3:30pm- 5:00pm Leveraging Tribal Assets- Patrick Curry, Blackfeet, CPA

This session will discuss the use of grant monies for economic development.  Compliance tracking and accounting methods.  In addition, the tax benefits for on-Reservation work (to draw non-Tribal businesses to reservation)

Ideally suited for tribal leaders

6:30pm- 9:00pm Receptions

Welcome and Introductions- Daucey Brewington, Native PTAC

Mike Gregoire, Washington State First Gentleman

Comments:  SBA, BIA and WA Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Exhibition of Native Culture- Tsimshian Haayuuk

Networking opportunities

September 9, 2010

6:30am-2:00pm   Registrations

6:30am-8:00am   Vendor Set up

7:30am-8:30am   Buffet Breakfast

8:30am-9:00am   Welcome and Opening- Daucey Brewington, Lumbee

Color Guard, Tulalip Veterans, Mount Lake Terrace American Legion Post 234

9:00am-10:00am "Fraud in Department of Defense Contracting" Carla Brown,

                            Special Agent, NCIS

What is considered a criminal fraud violation under a government contract?  What are the differences between dealing with private commercial employees and government employees?  This course will answer these questions and provide a break down on "fraud, waste, and abuse" in the Department of Defense contracting arena.

10:00am-10:15am New Realities within Indian Country- Conrad Edwards, Colville Tribe, CEO, Council for Tribal Employment Rights

10:30am- 11:45am Breakout Sessions

Chinook 1. Government 101 –SBA, Native PTAC – Diana Drake, Lead Development Specialist, Jessica Morales, Business Counselor

Learn the “how to” of government contracting from the standpoint of the SBA and from a small business owner.

Chinook 2. Government Agencies Panel- This panel will discuss how to do business with their agencies. 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anne Jennings, Office of Indian Energy & Economic Development

US Army Corps of Engineers-Carol McIntyre, Deputy for Small Business Programs

US Army Corps of Engineers- Mark Roush, Associate Director

NUWC Keyport-Diane Kostelecky, Deputy, Small Business Programs

NAVFAC- Steve Shapro, Deputy, Small Business Programs

Sound Transit-Greg Mowat, Project Labor Agreement Specialist, Diversity Programs

Chinook 3. Subcontractor Academy- Skanska, George Hanible, Community Program Manager

This session will explore the various aspects of being a subcontractor. Training requirements, training availability,duration challenges and rewards.

Chinook 4. Veterans Business Outreach Center-Linda Jadwin, COO, Community Capital Development

Learn about programs specific to veterans; both long term and newly transitioned veterans.  Discussions will include programs for service disabled veterans; requirements and certification process.

12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch Program, Honoring Ceremony

Opening Comments, Daucey Brewington, Lumbee, Introductions and Recognition of Sponsors

Keynote-Lt Gen Donny Wurster, Commander USAF Special Operations Command

Honoring Ceremony and SBA Presentation, Diana Drake

1:30pm-3:00pm     Breakout Sessions

Chinook 1. Prime/Subcontractor Relationship:

Expectations from both viewpoints, performance, payment, support,

How to approach a prime, how a prime evaluates a sub, how a sub evaluates a prime.

Prime Contractors

Advanced Technology Construction, Tony Sieger, President, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business

Lease Crutcher Lewis, Tony Johnson, Superintendent

EJB Facilities, Barb Cooper, Small Business Liaison

NOVA Group, Carole Bionda, Vice Pres./SBLO

Absher Construction, Stephanie Caldwell,

Community Outreach Coordinator

Chinook 2. Tribal ARRA Projects /TERO

Working within tribal government structures.

Tulalip Tribe-Teri Gobin, Director

Puyallup Tribe- Ronice Goforth, Director

Lower Elwha Kllallam Tribe, Sandy Johnson, Director

Quinault Indian Nation, Rod Johnson, Administrator

Washington & Northern Idaho District Council of Laborers, Sherry Barry, Quinault, Tribal Liaison

International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Chris Winters, Muscogee/Creek, Tribal Liaison

Sound Transit, Greg Mowat, Project Labor Agreement Specialist

Council for Tribal Employment Rights, Lee Adolph, Colville, Director of Field Operations

US Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, Anne Wetmore, State Director

Labor & Industry Apprenticeship, Melinda Nichols, Program Manger

Chinook 3. Women’s Business- Manuelita Ybarra, DOL Women’s Bureau,

Jill Paull, Squamish Nation, Island Green Clean

Discussions of challenges facing women business owners.

Chinook 4. Employee vs. Independent Contractor-Lisa Cole, Lisa Cole & Associates

How to decide, how to report, recordkeeping, financial systems

Break

3:30pm-4:30pm Government Contracting-Town Hall Meeting**

This group consists of large primes, small business, government agencies, state agencies.

It will be a “town hall” format.  Short presentation then Q & A of interest to the attendees.

Prime Contractors:

Absher Construction, Stephanie Caldwell

Advanced Technology Construction, Tony Sieger

Lease Crutcher Lewis, Tony Johnson

EJB Facilities, Barb Cooper

Sound Transit, Greg Mowat

SBA, Diana Drake

Tribal Business

POWTEC, Bill Cole, President

Nisqually Aquatic Technologies, Dennis Lucia, General Manager

JKT Development, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, JR Lunsford, President

Agyxxi Business Solutions- Juan Echevarria,Tulalip Tribe, Owner

Terra Firma II Inc., Mike Giomi, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Owner