Meet the Center for Government Contracting Team
Meet our leadership, staff, and advisory board members.
Center Leadership and Staff
Center directors and fellows are experts in government contracting with work experience in government and business.
Center Advisory Board
Led by Chairman John Hillen, chief executive officer of Everwatch Solutions, members of the Advisory Board are C-suite business leaders and senior liaisons to federal government agencies. This group:
- Serves as ideators for and leaders of the first-in-the-nation university Center for Government Contracting.
- Builds the Center as a nexus for addressing the business, policy, and regulatory issues in the $500+ billion government contracting community.
Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors
Mikhail Grinberg is a partner at Renaissance Strategic Advisors. Mikhail joined Renaissance in 2012 and leads corporate strategy and advanced technology projects.
Retired, Houlihan Lokey
Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting Advisory Board Emeritus MemberJerry Grossman completed his career at Houlihan Lokey's Washington, D.C. office in 2014. He was co-head of the ADG group, a premier investment banking practice representing leading industry companies in merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions, providing fairness opinions and sourcing capital.
Co-Owner and Co-Founder, The Pulse of GovCon
Amber Hart is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of The Pulse of GovCon, a boutique market intelligence firm that specializes in Federal Government Contracting data storytelling.
Deputy Director, Corporate Business Systems
Scott Hine is a member of the executive leadership team within the Department of Energy, Office of the Chief Financial Officer where he is the Deputy Director of Corporate Business Systems. Scott has over 30 years of portfolio, program and project management experience.
Market Executive, Specialized Lending, Atlantic Union Bank
Joseph B. Humphries leads is a marketing executive in specialized lending at Atlantic Union Bank. He leads a team of bankers is focused on government contracting.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Y-Tech, LLC
Hannibal S. Jackson is the President and CEO of Y-Tech, an award-winning small business headquartered in Annapolis Junction, MD.
Founder and President, WashingtonExec, Inc.
JD Kathuria is founder and president of WashingtonExec, an outcome-oriented networking organization and online news publication that provides breaking and featured coverage and hosts exclusive events for the area’s executives of consequence.
Chief Executive Officer, TechnoMile
Ashish Khot is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of TechnoMile, a leading provider of innovative cloud solutions that help government contractors transform and mature their business processes and harness the power of data to gain an information advantage and elevate enterprise performance.
Co-Founder & CEO, IntegriSys LLC
Thomas Lamoureux has over 20 years of experience in government contracting, 15 of which have been in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) space.
Vice President Contracts & Acquisition Management Office, GDIT
Lisa Lax, Vice President Contracts & Acquisition Management Office, began her 41 years acquisition career as a Navy Contract Specialist and has been with GDIT for 27 years.