1. Ivy L. Alston
105 50th Street NE * Washington, DC 20019
Mobile: (202) 321-6192
Email: oakivy7@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
Master’s, Public Administration, The American University, Washington, DC, May 1993
B.A., Public Administration, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, June 1990
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS:
Successful performance as a government contractor providing program support, conference and event
planning, logistics, contract negotiation, writing/editing, administrative and customer service support:
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Federal Acquisition Institute
JIEDDO (Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization)
Missile Defense Agency
National Institute of Justice
CLEARANCE: Secret
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
JIEDDO August 2011—present
Contractor
Network Runner’s
Senior Administrative Assistant:
Provide support to the Director, and Executive Officer of JIEDDO.
 Coordinate across senior staff for the Director’s daily and weekly information requirements, for
meetings and travel to create read ahead materials.
 Prepare PowerPoint presentations to brief the Director on details for his domestic/foreign travel
 Collect, review and edit the read ahead materials based on the daily calendared meetings and
engagements on the Director’s calendar.
 Act as the appointed Action Tracker administrator (a SharePoint-based program) to ensure tasks for
the Director’s Staff Group (DSG) and the Command Group are completed by suspense date, inform
Action Officers of next steps for tasks. Support the Staff Action Coordinator Officer regarding Action
Tracker tasks, and support other JIEDDO divisions regarding status of tasks. Also, ensure that
Executive Officer notes and JIEDDO 72 hour tasks are listed in the tracker and follow up with the
appropriate POCs for status of these tasks. Review the Chief of Staff’s daily published notes to
determine tasks to support the Director. Respond to staff questions and inquiries regarding the
Director’s engagements and meetings for task requirements.
 Act as the Executive Officers SharePoint administrator to maintain digital media libraries.

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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY July 2007—July 2011
Contractor
ALATEC November 2010—July 2011
CSC January 2010—November 2010
Analyst:
Provided support in the high visibility office of the Director of Acquisition Management (DA) at the Missile
Defense Agency (MDA) in support of MDA’s 3 Star General. Coordinated DA’s interagency task request as
well as those originated from Congress and the Government Accounting Office, and other external agencies.
 Reviewed official correspondence, reports, manuscripts, briefings and visual presentations prepared
by the staff and administrative support personnel, to ensure proper format, clarity and correct
grammar, typographical and procedural correctness in accordance with DoD/Army regulation
 Prepared DA’s Organization Review PowerPoint charts for weekly updates to the Director of MDA.
 Assisted with maintaining the Director of Acquisition’s calendar, and provided organization-wide
meeting support, and coordinated travel plans.
 Tracked the status of new and complete e-taskers in the database.
 Maintained and controlled suspense files for all the team’s classified and/or sensitive actions.
 Processed new contractor employees through all phases of onboarding, including security
verification, and orientation, as well as processed human resource employee forms, and received and
maintained security of resumes for potential hires.
 Ensured all employees received required federal training.
 Acted as the DA’s move coordinator, and processed transfer and departure documents.
 Managed set up for video teleconference equipment, and ensured all meeting sites were connected.
Tetra-Tech, Inc. March 2008 —November 2009
Project Assistant:
Provided project support for the Acquisition Program Plan (APP). Assisted the program manager on a
project to improve acquisition management and streamline tasks for IT support.
 Drafted status reports of weekly and monthly updates of the Acquisition Program Plan (APP) to the
Director of MDA.
 Updated the Organization Review Report in PowerPoint for review by the Director.
 Managed the PRIDE human resource database for the Director of Acquisition employees in both
Washington, DC and Huntsville, AL.
 Drafted the standard operating procedures, mission statement, and rules of engagement for the APP.
Performance-based Solutions, Inc. July 2007—February 2008
Technical Lead:
Coordinated MDA’s Office of Small Business Programs’ small business training conferences.
 Designed conference advertisement materials, advertised the conference under government websites
and conducted outreach to small businesses through print media, business publications, and
advertisements on various government agencies websites.
 Developed for MDA Directorate’s approval, proposed conference workshops and presentations.
 Conducted contract cost comparison analysis for recommendations for the conference venue.
 Negotiated all conference related contracts including hotel and food/beverage, and provided a budget
for the MDA Directorate’s approval.
 Updated the Small Business Programs website, and the program CD on how to submit small business
proposals to the Office of Small Business Programs.
 Coordinated articles for and edited the small business newsletter.

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SRA International, Inc May 2006—June 2007
Federal Acquisition Institute
Conference Planner:
Provided event and conference support to the Director of the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and planned
special awards for the Director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Program (OFPP) under the
Office of Management and Budget.
 Coordinated the Federal Acquisition Conference & Exposition (FACE), the Chief Acquisition
Council Award Ceremonies for the OFPP, the FAI Sessions On-the-Road, and FAI’s training sessions
at the General Services Administration’s Expo.
 Managed the IT, Graphics and Meeting Support employees for FACE.
 Regularly met with the FACE Planning Committee to establish the meeting theme, workshop titles
and descriptions, and provided after meeting notes for distribution to the Planning Committee.
 Collaborated with point of contacts across federal agencies and private industry to conduct outreach
for attendee and exhibitor registration.
 Created the exhibitor criteria for gold, silver and bronze sponsorships, and determined sponsorship
registration fees.
 Requested bids from exhibit decorators, and managed the proposal and approval process.
 Conducted a review of meeting sites and provided recommendations for the FACE meeting venue.
Created the conference budget, negotiated the venue, food and technical support contracts.
 Researched and designed the criteria document for the Chief Acquisition Council Award.
 Managed the award selection process, and coordinated the award ceremony.
 Directed the graphic artists in the design of the FACE conference website and conference materials
MTS Technologies July 2002—May 2006
Conference Coordinator:
Coordinated the Department of Labor (DOL) Job Corps’/Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) small business
training conferences.
 Planned the Missile Defense Agency’s Office of Small Business Program’s (OSBP) conferences.
Conducted outreach campaigns to small businesses to ensure their participation and knowledge of
small business contracts.
 Provided cost comparison budgets to assist with the hotel selection.
 Negotiated all conference related contracts.
 Created the final meeting budgets and draft agendas.
 Managed conference registration processes.
 Designed meeting materials; identified potential attendees, provided on-site assistance for the
conferences.
 Updated MDA’s small business information CD.
 Wrote DOL’s small business newsletter.
CSR Incorporated, Inc. October 2000—July 2002
Program Specialist
Coordinated the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) grant peer reviews and served as primary point of
contact. Prepared lists of potential consultants to review grants, arranged their travel logistics, and processed
travel payments, coordinated meetings and conducted meeting site surveys for cost comparison and made
recommendations. Ensured that all grant peer review meetings were coordinated with the necessary review
materials and government policies and procedures.

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Armstrong Data Services May 1997—October 2000
Department of Health and Human Services
Grant Analyst
Managed the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services, Post-doctoral
Clinical Services Grants allocated to four organizations and awarded to professionals in the mental health
field. Coordinated the service payback obligation of grantees. Approved and managed over 600 grantees
payback service locations. Updated the training grant office manual an ensured the staff understood the grant
program guidelines. Tracked all the grantees payback service activity in the office database. Consulted by
telephone and written correspondence to grantees regarding the service payback obligations as grant
recipients. Managed updates to the grant forms.
COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient - Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Action Tracker/
CheckPoint (Share-Point based programs).