8:30 am to 9:30 am

Vendor Sign In:

9:00 am to -

Veterans Registration:

9:30 am -

Opening Ceremony, Welcome & Introductions:

Don R. Nichols - National Coordinator of the Veterans Job Fair  and Business Opportunities Summits, for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

10:00 am to 11:00 am     & 1:00 pm to 2:00pm

11:00 am to 12:00 am     & 2:00 pm to 3:00pm

                          Job Search & Workshops

1.  How to Prepare a Resume:  

Karen E. Stanley, Work Force Development Educator and Roberta Rannenberg, Career Development Consultant with Regional Education Service Agency (RESA VIII)

2.  How to apply for a Federal Job:

Elaine Leap, (DOJ - Bureau of Prisons), Education Specialist/Recruiter, and Jim Guthrie, Military Order of the Purple Heart.

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

                        Veteran Owned Business

1.  SBA Loans and Business Financing:

William D. Elmore, Associate Administrator, Office of Veterans Business Development, US SBA, Thomas H. White, Lender Relations Specialist, and Kimberly Donahue, Business Development Specialist, SBA

2.  Contracting with the Federal Government:

Christine Todd, Marketing Assistance Specialist, RCAC, Inc.