Homeland Security Business Conference & Expo
Senator Jack Reed
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
June 7, 2004
Newport, RI

Speaker Biographies

David Drabkin
Deputy Associate Administrator, Acquisition Policy
General Services Administration
www.gsa.gov/

David is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy and Senior Procurement Executive, General Services Administration. He is a member of the bar of the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia and a member of the Council of Fellows and Board of Advisors of the National Contract Management Association. David was formerly the Deputy Program Manager, Pentagon Renovation Program.

David has also served as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Process and Policies), Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform) (ODUSD(AR)) and Director, Regulatory Reform and Implementation, ODUSD(AR), where he served as the Project Manager for FASA Implementation.

David is a native of Mount Vernon, New York. He is married to the former Jane Anne Saperstein of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. Jane and David have 2 children, Aaron and Sarah.

David is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Washington and Jefferson College and a graduate of the Cumberland School of Law. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Acquisition Reform Subcommittee and served as the Vice Chairman of two other committees of the American Bar Association, Government Procurement and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He also chaired an inter-agency working group under the auspices of the Administrative Conference of the United States on the implementation of Alternative Dispute Resolution within the federal government.

Since graduating from law school David served as: Deputy District Counsel, and the Associate Counsel (Contract Law), the Defense Contract Management District West (DCMDW), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA); Associate General Counsel (Procurement) and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Specialist, Office of the General Counsel, DLA; Chief Counsel, Defense Contract Management Region - New York; Chief, Administrative and Civil Law Division, Headquarters (HQ), USASETAF and 5th TAACOM, Vicenza, Italy; Administrative Law Officer, HQ, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; Hearing Officer, Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, Richmond, Virginia; and, the Chief, Military Justice, USASC and Ft. Gordon, Ft. Gordon, GA.

David received numerous awards recognizing his performance. Most recently he received AFFIRM’s Leadership Award in Acquisition & Procurement award. He was also recognized as one of the Top 100 Federal IT Executives. He is also the recipient of: DoD Meritorious Civilian Service Award; DoD Exceptional Civilian Service Award; Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence; Defense Logistics Agency Meritorious Civilian Service Award; Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award; Department of the Army Superior Service Award; Department of the Army Commander’s Award; and, CINCUSAREUR Award. David received of the Vice President Heroes of Reinvention (Hammer) Award.

David has authored several articles and manuals on contract, international and labor law and Alternative Disputes Resolution. David served as an adjunct faculty member at Florida Institute of Technology and a visiting lecturer at the Defense Systems Management College where he taught Contract and Intellectual Property Law.

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