San Diego Engagement Dinner: April 2026

NVSBC offers our San Diego Engagement Dinner event and guest speaker for the veteran entrepreneur and federal small business community.  Come join us for networking, dinner, and guest speaker! ALL small business professionals are welcome to attend! This engagement dinner is generously presented by J.P. Morgan.

• Location: ENCORE EVENT CENTER, 8253 Ronson Road, San Diego, CA 92111
  
• Parking: Free parking at venue
  
• Dress Code: Business Casual
• Event POC: Engagement Director, [email protected]

San Diego Engagement Dinner Agenda: 

• 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Registration/Networking
  
• 6:00 PM – 6:20 PM Call to Order
• Opening Remarks: Janelle Askew, Director of Engagement, NVSBC
• J.P. Morgan Remarks: TBD
  
• 6:20 PM - 6:30 PM Spotlight: TBD
• 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Around the Room Introductions
  
• 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Dinner Served (Plated)
• 7:30 PM - 7:35 PM Introduction to Guest Speaker: Janelle Askew, NVSBC
  
• 7:35 PM - 8:15 PM Guest Speaker + Q&A: Lori Revely, F.SAME, CEO and Managing Partner, Cavalry Consulting
  Topic: Many contractors focus on proposal writing when the RFP drops. The best performers win through early strategic preparation and finalize the process with disciplined execution. In this session, Lori Revely (CEO and Managing Partner, Cavalry Consulting LLC) breaks down a practical two-pronged approach that boosts win probability across industries and contract types. Learn how to position your company pre-RFP through relationship-building, Sources Sought strategy, competitive intelligence, and teaming decisions—then execute with compliance matrices, persuasive personnel/experience mapping, faster SME interviews, evaluation-criteria alignment, and realistic schedules that prevent last-minute scrambles and executive bottlenecks.
  
• 8:15 PM - 8:30 PM Closing Remarks (End of Event)

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