Government Coins

In this episode, we will be interviewing Dr. Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Program Manager Office of Innovation and Technology Office of Investment and Innovation U.S. Small Business Administration. She advances technology commercialization through the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs, building partnerships and coordinating policy acr...

More About Government Coins:  Government Coins is a podcast hosted by ShaKeia the founder of GovLia, Christlie the founder of Christlie G Consulting & Hamza Sabree the founder of Global Connects. Government Coins is a podcast focusing on— increasing small and minority owned business participation in government contracting! Our goal is to dismantle barriers of entry by educating the small...

In this episode, we will be interviewing Ebony Smith, the founder of Ebenum Equation. Ebony is a leadership development expert with a passion for creating forward-thinking leaders. After 20 years of risk management experience in the Fortune 100 (Sunoco, BP, and World Fuel Services), her full-spectrum-lens view of leadership has empowered her to help individuals hone their goals and reach their ful...

In this episode, we will be interviewing Keel Russell a serial entrepreneur, veteran, speaker, and founder of The Olab Group LLC. d/b/a Orange Lab Media is an award-winning boutique-style marketing laboratory specializing in marketing & communication services. Keel leads a diverse group of marketers, scientists, chemists, astronauts, strategists, designers, writers, influencers, and creative t...

For this interview, we will be interviewing Mari Cofield, the founder & CEO of DM Consulting.  Mari is a former contracting specialist with more than 10 years of experience working for the government. Her company DM Consulting assists heavily with developing proposal and pricing criteria, completing market research, and responding to invitations for bids and requests for proposals. This w...

In this episode, we will be joined by Sharna Barnes, CEO, and Founder of Complete Contract Consulting. Sharna assists businesses in winning contracts through her bid proposal writing services, certification assistance, permitting & license, and compliance-related document management.  Sharna has assisted hundreds of businesses in acquiring contracts by sourcing the bid, writing the propos...

In this episode we will be joined by Mimi Louizi  a former small business liaison and advocate. She will be sharing how she helped small businesses scale and grow their businesses.  Mimi helped manage a contract and helped a contractor not be disqualified from doing government work. To connect with Mimi Louizi visit her LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-louizi-50b38369

In this episode, we will be joined by Christine Edwards the CEO and Founder of Amplify Charlotte. Amplify Charlotte provides community engagement consulting for local government public safety, transportation, business & community advocacy. Christine will be sharing her experience in government contracting and how she has been a successful partnership and working with subcontractors to get acce...

ShaKeia & Christlie will be doing a recap of the last 5 episodes, they will discuss key takeaways and community updates.

Marcellus Fox Wade @fox_wade is the founder and CEO of @black_fox_group Black Fox is a professional services company that provides innovative technologies in Operational Resilience, Emergency Management, Cyber Security, Information Technology Staff Augmentation, Network Security, Software Development, and Program Management.  There is a special treat in this episode because the @fox_wade &nbs...

Episode 4: In this episode, we are joined by Keith D. Wright PhD. Acting Director, Business Diversity in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. He is here to tell us about how the port authority does business with small businesses. What type of products and services does the port authority buy and if they have programs designed for small & minority-owne...

Episode 3: In this episode, we will be interviewing Hamza Sabree from Global Connects LLC about his experience doing business with the government selling different products to the government. He also help other small businesses learn how to do business with the government by selling commodities that government agencies utilize every single day. We will discuss different requirements when doing bus...

Episode 2:   After the passing of a historic infrastructure bill, we received this question numerous times: "What does the $1 Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Bill mean for small businesses?" On Thursday, Sept 15, at 1:30PM, we have Adrianna Clark, the Office of Small Business Southeast Region Director, with the U.S. Department of Transportation joining us LIVE to share what this bill coul...

Season 1 Episode 1 of Government Coins: ShaKeia Kegler and Christlie Ganthier introduce themselves and explain the overall objective of the Government Coins Podcast. Government Coins is designed to be a way to inform, educate and connect small, minority and women owned businesses to the world of government contracting. This includes interviews from government professionals, prime contractors and b...