Donna Griffith Email & Phone Number

Clarksburg, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md

CONTRACT REVIEW & APPROVAL: Work closely with NRCO Procurement Analyst to conduct local policy review of solicitations and contract actions in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARs) and Procedures Guidance and Information (PGI) prior to submission for review by Legal and HCAA Policy and Compliance. Work closely with Cost and Price Analyst prior to award to ensure that contract pricing is fair and reasonable. (07/2013-Present)CONTRACT MANAGEMENT: Serve as Contract Specialist, warranted Contracting Officer ($6.5M) and Co-Team lead to provide a broad range of personal and non-personal direct health care providers and medical specialties to the Northern Regional Contracting Office (NRCO) of the Health Care Acquisition Activity (HCAA). WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT: Assist with maintaining local policy review workload through the use of collaborative document management tools such as SharePoint and the Paperless Contract File (PCF) System. Managed workload of MATO requirements for 50% of team. Provide regular feedback to supervisor and team regarding goals and status. SOURCE SELECTION: Identified as Regional Contracting Office (RCO) Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) Subject Matter Expert (SME) to attend the Acquisition Source Selection Interactive Support Tool (ASSIST) training (Nov 2013). Key Accomplishments:•2013 OPM Lead (Project/Team) Certificate Recipient (August 2013)•2013 Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program (DCELP) Graduate (June 2013)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT: Serve as Contract Specialist for varied, moderate to complex, requirements to provide a broad range supplies and services of significant importance in support of support joint Department of Defense programs.CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION: Responsible for preaward and administration functions for long-term, moderate to complex contracts for highly specialized care, research and new or innovative equipment systems often requiring site specific facilities construction and turnkey operations of significant importance to joint Department of Defense programs both CONUS and OCONUS.ACQUISITION PLANNING: Prepare memorandums for record/file, conduct market research, and prepare solicitations and contracts according to FAR and Agency policy for review by the Contracting Officer, Procurement Analyst, Legal Representative and Policy. Work with customer to facilitate appropriate acquisition planning and submission of complete procurement packages.CONTRACT REVIEW: Perform preliminary review of procurement packages, solicitations and contracts in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARs) and Procedures Guidance and Information (PGI) prior to submission for review by NRCO Policy, Legal and HCAA Policy and Compliance. SOURCE SELECTION: Work closely with the Procurement Analyst, Price Analyst and Legal Representative to facilitate source selection evaluation board activities to include: document preparation, site set up, legal brief, discussions, award notification, debriefs, post award conferences and protests.SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS: Work closely with Small Business Representative to meet Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and related program goals for complex acquisitions.Key Accomplishments:•2011 Department of the Army Outstanding Civilian Service Award•Selected by NRCO Chief for nomination for the 2011 Army Acquisition Excellence Award

•Performed Gap Analysis on the company’s retirement marketing products by working with various product groups, business lines and field employees to develop creative retirement solutions.•Delivered retirement marketing system presentations to the Senior VP of Brokerage Solutions, Senior VP of Marketing, and VP of Market Growth and Development on Gap Analysis findings and recommendations, all of which were accepted.•Recommended an integrated system of communication for new and existing team members; consisting of training, newsletters, email alerts and marketing sample distributions. They were used to facilitate increased awareness of product group marketing materials and to enhance and drive sales, efficiency, and effectiveness of presentations.•Conducted cost and usage analysis to control marketing production spend.

Mentor Protege' Project•Consultant to business client on executive compensation.•Conducted and presented a SWOT analysis on clients’ employee retention and executive compensation program and evaluated them against the industry competitive landscape.•Presented recommendations to the client to establish a technical career track model; recommended strategies to acquire and retain highly intelligent and skilled technical talent; and provided competitive executive compensation benchmarking report.

•Promoted to Branch Manager within 2 years and received Regional recognition for outstanding branch transformation in April 2005. •Recognized as early star performer Q1 2006 in Fast Start Contest.•Managed daily activities of 6 direct reports in branch real estate loan production, underwriting processes and branch financial transactions.•Oversaw $1M in sales volume monthly.•Implemented $27M+ branch operations budget to insure 3-4% monthly growth rate in real estate, personal loan and bankcard production.•Led all branch recruiting activities for 20-30 potential candidates at a time, facilitated day-to-day training of 6 personal direct reports and those in 3-5 other branch locations at a time.•Prospected 1-2 new small business partners a month and managed the branches 50+ small and medium sized business portfolio.•Presented to District Manager on bi-monthly basis on staffing projections and production forecasts for mid-month and month-end reviews.•Recognized for outstanding sales performance 2002, 2003, 2004

Apr 97- Aug 98, Summers 1999-2000, Dec 2001-Jan 2002•Contacted over 1000 present and potential customers for both credit and insurance opportunities.•Effectively trained new hires, aiding in accelerated employee proficiency.•Contributed to the company’s receivables in excess of $2 billion resulting in over $1,000 in incentives, recognition as MVR (Most Valuable Rookie) in 2000 and other accolades for impacting more than 120% of the team’s sales per hour.

Mba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant - Office of the Dean

Bba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: National Society of Collegiate Scholars