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Speaker's Name
Tommy Marks
Title
Director of the Army Small Business Programs Office (ret)
Bio
Mr. Tommy L. Marks, retired member of the career Senior Executive Service, is the former Director of the Army Small Business Programs Office under the Secretary of the Army.
Mr. Tommy Marks was appointed the Director for Army Small Business Programs on April 19, 2015. In this position, he served as the Army’s lead for small business policy, goals and procedures and represented the Secretary of the Army at congressional committee and subcommittee hearings on small business, (HBCU/MIs), and other small business matters.
Mr. Marks served as the focal point in responding to industrial, congressional, and individual inquiries on small business, HBCUs/MI, economic utilization and other business matters. He represented the Army in inter-agency communication with the Small Business Administration, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the Minority Business Development Agency (Department of Commerce), and other agencies and presidential commissions.
Previously, Mr. Marks has also served as Executive Director for Acquisition Services, HQDA, ASAALT, DASA (P), Arlington, Va. (2015), Executive Director for LOGCAP, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, IL (2011-12); among many other important positions, including some in Kuwait and S. Arabia.
Mr. Mark has earned a BS in Health and Physical Education from McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA, 1977), MS in Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Florida, 1988), and MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from Naval War College (Newport, Florida, 1988), and MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from Naval War College (Newport, Rhode Island, 1992).