DC Metro Engagement Dinner & Training Academy: October 2025

Registration is open!

NVSBC offers our Engagement Dinner event preceded by our in-person Training Academy for the veteran entrepreneur and federal small business community.  Come join us for the training, networking, and dinner. ALL (NVSBC Members & Non-Members) are welcome to attend!

This event is graciously sponsored by JPMorgan Chase.

NVSBC invites you to the DC Metro Engagement Dinner:

• Location: Army Navy Country Club, 1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
• Room: 5 Star Ballroom, 3rd Floor
• Price: Member Organization $65, Non-Member Organization $85
• Parking: Free ($20 value)
• Event POC: Engagement Director, [email protected]

Training Academy Agenda: 

• 4:00 – 5:00 PM 
• Speaker: Christina Mee, Founder/CEO, Capture 411
• Training Topic: "GSA’s OneGov Initiative: Why Your Strategy Needs a Pivot"
  Through the authority of the White House and implemented by GSA, the OneGov Initiative changes everything about how you will do business with the government in the future. Learn what changes are already in place, the changes on the horizon, and the pivots you may have to make in the future. Since hope is not a strategy, we will discuss actions that position you at the top of everyone’s go-to list. 
  

DC Metro Engagement Dinner Agenda: 

• 5:30 – 6:30 PM Registration, Networking Hour 
• 6:30 – 7:30 PM Call to Order & Announcements, Dinner 
• Zack Armstrong, COO, NVSBC
• JPMC Remarks: Phil Poliquin, Market Executive, JPMC
• 7:30 – 8:30 PM Guest Speaker(s)
• Panel Discussion - Panelists
  

  Scott Semple – Founder/CEO, NewTHINK Solutions, LLC
  Robert Santmyer – President & CEO, PenBay Technology Group LLC
  Christina Mee - Founder/CEO, Capture 411

• Presentation: "GovCon Redefined: Time to PIVOT!"
  

  The government contracting landscape has been redefined through recent revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) and contract realignment.  Every participant including large primes, small businesses, federal agencies, vendors, and services providers is operating under a totally new set of rules.  Time to PIVOT your business plans and growth strategy to these new realities. 

  This fast-paced business expert-led session will cut through the noise and confusion to get into the nitty gritty of what these updates mean for your pipeline, your business strategy, and your business growth.

REGISTER

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. As a sponsor, you have the opportunity to introduce the guest speaker(s) and more. If you are interested in learning more about event sponsorship, please contact Adelaide Kahn at [email protected]