In this issue, we want to introduce you to the Federal Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Directors Interagency Council. Part of its mission is to act in the interest of small businesses on federal and national small-business initiatives. The council ensures that small businesses are an integral part of the competitive business base from which the federal government purchases goods and services. Below is a directory of council members.

List of Federal OSDBU Offices

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
6350 Walker Lane
Alexandria, Va. 22310
Director: Barbara J. Little
Phone: (703) 428-0786,
Fax: (703) 428-3578

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
701 S. Courthouse Road, D04 Room 1108B
Arlington, Va. 22204-2199
Phone: (703) 607-6436,
Fax: (703) 607-4173

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
8725 John J. Kingman Road,
DB Room 1127,
Fort Belvoir, Va. 22060-6221
Director: Thomas D. Ray
(703) 767-1662
Women Business Rep.: Patricia A. Cleveland
Phone: (703) 767-1652,
Fax: (703) 767-1670

Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon, SASSB 1060 Air Force,
Washington, D.C. 20330-1060
Acting Director: John Caporal
Phone: (703) 696-1103,
Fax: (703) 696-1170

Department of the Army
The Pentagon, Room 3B514,
Washington, D.C. 20310-0106
Director: Tracey L. Pinson
Deputy Director: Paul Gardner
Phone: (703) 697-2868,
Fax: (703) 693-3898

Department of Defense
1777 N. Kent St., Suite 9100,
Washington, D.C. 22209
Acting Director: Linda Oliver
Phone: (703) 604-0157 ext. 151,
Fax: (703) 588-7561

Department of the Navy
720 Kennon St. NE,
Washington Navy Yard, D.C. 20374-5015
Acting Director: Oreta Stinson
Phone: (202) 685-6490,
Fax: (202) 685-6865
Executive Office of the President
Sandra Evans
Director, OSDBU
725 17th St. NW, Room 5001
Washington, D.C. 20503
Phone: (202) 395-7669,
Fax: (202) 395-3982

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
3501 Fairfax Drive
Room E2014
Arlington, Va. 22226
Chief, Minority & Women Outreach
Program: Bob Elcan
Phone: (703) 562-6070,
Fax: (703) 562-6069

General Services Administration
1800 F St. NW,
Washington, D.C. 20405
Associate Administrator: Felipe Mendoza
Phone: (202) 501-1021,
Fax: (202) 208-5938

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
300 E St. SW, Room 5C39, Code K
Washington, D.C. 20546
Assistant Administrator: Glenn Delgado
Phone: (202) 358-2088,
Fax: (202) 358-3261

National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 527
Arlington, Va. 22230
Director: Donald Senich
Phone: (703) 292-7082,
Fax: (703) 292-9055

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Small Business and Civil Rights
11545 Rockville Pike, MS T2 F18
Rockville, Md. 20852
Director: Corenthis B. Kelley
Small Business Program Manager:
Mauricio P. Vera
Phone: (301) 415-7380,
Fax: (301) 415-5953

Smithsonian Institution
Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs
750 Ninth St., Suite 8100 MRC 921
Washington, D.C. 20560-0921
Supplier Diversity Program Manager:
Rudy D. Watley
Phone: (202) 275-0157,
Fax (202) 275-2055

Social Security Administration
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
7111 Security Blvd.
First Floor, Rear Entrance
Baltimore, Md. 21244
Director: Wayne McDonald
Phone: (410) 965-7467
Fax: (410) 597-1548
wayne.mcdonald@ssa.gov

Transportation Security Administration
TSA HQ-West Building
Fourth Floor, TSA-14
601 S. 12th St.
Arlington, Va. 22202
Program Manager: Ramona Jones
Phone: (571) 227-2070

U.S. Agency for International Development
Ronald Reagan Building
USAID/OSDBU/MRC, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 7.8E
Washington, D.C. 20523-7800
Director: Marilyn Marton
Phone: (202) 712-1500,
Fax: (202) 216-3056

U.S. Department of Agriculture
14th & Independence Ave. SW
1566 South Building
Washington, DC 20250-9501
Director: James E. House
Women Business Rep.: Sherry Cohen
Veteran Business Rep.: Linda Epstein
Phone: (202) 720-7117,
Fax: (202) 720-3001

U.S. Department of Commerce
14th & Constitution Ave. NW
Room H-6411, Washington, D.C. 20230
Director: La Juene Desmukes
Phone: (202) 482-1472,
Fax: (202) 482-0501

U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave. SW
Room 7048, PCP
Washington, D.C. 20202-0521
Phone: 202-245-6300,
Fax: 202-245-6304
Director: Dr. Kristi Wilson
kristi.wilson@ed.gov
Women Business Rep.: Melanie Carter
melanie.carter@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave. SW
Room No. 5B-148
Washington, D.C. 20585
Director: Theresa Avillar-Speake
Phone: (202) 586-7377,
Fax: (202) 586-5488

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW
Room 360-G, Washington, D.C. 20201
Director: Debbie Ridgely
Phone: (202) 690-7300
Women Business Rep.: Teneshia G. Alston
Phone: (202) 205-4919,
Fax: (202) 260-4872

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Attn: OSDBU/Room 3514
Washington, D.C. 20528
Director: Kevin Boshears
Women Business Rep.: Angela Williams
Veteran Business Rep.: Dan Sturdivant
Phone: (202) 205-1625,
Fax: (202) 777-8467
Main Office Number: 202-692-4343

U,S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 Seventh St. SW, Room 3130
Washington, D.C. 20410-1000
Acting Director: Valerie T. Hayes
Phone: (202) 708-1428,
Fax: (202) 708-7642

U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C St. NW, MS2252 MIB
Washington, D.C. 20240
Director: Mark Oliver
Women Business Rep.: LaVanna Stevenson-Harris
Phone: (202) 208-3493,
Fax: (202) 208-7444

U.S. Department of Justice
1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
National Place Building,
Room 1010 ...(The Shops)
Washington, D.C. 20530
Director: David Sutton
Women Business Rep.: Ramona Glover
Phone: (202) 616-0521,
Fax: (202) 616-1717

U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20210
Room C-2318
Director: Jose Lira
Phone: (202) 693-6460,
Fax: (202) 693-6485

U.S. Department of State
SA-6, Room L500
Washington, D.C. 20522
Director: Gregory Mayberry
Women Business Rep.: Patricia Culbreth
HUBZone Advocate: Judith Thomas
Veteran Business Advocate: Willie Taylor
Phone: (703) 875-6822,
Fax: (703) 875-6825

U.S. Department of Transportation
400 Seventh St. SW, Room 9414,
Washington, D.C. 20590
Director: Denise Rodriguez-Lopez
Women Business Rep.: Pat Hodge
Phone: (202) 366-1930,
Fax: (202) 366-7228

U.S. Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Mail Code: 655 15th/6099
Washington, D.C. 20220
General Office Phone: (202) 622-0530,
Fax: (202) 622-4963
Director: Virginia Bellamy-Graham
(202) 622-2826
Women Business Rep.: Renee Fitzgerald
(202) 622-0793,
Fax: (202) 622-4963

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Code 1230-A, Washington, D.C. 20460
Director: Jeanette L. Brown
Phone: (202) 564-4100,
Fax: (202) 501-0756

U.S. Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW Room 4430
Washington, D.C. 20260-6204
Manager, Supplier Diversity: Janice Williams-Hopkins
Phone: (202) 268-4633,
Fax: (202) 268-4012

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Mail: OSDBU, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW (Mail Stop 00SB)
Washington, DC 20420-0001
Physical Location: TechWorld Plaza,
Suite 1221, 801 I St. NW,
Washington, D.C.
Director: Scott F. Denniston
Deputy Director for Small Business
Programs: Wayne A. Simpson
Phone: (202) 565-8124, toll-free (800)949-8387,
Fax: (202) 565-8156

VA OSDBU Center for Veterans Enterprise
Mail: CVE, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW (Mail Stop 00VE)
Washington, D.C. 20420-0001
Physical Location: Mezzanine Level,
1722 I St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Deputy Director for Veterans Enterprise: Gail L. Wegner
Phone: (202) 303-3260, toll-free (866) 584-2344,
Fax: (202) 254-0238