Meet the Center for Government Contracting Team
Meet our leadership, staff, and advisory board members.
Center Leadership and Staff
Center directors and fellows are experts in government contracting with work experience in government and business.
Center Advisory Board
Led by Chairman John Hillen, chief executive officer of Everwatch Solutions, members of the Advisory Board are C-suite business leaders and senior liaisons to federal government agencies. This group:
- Serves as ideators for and leaders of the first-in-the-nation university Center for Government Contracting.
- Builds the Center as a nexus for addressing the business, policy, and regulatory issues in the $500+ billion government contracting community.
SVP, C&I Relationship Manager, EagleBank
Eric Pietras has over 35 years of experience providing full spectrum financing and ancillary banking services to federal government contractors of all sizes.
Senior VP, Information Solutions, Deltek
Kevin Plexico is Senior Vice President for Information Solutions at Deltek, overseeing research, analysis and specification creation for customers in the Government Contracting and Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industries.
Chief Executive Officer, Interactive Government
Currently serving as the owner and CEO of IGH, Michael has over 14 years of experience in providing full service professional solutions to federal agencies.
Chief Executive Officer, 22nd Century Technologies
Mr. Anil Sharma is a serial entrepreneur, a technocrat-business leader, an angel investor, and a philanthropist with a successful career in building and supporting multiple innovative companies.
President and CEO, Unissant
Sumeet Shrivastava is an accomplished executive and proven business leader with more than two decades of experience in the government IT industry.
Chief Strategy Officer, Unanet
Kevin Singh leads corporate programs at Unanet with a focus on strategy development, special projects, and strategic initiatives. He has 15 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A, capital raising, market analysis, and business case development.
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Technology Category, GSA Federal Acquisition Service
Laura Stanton is the Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC), in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).
Partner, Government Contracts Practice, BDO
Tom Tagle is a Partner in the Government Contracts practice with BDO USA, LLP, helping contractors undertake transformational initiatives to develop and enhance cost accounting structures and systems, reengineer compliant business processes, integrate mergers and acquisitions, and handle audits and disputes.
Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Mr. John M. Tenaglia serves as the Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense.
President, Vincent and Associates, LLC
Lenn Vincent is an experienced independent consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the defense and space industry.