Please join us for our April 2019 AFCEA San Diego Luncheon Event at the Admiral Baker Clubhouse. Our  featured Speaker is Ms. Nancy Gunderson (SPAWAR Director of Contracts) presenting her bi-annual SPAWAR, PEO C4I, PEO EIS and PEO SPACE Contracts Brief; followed by Mr. Casey Kelley, the Regional Commissioner (GSA).

In March 2015, Nancy Gunderson was appointed to serve as the Contracting competency lead for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). In this role, she is responsible for the contractual oversight and support for the Command, which obligates approximately $7 Billion annually in support of its Program Executive Offices and other organizations. She also executes Head Contracting Activity oversight of two Field Activities located in San Diego, California and Charleston, South Carolina.

Ms. Gunderson was selected to the Senior Executive Service in December 2007. During her 26- year federal career, Ms. Gunderson has served in a variety of acquisition and management positions. In November 2009, Ms. Gunderson was selected as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she provided Department-wide leadership in grants and acquisition through policy development, performance measurement, oversight, and workforce initiatives. She first joined HHS in February 2009, serving as the Department’s Senior Procurement Executive.

Before joining HHS, Ms. Gunderson was the Director of Acquisition Operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She also held several positions within the Department of Defense. As the Acquisition and Business Lead/Director of Contracts for the Pentagon Renovation Program, Ms. Gunderson earned the Procurement Round Table's Elmer B. Staats Contracting Professional Excellence Award. She began her professional development and training in the Navy's contracting career intern program and served as a contracting officer for several Navy weapon systems at both Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Sea Systems Command.

Ms. Gunderson graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. She is a graduate of the Navy Acquisition Intern Program, is certified as a Contracting Professional, and is a member of the Department of Defense Acquisition Corps and Department of Navy Acquisition Professional Community.

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