Intro to State Government Contracting - Lunch & Learn Workshop (Herndon)

Join the Mason SBDC for its 2026 debut workshop in collaboration with the SBSD (Small Business Supplier and Diversity). Learn about Intro to State Government Contracting and join the Town of Herndon for the Lunch & Learn event at Office Evolution, Herndon. With a limited 40 seats, register below!

Each year, the Commonwealth buys goods and services totaling more than $6 billion – learn how your company can be a part of that. Geared towards businesses seeking to start or expand their small business into government contracting, learn about opportunities to sell your goods and services to the Commonwealth of Virginia and many local governments.

Highlights include:

• Conducting business with the State of VA, including an overview of the state’s procurement system
• Understanding SWaM certification and its benefits

Where: Office Evolution - Herndon, 205 Van Buren St, Suite 120, Herndon, VA 20170 - Directions

Note: Sponsored by the Town of Herndon, Lunch will be provided and will be from 12-12:30; we will begin at 12:35 PM. The workshop will be for 1 hour and 30 minutes, followed by networking.

Speaker: Chris Ley is a Business Services Manager covering the Northern Virginia region with the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD).

Prior to joining SBSD, she was a marketing consultant at the Business Development Assistance Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping minority business owners. She started working with small businesses in 2007 when she joined a small, women-owned marketing company, Asian Marketing Services, as their Director of Business Development. She then created two successful small business training programs at Northern Virginia Community College: the SWaM program and the Entrepreneur Roadmap program.

Ms. Ley received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Maryland, College Park and her Master’s in International Marketing from University of Maryland Global Campus.