Project Description

Mauricio P. Vera, Director, U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Mauricio P. Vera
Director, U.S. Agency for International Development
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Session:
MBDA Signature Session: Government to Business (G2B) Exchanges
Monday, Oct. 15, 2018
10:15 AM

Mauricio P. Vera is a career member of the Senior Executive Service and serves as Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).

In this role, Mr. Vera leads USAID’s efforts to provide maximum opportunities for small businesses to participate in agency contract awards through outreach, education, and creative procurement initiatives.

Under Mr. Vera’s leadership, USAID achieved significant and unprecedented improvements in its small business accomplishments. In 2016, Mr. Vera received a Meritorious Presidential Rank Award, a prestigious career recognition awarded to only five percent of the Federal Government’s Senior Executives for sustained superior accomplishments and inspirational leadership.

From 2001 to 2008, Mr. Vera successfully managed the Small Business Program at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Previously, Mr. Vera established and managed the Smithsonian Institution’s Supplier Diversity Program.

Mr. Vera, a native of Chile, earned an MBA from George Mason University and a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland.