NCMA DC is honored to welcome Cindy Shaver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Procurement), as our speaker for February. This meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, February 16. The evening begins with virtual networking at 5:30pm, and the event starts at 6:00pm. Attendance is free of charge, but space is limited to 100 participants.
Cindy Shaver is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Procurement) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition). She is the senior procurement executive for acquisition and contracting policy that governs the operation of the Department of Navy’s worldwide acquisition system with annual obligations well in excess of $100 billion. Ms. Shaver is the principal civilian advisor to the Navy Acquisition Executive for all procurement matters, serves as the Department of Navy’s Competition Advocate General and is the leader of the Navy’s contracting, purchasing and government property communities.
Ms. Shaver was selected to the Senior Executive Service in February 2010. She attended George Mason University and graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration. Ms. Shaver holds a Master’s of Science in National Resource Strategy and earned the Senior Acquisition Course Certificate from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She is a graduate of the Navy Acquisition Intern Program, a certified Contracting Professional, and member of the Acquisition Professional Community since 1994.