2025 New Mexico Federal Business Opportunities Forum Presentations

DOE National Weapons Laboratories Strategic Vision and Business Engagement

• Dr. Thom Mason, Laboratory Director, Triad National Security (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
• Josh Parsons, Associate Labs Director, Mission Services, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Sandia National Laboratories)
• Carolyn Zerkle, Principal Deputy Director, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

NNSA Update

• Chelsea Murphy, DOE/NNSA Small Business Program Manager, Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services (NA-PAS-1.2)

Panel 1 – Procurement Programs and Opportunities at National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sites

• Deb Lewis, Senior Director of Infrastructure Program and Planning Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Zach Mikelson, Small Business Program Manager, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
• Dave Giesler, Director, Project Planning and Delivery, Nevada National Security Site (NNSS)

OSDBU Update

• Charles Smith, Director, OSDBU

FEATURED SITE: Pantex Update and Opportunities

• Scott Kennedy, Modernization & Infrastructure Division Director, PanTeXas Deterrence, LLC and Wendy Baca, Program Integration Division Director, PanTeXas Deterrence, LLC

Panel 2 – Business Support Programs in New Mexico

• Joshua Baca, SBA Business Opportunity Specialist and Kala Naranjo, Procurement Center Representative, Small Business Administration New Mexico District Office
  
• Julianna Barbee, SBDC Director NNMC, New Mexico Small Business Development Center
  
• Elythia McAnarney, Advisor, New Mexico APEX Accelerator

Panel 3 – Business Opportunities Across the Southwest Region

• Brittany Decker, Procurement Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Stacey Francis, Small Business Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Randy Crawford, Small Business Program Manager, PanTeXas Deterrence, LLC
• George Garcia, Small Business Manager and Bobby Gaffney, Supply Chain and MCP Procurement Manager, Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, LLC | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant