NASA Marshall to Host Small Business Alliance Meeting, Present Industry & Advocate Awards Sept. 20 at U.S. Space & Rocket Center

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Sep 17, 2018, 13:23 ET

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives of large and small businesses, NASA prime contractors and subcontractors will participate Sept. 20 in a Small Business Alliance Meeting organized by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The event will be from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, part of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville. Leading Marshall personnel will brief attendees on the latest contract opportunities. At 9:45 a.m., Marshall will present its annual Industry and Advocate Awards for fiscal year 2018, identifying individuals, prime contract firms and subcontractors whose contributions enabled Marshall to successfully execute NASA's mission.

Speakers from Marshall will include Roy Malone, director, Office of Center Operations; Kellie Craig, acting director, Office of Procurement; Kevin McGhaw, deputy director, Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications; and Stacy Counts, associate manager, Human Exploration Development and Operations Office. Other speakers will be Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling and Madison City Administrator Mark Jacobson.

Registration for the event opens at 7 a.m. Members of the news media interested in covering the event should contact Jennifer Stanfield in Marshall's Office of Communications at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19.

Sponsored by Marshall's Office of Procurement and Small Business Office, the Marshall Small Business Alliance Meeting has, for more than a decade, aided small businesses in pursuit of NASA procurement and subcontracting opportunities.

To learn more about doing business with Marshall, please visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/business.html

SOURCE NASA