Our Team
Our instructors are a diverse mix of former senior-level, civilian-agency acquisition professionals with years of experience in delivering interactive training to our clients.
President – CEO
Dave Houseman
David Houseman founded H&A in 1981 to enrich the COR training landscape, enable CORs to reach their full potential, and foster agency mission success. Since then, his training programs have populated 15 federal departments, 19 independent agencies, the Smithsonian Institution, and the federal courts. He developed over 20 procurement-related courses and has presented over 30,000 hours of classroom instruction. He has an AB from Princeton University.
Operations Manager
Lori Mingione
Lori Mingione brings over 25 years of experience in small business operations, during which she has crafted and implemented programs and processes to enhance day-to-day efficiency and boost overall ROI. Her extensive expertise in all facets of operations enables her to guide small businesses toward sustained success, adeptly navigating the evolving landscape of technological advancements and shifting customer demands.
Training Coordinator
Christina Taitt
Christina Taitt is a dedicated training coordinator with over 10 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing educational programs. She has an expansive background in instructional lesson design and instructional class management both in the U.S.A. and internationally. She is passionate about creating and coordinating dynamic, innovative, and top-quality training experiences.
Instructors
Greg Hardy
Greg Hardy has over 15 years of procurement training experience. Previously, he served as a senior procurement officer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He oversaw a major nationwide contracting program and developed performance metrics to measure/improve contractor performance. He worked on a joint USDA/USAID team in Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala and Entebbe, Uganda assisting Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s) in awarding and managing contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements.
Shelly Goergen
Shelly Goergen has over 22 years of acquisition and contracting experience across several agencies including DoD, GSA, NIH, Interior, and NATO, serving as a warranted Level III Contracting Officer, Acquisition Policy Analyst, and Acquisition Program Manager. Since leaving federal service, Shelly has developed and delivered a variety of contracting and program management training, including all of the required courses for FAC-C and FAC-COR certification. She holds a Masters Degree in Acquisition Management from American Graduate University and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Park University.
Elizabeth S. Woodruff
Elizabeth Woodruff is a former general counsel for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the Government Accountability Office (procurement attorney), the Department of Justice (trial attorney), and the Department of Labor (appellate attorney). She taught COR at the GAO. She has a LLM (Labor Law) from Georgetown University Law Center, a JD from University of Virginia School of Law, and a BA (Government) from the University of Virginia.
Julie C. Taitt
Julie Taitt is a former Director, Information Management, EPA after spending most of her federal career in procurement. She managed infrastructure support for Congressional and Intergovernmental Divisions including budget formulation and execution, contracts/grants management, space planning, facilities management, computer systems management, Bankcard purchasing, and training. She taught COR for the USDA Graduate School and consistently placed in the top 1% of instructors nationwide. She has a MA from MTS and a BS from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Chuck Roney
Chuck Roney has spent nearly 30 years in the federal appropriations field. While serving as an Assistant General Counsel at the Government Accountability Office he was involved both in the creation of appropriation law opinions responding to issues raised by congressional committees and federal agencies and in advising GAO management on appropriation law issues arising in GAO’s day-to-day operations. Chuck also worked for several years on various projects for the House Appropriations Committee. He has taught federal appropriation law courses for nearly twenty years. He has a JD from the Washington College of Law and a BS from New Mexico State University.
Fred Keefer
Fred Keefer is a former IRS, Senior Manager Chief, A/P and Funds Management, District Office Controller, Chief Field Branch, Section Chief, Group Manager, Program Analyst, and Revenue Officer. He formed and lead Tiger Teams and many working groups which identified, negotiated, and implemented new processes and procedures across organizational lines. He conducted numerous in-house training sessions and workshops for the IRS in areas of cost accounting, financial management, and program management.
D. Kent Goodger
Kent Goodger spent 35 years in federal procurement with USDA, GSA, HHS, Olympic Coin Committee (contracting officer – Presidential Appointment), US Mint (Deputy Director for Procurement), National Consumer Cooperative Bank (Director of Procurement – Presidential Appointment), and EPA. He received an instructor of the year award from the EPA Institute and a career achievement award from the USDA Graduate School. He has a BS from the University of Maryland.
Sylvia Danley
Sylvia Danley has more than 30 years of 1102 experience in contract placement, administration, acquisition policy and acquisition-related training. She is an experienced trainer/facilitator, with excellent presentation and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate well with all levels of students. She has proven ability at providing outstanding instruction and customer service.
Carol Amano
Carol Amano is a former contracting officer at the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and Defense with over 30 years of federal contracting experience. She established, facilitated, and/or presented acquisition training classes to Government contract specialists, CORs, purchasing agents, and purchase cardholders for 20 years and has trained for Houseman & Associates since 2005. She has a Masters in Acquisition Management from American Graduate University and a BS in Management (with a business emphasis) from Park University.
Anna Garcia-Durr
Anna Garcia-Durr is the former Chief, Acquisitions Operations for the Bureau o Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms & Explosives where she drove the implementation of an innovative
Acquisition Learning Series (ALS) program for educating program offices and enhancing the bureau’s acquisition workforce knowledge base. Since 2022, she has delivered FAC-COR Level I, II, and III and provided advisory services for internal/external federal procurement projects domestically and internationally.
Jacquiline Rodriguez
Jacquiline Rodriguez is a former IT Project Manager at the General Services Administration, U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Drug Enforcement Administration with a doctorate in business administration and a master’s in education. She conducts FAC-COR (all levels) and FAC-C training. She specializes in IT program and project management, agile software development, and capital planning and investment acquisition.
Radu Munteanu
Radu Munteanu is a former contracting officer at the NATO Communications & Information Agency, senior acquisition analyst at the FBI, and contracting officer at USAID following work as a contract manager, proposal manager, federal accounts manager, and design leader/product engineer in the private sector. Radu has taught over 25 subject areas in federal acquisition and project management across FAC-COR (all levels) and FAC-C.
Lazarre Potier
Lazarre Potier is a international development expert with over 25 years of diverse experience with multiple U.S. government agencies: USAID, Treasury, State Department, and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation where he has been the chief of procurement and COR on small and multi-million dollar projects including two presidential/multi-agency initiatives. His responsibilities included training CORs, contract specialist, and purchasing agents.