Marie Myszkier is the training director of the National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC). She comes to the NVSBC with nearly two decades of government contracting experience that encompasses the Department of Energy (DOE), management and operating (M&O) contractors, civilian agencies, and business operations.
 
Prior to joining the NVSBC, she held positions as a government contracting consultant at the Florida APEX Accelerator and was the lead supplier diversity advocate at Sandia National Laboratories’ Supply Chain Risk Management and Supplier Diversity Department. Her previous rotations within the Laboratories included serving as small business advocate, program manager for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, and financial lead for the Material Protection, Control Accounting (MPC&A) Program within the International Security Program.
 
Marie has specific experience in supporting all business classifications, large corporations, and small businesses with additional experience in socioeconomic subcategories: VOSB/SDVOSB, SDB/8(a)/MBE, HUBZone, WOSB/EDWOSB, and Alaskan Native Corporations/Tribal Enterprises. Marie’s corporate business experience includes work as a project manager in the Cash Processes/Revenue Accounting group at Gap, Inc., a project manager in the Shared Services Center at Honeywell, Inc., and a financial analyst at Chrysler Corporation.
 
Marie is a Michigan native who now resides in New Mexico. She earned her MBA from the University of Detroit and studied abroad at Oxford University and in Volterra, Italy. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Central Michigan University and has received certifications in Supplier Diversity (CSDP) from the Alliance of Supplier Diversity Professionals and in Project Management (GWCPM) from George Washington University.