Leggett, Cardin and Van Hollen Headline Montgomery County Sponsored Federal Markets and Property Summit

Leggett, Cardin and Van Hollen Headline Montgomery County

Sponsored Federal Markets and Property Summit

Monday, October 22, 2012

8:30 am – 3:00 pm

(Leggett, Cardin & Van Hollen speak between 9 and 10 a.m.)

Silver Spring Civic Building

One Veterans Place

(the corner of Ellsworth Dr. and Fenton St.)

The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development presents a full-day summit focusing on how looming federal budget cuts could affect the local real estate market in terms of federal leasing, new construction and procurement opportunities.

Speakers include:

  
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett (D)
Senator Ben Cardin, (D - Maryland)

Congressman Christopher Van Hollen, (D - Maryland)
Mary Davie, Acting Commissioner, GSA Federal Acquisition Service
Dorothy Robyn, Commissioner, GSA Public Building Service
Daniel Werfel, Controller, U.S.Office of Management and Budget
Roger Waldron, President, The Coalition for Government Procurement
Sally Sternbach, Deputy Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
Darian LeBlanc, Executive Managing Director & Principal, Cassidy Turley
Joe Brennan, Managing Director, Government Investor Services, Jones Lang LaSalle
Moderator: David Winstead, Esq., Ballard Spahr LLP; Former Commissioner, PBS

In FY2012, the federal government awarded $10.4 billion in contracts and $168 million in grants to Montgomery County companies and organizations.  In 2011, the federal government occupied 8.4 million square feet of leased space in Montgomery County.