2024 SBIR Key Speakers

Henry Ahn

Program Director, NSF

Peter Atherton

Program Director, NSF

Eddie Billingslea

Small Business Strategy Coordinator, NIGMS

Eric Blatt

IP Attorney, Scale Firm

Larry Branthoover

PEO(T) APEO Science and Technology, NAVAIR, Navy

Elizabeth Burrows

Technology Manager, Bioenergies Technologies office, DOE

Daniel Carroll

Program DIrector, AFWERX

Dan Cassenti (Invited)

Research Psychologist, Army

Eileen Chant

Outreach Program Manager, DOE

Melinda Coffman

SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator, USDA

Stephanie Fertig

Director, NIH Small Business Program

Jacqueline Gray

SBIR Program Manager, NIST

Elden Hawkes

Program Analyst, SBA

Nancy Kamei

Program Director, SBA

Jason Kessler

SBIR/STTR Program Executive, NASA

Brian LaCroix

CPA, Jameson & Company

Ed Metz

ED SBIR Program Manager, ED

Erick Page-Littleford

Director, SBIR/STTR Program Office, U.S. Small Business Administration

April Richards

SBIR Program Manager, Environmental Protection Agency

Jennifer Rocha

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, ATI, TechConnect Division

Abigail Roots (Invited)

Program Manager, Chemical and Biological Defense Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs

Ben Schrag

Program Director and Policy Liason, NSF

Brian Shipley

Program Manager, Navy

Jennnifer Thabet

Program Manager, DARPA

Matthew Williams

Director, Rapid Innovation Fund, DoD

Keith Woodman

SBIR Senior Operations Manager, NASA

Candace Wright (Invited)

SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA