host the 35th Marshall Small Business Alliance Meeting. The free, hybrid event will take place at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration and also streamed online via Microsoft Teams from 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CST. The event will feature updates from Marshall Center Director Jody Singer, NASA’s Office of Small Business Program, NASA’s Office of Procurement, and small business offices from multiple NASA Centers. The program will also include city leaders. In addition to hearing from Singer, speakers include: David Brock, Marshall Small Business specialist John Cannaday, director, Marshall Office of Procurement Glen Delgado, associate administrator, NASA Office of Small Business Programs Jami Rodgers, director, Procurement Strategic Operations Division, NASA Office of Procurement Debbie Batson, Marshall prime contractor supplier council events coordinator, Teledyne Brown Engineering Ashely Farrier, director, Office of Small Business Programs, United States Special Operations Command, United States Special Operations Command Lucia Cape, senior vice president, Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County, Alabama The mayors of Huntsville, Decatur and Madison will also provide remarks. For more information about speakers and topics, visit here. Media interested in covering the event should contact Jonathan Deal, public affairs officer in the Marshall Office of Communications, at 256-631-9126 or jonathan.e.deal@xxxxxxxx no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22. The Marshall Small Business Alliance was created to provide industry with maximum exposure to the Marshall marketplace. This meeting is being held in conjunction with the NASA Office of Procurement, which oversees the acquisition process to support the successful accomplishments of the agency’s current and future missions. It provides policy, oversight, and optimization of procurement resources and acquisition strategies to enable effective and efficient operations. For more on NASA Marshall, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/business.html
	Press Contacts Jonathan Deal Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-631-9126 jonathan.e.deal@xxxxxxxx
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