| Carolyn W. Colvin |
| Deputy Commissioner |
| Social Security Administration |
|
On December 22, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed Carolyn W. Colvin as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security to a term that expires on January 19, 2013. President Obama nominated Ms. Colvin, and she will serve as the Deputy Commissioner of Social Security and as the Secretary to the Social Security Board of Trustees.
Throughout her career, Ms. Colvin has managed programs that help people with their healthcare and financial needs. She previously held key executive positions at Social Security Headquarters: Deputy Commissioner for Policy and External Affairs (1994-1996), Deputy Commissioner for Programs and Policy (1996-1998), and Deputy Commissioner for Operations (1998-2001).
Ms. Colvin worked as Director of the District of Columbia's Department of Human Services (2001-2003) and as Chief Executive Officer of AMERIGROUP Community Care of the District of Columbia (2007-2008). Most recently, Ms. Colvin was the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Maryland's Department of Transportation.
Ms. Colvin has received numerous awards and recognition for her managerial expertise and creativity, including Maryland's Top 100 Women Award from the Daily Record (2005) and the Women of Achievement Award from Suburban Maryland Business and Professional Women (2005). She has served on a variety of boards and commissions, such as Arundel Community Development Services and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
Ms. Colvin earned her graduate and undergraduate degrees in business administration from Morgan State University. Additionally, she completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at Harvard University, the Maryland Leadership Program, and the Greater Baltimore Leadership Program. Ms. Colvin is from Maryland and currently resides in Anne Arundel County. She has one son and six grandchildren. |
|
|
| Valerie B. Jarrett |
| Senior Advisor |
| White House |
|
Valerie B. Jarrett is a Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. She is also the Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls.
Prior to joining the Obama Administration, she was the Chief Executive Officer of The Habitat Company. She also served as Co-Chair of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team, and Senior Advisor to Obama's presidential campaign.
Ms. Jarrett has held positions in both the public and private sector, including the Chairman of the Chicago Transit Board, the Commissioner of Planning and Development for the City of Chicago, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard M. Daley. She also practiced law with two private law firms.
Jarrett also served as a director of corporate and not for profit boards, including Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Stock Exchange, Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Chairman of the University of Chicago Medical Center Board of Trustees.
Jarrett received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981. |
|
|
| Marie Johns |
| Deputy Administrator |
| U.S. Small Business Administration |
|
Marie Johns is Deputy Administrator of the US Small Business Administration, where she contributes to management of the agency and development of SBA policy. Johns was nominated by President Obama on December 17th, 2009 and confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate on June 22nd, 2010.
Prior to becoming Deputy Administrator, Johns was the Managing Member of L&L Consulting, LLC, an organizational effectiveness and public policy consulting practice. Previously, she served as President of Verizon Washington, where she was responsible for nearly 2000 employees and more than 800,000 customers, including many small businesses. Johns worked to develop products and services to meet the needs of Verizon's small business customers, and worked closely with Verizon's vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors, some of whom were SBA borrowers. She retired from Verizon in 2004 after 21 years of service in the telecommunications industry.
Johns has a long record of business and civic leadership. She is the founder of the Washington DC Technology Council, former chair of Leadership Greater Washington, and a member of the board of the Girl Scouts USA. Johns served for 10 years as a trustee at Howard University, where she chaired the Academic Excellence Committee. Johns also served as the founding chair of the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science. As chair of the DC Chamber of Commerce, as well as chair of its Small Business Committee, Johns helped small businesses get technical assistance and mentoring from larger area firms, and helped create a Visitors Center to encourage tourists to explore more of Washington's many vibrant neighborhoods and visit local small businesses.
While at Verizon Washington, Johns created the Students Educated for Economic Development Success program (SEEDS). SEEDS prepared over 200 high school dropouts for entry-level positions in the telecommunications industry, many of whom were hired by small local firms.
Johns earned her BS and MPA degrees from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Trinity University in Washington, D.C. She is the recipient of many awards in recognition of her business and civic leadership. Among her honors, Johns was recognized as a "Leader of the Years" by the Greater Washington Board of Trade, one the of "25 Most Influential Black Women in Business" by the Network Journal and one of the "100 Most Powerful Women" by Washingtonian Magazine. In 2004, Johns was inducted in the Greater Washington Business Hall of Fame.
Johns has been married for 39 years to Wendell Johns. They reside in Washington, DC, and have one son, Richard, an attorney in private practice in Washington, DC and Maryland. They are the proud grandparents of Richard Franklin II and Lauren Marie Johns. |
|
|
| Wayne McDonald |
| Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
| Social Security Administration |
|
Wayne Everett McDonald serves as the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for the Social Security Administration. A career federal government employee, Mr. McDonald has been with SSA since 1985 and has held supervisory and management positions within the Office of Acquisition and Grants. Prior to coming to SSA Mr. McDonald worked for 10 years at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland where he started his career in the Professional Intern Program.
A native of Bethesda, Maryland, Wayne received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration-management from Bowie State University. Wayne has almost 900 training hours in acquisition policy and public administration including Certificate of Completions from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and also from one of the George Washington University Graduate Programs. He is a Senior Fellow of the Council for Excellence in Government.
Origin of the position and brief explanation of duties:
Origin of the position and brief explanation of duties: The Small Business Act as amended by Public Law 95-507, established the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU). The Director of the OSDBU is the primary advocate responsible for promoting the use of small, minority, women-owned, historically under-utilized, and veteran owned small businesses within the Federal acquisition process. |
|