South Central Regional Council for Small Business Education and Advocacy

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South Central Regional Council for Small
Business Education and Advocacy
DoD Office of Small Business Programs

• Lee Renna
• DoD OSBP
• July 15, 2008

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Discussion Topics

• OSD OSBP Organizational and Functional Chart
• DC Regional Council
• OSBP Regional Council Survey
• Measuring the Success of the Regional Councils
• Regional Council Community of Interest

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OSBP Functional and Staffing Chart

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Staffing Detail
Director, OSD SADBU Anthony Martoccia Dep.
Director Administration/Policies Linda
Oliver Dep. Director, Program Operations Joseph
Misanin Special Assistant to the Director James
Hume DoD Mentor Protégé Program Paul
Simpkins Program Manager SBIR/STTR Michael
Caccuitto Legislative/HBCU/MI/Reg Councils Lee
Renna Subcontracting Policy Wendy
Despres Prime Contracting/Goaling Carol
Brown Congress/DAU Liaison/Strat. Planning Mark
Gazillo
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The Regional Councils
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OSBP Regional Council Survey

• To Be Re-launched
• Survey contains 11 questions most are YES or
  NO
• Need your support! We can change the future of
• the Councils.

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Measuring the Success ofthe Regional Councils

In accordance with the Small Business Act, it is
the policy of the Federal Government to aid,
assist, and counsel small business to assure that
a fair share of contracts are awarded to small
business. Consistent with this, it is the policy
of the Department of Defense to sponsor Regional
Councils as one significant way to air, assist,
and counsel small businesses through education,
and advocacy of its members who are charged with
the responsibility of fulfilling this Federal
policy.
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Measuring the Success ofthe Regional Councils

• How do we measure the Success of the Regional
  Councils?
• Metrics Are your Friend (Its the WRONG metric
  we need To
• Avoid
• defining Success within the Context of the Small
  Business
• Program
• How do your customers define success?
• Including your boss?

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Regional Council Community of Interest
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DoD Small Business Program(A Success Story)

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Questions?
Lee Renna marylee.renna_at_osd.mil [phone]