APPENDIX V
CAPE CANAERAL CHAPTER OF NCMA
WORKSHOPS
On January 20, 1982, the Cape Canaveral Chapter held it’s first workshop. Thereafter, the Chapter
continued to have workshops prior to the Monthly Dinner Meetings. Often the Workshop conductor was
the same person who was the guest speaker at the dinner meeting. The workshops were training
sessions on topics of current interest and also workshops for preparation of the CPCM and CACM
examinations. This listing is only as complete as the availability of Chapter Newsletters and meeting
minutes in the Chapter Historical Files.
The general format of this section is as follows:
Date of meeting – Place of Meeting – Name of Speaker(s) – Workshop Topic
January 20, 1982 – Patrick Air Force Base - Jim Hermann – “Contract Cost Principles”.
February 22 1982 – Patrick Air Force Base Building 561, Room 218 – Dr. Henry Conner – “DOD’s New
Progress Payment Procedures”.
March 10, 1982 - Patrick Air Force Base Building 561, Room 218 – Eugene S. Cavallucci – “Contracts
Disputes”.
November 2, 1982 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Joel R. Feidelman, Frank, Frank, Harris, Shriver and
Kampelman – Criminal Aspects of Government Contracting”.
October 1985 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Linda Mahnke – “Accounting in Today’s Audit Climate”.
December 11,1985 - Patrick AFB Comet Club Room 546 Green Room – George Miles. DCAA AuditorHarris, Dave Phillips, Director Financial Services, Harris Government Systems, Tom Palm, Corporate
Administrative Contracting Officer – “Federal Government Contract Auditing”.
April 8, 1987 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – NCMA ‘Get Smart” series workshop –Contract Types”.
December 18, 1987 – Brevard Community College – Working with Data and Software Requirements
Under the New Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) – R. Geib, General Counsel Grumman Corp., John
DeAngelis, Patent Attorney for Harris Corp, Lee Knopf, Director of Contracts, Harris Corp., Jim Harrel,
NASA Patent Attorney, Micheal J. Malone, Defense Logistics Agency.
September 22, 1988 – PAFB – CPCM/CACM Workshop.
October 12, 1988 – Daedalion Room at PAFB – “Contractor Self Governance” – Panelists, Howard Cox,
Asst. Inspector General for Criminal Investigation, Policy and Oversight – Harvey Della-Berbardo,
Regional Director DCAA Atlanta – Norman W. Hensley, Capt. SC, USN Commander, Defense Contracts
Administration Services Region, Atlanta – William B. Webb, Manager, Contracts, MDAC, KSC Florida.
January 11, 1989 - Daedalion Room at PAFB – “Quality Assurance” – Panelists. Earl Mills, Director of
Quality Assurance, Martin Marietta Electronics and missiles Systems Group, Orlando FL – Edward R.
Palmer, Directorate of Quality Assurance Defense Contract Services Region, Atlanta GA – Paul E.
Reyes, Director of Quality Assurance, NASA JFK Space Center, FL.
February 8, 1989 – Twilight Room Ramada Inn Oceanfront, Satellite Beach, FL – George Hickman, Vice
President Contracts, Opto Mechanik, Melbourne, FL – “Pre-Award Surveys”.
April 12, 1989 – Patrick AFB NCO Club – Dr. Frederick Sarkis, Consulting Attorney on Government
Contracts – “Disputes and Remedies in Contracts”.
May 10, 1989 – Dr. Raymond L. Martin – “Paperless Purchasing (Electronic Data Exchange).
December 13,1989 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Dr. Raymond L. Martin, Assoc. Prof. Management,
University of Central Florida – “Ethics in Government Procurement”.
January 16, 1990 - - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – John E. O’Brien, Chief Counsel, KSC – “Contracting
For Nonpersonal Services”.
March 14, 1990 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Mike Elkins, Sr. Contract Administrator, Lockheed Space
Operations Co, KSC. – “Contractor Purchasing System Reviews”.
May 9, 1990 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Dick White, President R. A. White & Associates and Donna
Morris, Associate, R. Q. White Associates – Total Quality Management ™ Awareness”.
January 17,1991 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – William Webb, Fellows Chairperson – “How To Become a
Fellow”.
March 13, 1991 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Edward Loeb. GSA. Chairman Far Improvement Project,
David Baker, Acting Deputy Administrator, Office of Procurement Policy, Ed Lovett, Department of
Energy, Civilian Agency Acquisition Council Member, David Beck, NASA, Chief Regulations Development
Branch – “Far Improvement Project Discussions”.
April 10,1991 – Holliday Inn Cocoa – Bob Crawford, Special Advocate for Competition, CECOM –
“Competition in Contracting Act.”
May 8, 1991 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Robert J. Coffman, Director, Contracts and Procurement
EG&G Florida, Inc. – “The Role of the Contract Technical Manager Representative”.
June 12, 1991 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Eugene Cavallucci, Senior Counsel, Electronic Systems Div.
Harris Corp. – “Contract Changes”.
September 11, 1991 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Stephen Cusick, Division Counsel, Harris
Government Information Systems, Div. – “Contract Disputes Act”.
November 13, 1991 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Calvin Brusman, President, Subcontract Specialists –
“Total Quality Member – Intelligence Quotient- Benchmark for Professionalism.
April 8, 1992 - Patrick AFB Officer’s Club – Sam Lenck, Chief, Cost and Pricing Staff, Procurement
Office, NASA KSC – ”IR&D/B&P Ceilings, Post-Retirement Benefits, Pension Portability, Cost of Pricing
Thresholds”.
September 10, 1997 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Marty McAlwee, 45W/JA Office – “Contract Terminations”.
October 8, 1997 – Cocoa Beach Hilton - Don Ackerman - “CPCM/CACM Introduction and Preparatory
Workshop”.
November 12 1997 – Cocoa Beach Hilton - William McAndrew, NASA KSC –“Performance Based
Contracting”.
June 10,1998 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Arden Geist, President, T. A. McMullen Consultants, Inc. – “Claims
Preparation”.
September 9,1998 – Cocoa Beach Hilton - Paul Pompeo, Vice President and General Counsel DOD, for
Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. at Cape Canaveral. – “Electronic Contracting”.
October 14, 1988 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Tom Strobb, Operations Manager for DCMC, Orlando, FL –
“Essentials Necessary to Realize When CSO (Contractor Self Oversight) Can Be Used”.
January 14, 1998 - Cocoa Beach Hilton –Doug McPeek, attorney with Thompson, Hine & Flory, Dayton,
Ohio – “Dealing With Government Auditors and Investigators”.
November 18,1998 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Donna Ireton, Director of Contracts for Advanced Systems
Development, Inc. – “Rewrite if FAR Part 15”.
March 10,1999 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Sue Gatlin, Small Business Administration, Jacksonville, FL –
(Topic Unknown).
April 14,1999 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Joe Hurston, President/CEO, CSA, Merritt Island FL – “Simplified
Acquisition Regulations of FAR Part 12 as it relates to FAR 15.”
May 12, 1999 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – A special presentation to help CPCM/CACM/SAS Candidates.
June 9,1999 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Mary Edith Thomas, Manager of the Change Management Dept at
Harris Corp. Electronic Systems Sector – “Change Management”.
September 8,1999 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Mark Lumar, Contracting Executive for U.S. Army Space &
Missile Command – “ “Secretes of the FAR”.
January 12, 2000 - Cocoa Beach Hilton - Gene Cavallucci, Vice President – Counsel, Government
Operations, Harris Corp – “Aspects of Personality Needed For Successful Negotiation”.
March 8, 2000 - Cocoa Beach Hilton – Fred Justin, Materials Manager, Harris Corp.– “ The Disappearing
Job”.
April 12, 2000 – Cocoa Beach Hilton – Palm Power, Palm Power Solutions, Inc. – The Past, Present and
Future of Palm Computing.
May 10, 2000 - Cocoa Beach Hilton - Two workshops were presented this month. Mr. Wilson Cowell
presented a workshop on the utilization of websites in the business world. Don Ackerman presented a
workshop on preparing for the Certified Associates Contracts Manager and Certified Professional
Contracts Manager Exams.
June 10, 2000 - Cocoa Beach Hilton - This workshop reviewed the important Government contracts
developments over the last year from three different viewpoints:
Gene Cavallucci of Harris Corporation presented the industry perspective, Marty McAlwee, attorney
advisor for Patrick Air Force Base will present the government perspective and Ed Kinberg presented the
private bar perspective.
Each speaker had approximately 15 minutes to give their highlights of the year and 15 minutes were
available for questions at the end of the program.
October 11, 2000 – Comfort Inn - Kevin Kney, Assistant General Counsel, Hamilton Sundstrand Corp.
Ockford, IL – “A Commercial Item Approach – How Tos’ on Pricing/Obtaining Commercial Item
Contracts”.
November 10, 2000 – Comfort Inn – Unknown speaker
December 13, 2000 – Comfort Inn – Dr. Stephen Bythe, Harris Family Medical Center - “Living to Be
100”.
January 10, 2001 – Debbie Menendez, Sr. Contracts Mgr. Harris Corp. – “Other Transactions”.
March 14, 2001 – Comfort Inn - Agnes Dover, Partner, Hogan & Harston – “Reverse Auctions and
Regulatory Issues”
April 11, 2001 – Imperial Conference Center – Christopher Yukens, Partner, Holland & Knight. –
“Section 508 Standards for Making Federal Information Technology Accessible”.
May 9, 2001 – Imperial Conference Center – Frank Peterson –“Intellectual Property Rights”.
June 13, 2001 – Imperial Conference Center - Gene Cavallucci, Vice President – Counsel, Government
Operations, Harris Corp. and Ed Kinberg, Attorney, Certified Mediator and Qualified Arbitrator
“Government Contracting Year In Review”.
September 12, 2001 - Imperial Conference Center – Holly Emrick Svetz, member of Virginia & District of
Columbia Bars – “How DoD’s Guide is A First Step Toward Making Better Technology Deals With Federal
Funding”.
October 10, 2001- Imperial Conference Center – Karen D. Walker, Partner Holland & Knight LLP’s
Tallahassee office – “Lessons Learned From Florida Procurement”.
November 14, 2001- Imperial Conference Center – This workshop was conducted by a trio of
distinguished members of our Government. Mr. Richard Myers, the Program Manager for the Defense
Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS) and Col. Stephen Smith and Lt. Tim Butler of the 45th
Contracting Squadron at Patrick AFB. – “The impact the war on terrorism has had on contracting
procedures at Patrick AFB and throughout the Air Force”.
January 9, 2002 – Imperial Conference Center – James E. Bartlett III of Harris Corp. – “Exemptions and
Exceptions to Export Controls – What They Are and How to Use Them”.
March 13, 2002 – Imperial Conference Center - Charles E. Rumbaugh, J.D., CPCM – “Regulatory
Updates in the Area of Government Contracts”.
April 10, 2002 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Richard Arbuthnot, Director of the Workforce and
Diversity Management Office for NASA, - “An Overview of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center and
Future Programs That Will Impact Contractors in Brevard County”
May 8, 2002 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Col Samuel Dick, Oversees military space launch
operations from Cape Canaveral AFS and support to commercial NASA and military space and ballistic
missile launches from Cape Canaveral AFS and Kennedy Space Center – “Current Events and Future
Plans of the 45th Space Wing That May Affect Contractors in Brevard Count”.
September 11, 2002 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Mr. Lenn Vincent, Vice President American
Management Systems – “Common Business Systems for Government and Industry”.
October 9, 2002 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Lt. Col Henry Pandes, Air Force Secretariat
Staff Officer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting - “Total System Performance Responsibility”.
November 13, 2002 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Randy Moore, General Manager, Kaman
Aerostructures and PlasticFab, Inc, – “Change Management in Strategic Alliance Situations”.
December 11, 2002 – Lonnie Hill, Sr. VP Cape Canaveral Chapter – “DOD Weighted Guidelines”
January 8, 2003 - - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Richard J. Russin, Senior Vice President and
Group Counsel for ACS, Inc, Washington DC – Review of Selected Federal Contract E-Commerce
Issues”.
March 12, 2003 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Joanie Newhart, CPCM, Deputy Director of
Army NAF Contracting at U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center - “How Can I Stay Current in
Contracting”?
April 9, 2003 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Lonnie Hill, Sr. VP Cape Canaveral Chapter “Flow Me The Money”.
May 14, 2003 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Terry A. Carson, T. A. Carson & Company –
“Overcoming the REAs”.
June 11, 2003 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center –“ The year in Review” – Gene Cavallucci, Vice
President, Counsel, Government Operations for Harris Corp. and Ed Kinberg, Edward J. Kingberg, P.A.
September 10, 2003 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Ken Roberts. A Dale Carnegie Instructor –
“How To Win Friends and Influence People”.
October 8, 2003 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - – Darryl L. Walker, CPA, Manager of
Government Contract Compliance Services for Beason & Nalley, P.C. Business Consulting Group,
Huntsville, AL – “The Cost or Pricing Dilemma”.
November 12, 2003 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Barbara Duncombe, Porter Wright’s
Washington DC and Dayton OH Offices, - “Dos and Don’ts of Responding to a Federal Investigation”.
December 10, 2003 – Don Ackerman, Chapter Workshop Chairman – Preparing for New CFCM. CCCM.
and CPCM Examinations.”
January 14, 2004 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Fernand Lavallee, Partner Law Firm of Gray,
Gary, Ware, and Freidenrich – IP Rights in Government Contracts”.
March 10, 2004 – Iimiperial Hotel & Conference Center – Miguel Rivera, Jr. and Ms Hayn, U.S.
Department of Labor – “Discrimination Ban”.
April 14, 2004 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Mike O’Hara, General Manager, Financial
Services at Nextance, Inc. – “Intelligent End to End IP Management”
May 12, 2004 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - John Ford, Cherry, Bekaert & Holland – T&M
Contracts – Aspects Needing Consideration For Change.”
June 9, 2004 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center –“Installation of Officers and Awards and The Year in
Review” - Gene Cavallucci, Vice President, Counsel, Government Operations for Harris Corp. and Ed
Kinberg, Edward J. Kingberg, P.A.
September 8, 2004 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – W. Jay DeVecchio, attorney specializing in
government procurement law. “Changes & Claims – A Risk Reduction Approach”.
November 10, 2004 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Gary L. Stanley, President of Global Legal
Services, a Washington DC based law firm focusing on Trade Compliance and Other International Issues
– “Do’s and Don’ts of Drafting TAAs and MLAs”.
December 8, 2004 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Mark J. Lumer, Director of Contracts for the
U.S. Army Space and missile Command (SMDC) – “Acquisition Update”.
January 12, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – John H. Ablard, consultant for Logistics
Management Institute – “ Intellectual Property (IP) and the Contracting Officer”.
March 9, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Lenn Vincent, Vice President of Strategic
Development, CACI International, Inc. – “Leadership Challenge”.
April 13, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Tim Malishenko, Vice President Contracts and
Pricing, Boeing Co. – Maximizing Value to Stakeholders – Contract Management within the Business
Cycle”.
May 11, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – W. Jay DeVecchio, Partner in Jenner & Block’s
Washington DC Office – Changes & Claims: “Technical Data and Software Rights: A Practical Approach”.
June 8, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Gene Cavallucci and Ed Kinberg presented “The
Year In Review” during the workshop. A second workshop was presented to assist candidates by
providing information and answering questions that might assist candidates for CCCM/CFCM/CPCM
certifications.
September 14, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Barbara Kinosky, President of Centre
Counseling, Inc. and Centre Law Group, LLC – “Subcontract Management”.
October 7, 2005 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Michelle Currier, Head of the Public Affairs
Office for the Army Contracting Agency, Directorate of Contracting – “Human Performance Management”.
November 9, 2005 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Philip Treccagnoli, Director, Advisory
Services, Government Contracts Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York - “An Update on
Recent Disputes Between the US Government and its’ Contractors”.
December 14, 2005 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Dr. Roger Manley, Professor of Management
and Organizational Psychology, College of Business, Florida Institute of Technology – “Boomers, Xers
and Millennials: An Annotated Field Guide”.
January 11, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Gary Marcus, Counsel to Goldberg &
Connolly’s Federal Contracts Group – “New Frontiers for Teaming Agreement Enforcement”.
March 8, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Lonnie Hill, Contracts Homeroom, Northrup
Grumman Corp. – “Losing Interest: Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Government Contracting”.
April 12, 2006 – Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - University of Phoenix - “ Performance vs.
Perfection: Critical Thinking & Ethics”
May10, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Linda H. Fowler, Sr. Manager of Contracts at Harris
GGCSD and Richard L. Farr, Senior Counsel, Harris Corp. –“ DFARS 252.225-7014 Preference for
Domestic Specialty Metals, Legal and Contractual Viewpoints”.
June 16, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Ed Kinberg, Attorney, Certified Mediator and
Qualified Arbitrator and Frank Kenniasty, Sr. Counsel Harris Corp – “The Year In Review”.
September 13, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Kevin J. Wolf, partner in the Washington
Law Firm of Bryan Cave –“ ITAR, the Law and the Lore”.
October 11, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Paula Berry-Zeller, MBA/HCM, MSN –
“Exploring the Critical Link Between goals and Tasks By Examining Personal Virtues and Values”.
November 8, 2006 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Edythe McNickle, MSW & MBA Campus
College Chair – UBM University of Phoenix, Central Florida Campus – “Teamwork and Collaboration”.
December 13, 2006 – Vernon J. Edwards, writer, lecturer, and consultant in Federal Contracting – “The
Challenges of Service Contracting”.
January 10, 2007 - - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Charles R. “Rod” Marvin, Jr., partner in the
Washington D.C. law offices of Venable, LLP – “Some Recent Trends Affecting the Allocation of
Intellectual Property Rights In Government Contracts”.
March 14, 2007 - - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – Dr. Steven Kelman, the Weatherhead Professor
of Public Management at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government – “Unleashing
Change: A Study of Organizational Change in Government”.
April 11, 2007 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center – John Gronda, Vice President Counsel for Labor,
Employee Benefits and Director of Business Conduct, Harris Corp. – “Value Based Ethics”.
May 9, 2007 - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - Michelle Pinto, Corporate Counsel for Harris Corp.
Melbourne, FL – “What to Do When your Agreement Goes South”.
June 13, 2007 - - Imperial Hotel & Conference Center - – Ed Kinberg, Attorney, Certified Mediator and
Qualified Arbitrator and Frank Kenniasty, Sr. Counsel Harris Corp – “The Year In Review”.
September 12, 2007 - - Holiday Inn - – William Weisberg, Partner, Sullivan and Worcester -- “Hot Button
Issues in Government/Prime and Prime/Subcontractor Relations”
October 10, 2007 - - Holiday Inn – Richard Lieberman, Partner, McCarthy, Sweeney, and Harkaway,
“Government Contracts Administration”
December 12, 2007 - - Holiday Inn – Keith Ernst, Acting Director, DCMA -- “The Changing Environment
of Contract Management”
February 13, 2008 - - Holiday Inn – Susan, Contracts, IAP Worldwide Services -- “The Basics of Sole
Sourcing”
April 9, 2008 - - Holiday Inn – Ken Bricker, Sr. Partner, Goodman and Company – “The Truth in
Negotiations Act and DCAA Update”
May 14, 2008 - - Holiday Inn – Allison Doyle, Partner, McKenna, Long and Aldridge -- “Current State of
Play on OCI’s”
June 11, 2008 - - Holiday Inn – Ed Kinberg, Attorney, Certified Mediator and Qualified Arbitrator and
Gene Cavallucci, Vice-President, General Counsel, Harris Corp. – “The Year In Review”.
NOTE: For the 2008-2009 Program Year, in response to member survey results, the board decided to
eliminate the separate workshop/dinner meeting with speaker format and instead held dinner/breakfast
meetings with a speaker. This became the norm for subsequent years.